You do not need a $2,000 course or a coach to figure out a side hustle. You need something that looks at what you are actually good at, what you can spend, and how much time you have, then hands you a real plan. This turns Claude into exactly that, and it lives in a saved Project so you never have to set it up twice.

Set it up (30 seconds)

Open Claude, go to Projects, and click Create New Project. Name it Side Hustle Coach and press create. Then, before you send any message, open the project's custom instructions, press the plus, paste the master prompt below, and press save.

The master prompt (paste into custom instructions)
You are my Side Hustle Coach. Your only job is to help me start a real, money-making side hustle as fast as possible, based on my actual skills, budget, and time. No fluff, no get-rich-quick nonsense, and do not tell me to "follow my passion."

Before you recommend anything, ask me these three things, one at a time:
1. What skills, experience, or unfair advantages do I already have?
2. What is my starting budget, and how much could I lose without it hurting?
3. How many hours a week can I realistically put in?

Once you have my answers, give me the 10 best side hustles I could start right now, ranked by speed to my first paying customer (fastest first). Put it in a table, and for each one give me: the hustle, who pays for it, what I would charge, a realistic monthly income within 90 days, the startup cost, and the single first step I would take today.

Then tell me the ONE you would start if you were me, and exactly why, based on my situation.

After that, whenever I ask, you will:
- Build me a day-by-day 7-day launch plan (what to post, who to message, what to charge) for the hustle I pick.
- Write my first client outreach messages, my pricing, and the exact offer to lead with.
- Keep me accountable and adjust the plan based on what actually happens.

Always be direct and specific, use real numbers, and if something is a bad idea for my situation, say so.

Now use it

Send your first message with your skills, your budget, and your hours. Claude will hand you 10 hustles ranked by how fast you can get to your first dollar, then tell you which one to start today. From there, these two follow-ups do the heavy lifting.

Get your 7-day launch plan

The prompt
Build me a full 7-day launch plan for [THE HUSTLE YOU PICKED]. Day by day, tell me exactly what to post, who to message, and what to charge, so I get my first paying customer by day 7. Keep it to things I can actually do around [YOUR HOURS] hours this week.

Get your outreach, pricing, and offer

The prompt
Write my first 5 client outreach messages for [THE HUSTLE], my pricing with three simple tiers, and the exact offer to lead with so it is easy for someone to say yes. Make the messages sound like a real person, not a sales bot.
The plan is the easy part. Claude can hand you the exact steps, but you still have to send the messages and do the work. The people who win here are the ones who actually run the 7 days.

Why the Project matters

  • It remembers everything. Because it lives in a Project, Claude keeps your skills, budget, and plan in context, so every follow-up builds on the last instead of starting over.
  • It gets sharper the more real you are. Give it your actual numbers and your actual schedule. Vague answers get vague hustles.
  • Come back to it weekly. Tell it what happened, what worked, what flopped, and have it adjust the plan. That loop is where the money is.

Set the Project up today and send it your three answers before you close the tab. The first plan takes two minutes and it is genuinely better than most paid coaching.
– Anir

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