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Start Shipping.

What changes when AI can reach into
the tools you actually use.

Chris McDermut • Boulder Startup Week • May 5, 2026

You're the Most
Expensive Clipboard
in the Building.

AI writes the email. You paste it into Gmail.
AI makes the summary. You paste it into Notion.
AI builds the formula. You paste it into Sheets.

Remove the middleman.

This Should Offend You.

Manually editing a spreadsheet
tweaking formulas, reformatting cells, one by one.

Digging through Google Drive
opening files one by one looking for your tax docs.

Sorting, renaming, moving files into folders
by hand. In 2026.

So I stopped.

Connect It.

Claude has built-in connectors — desktop, web, and code.
Just turn them on.

Gmail — read your email, draft replies, right in your inbox
Google Drive — find files, organize folders, read docs
Notion — build pages, create boards, restructure your workspace
Calendar, Sheets, and more

AI stops suggesting.
AI starts doing.

Let's Get Some
Work Done.

We'll check in at the end.

Choose Tools That Connect.

Before you buy any software, ask:

✓ MCP server or connector — plug and play, AI connects instantly
✓ CLI — command-line tool AI can call directly
✓ API — minimum bar, AI can talk to it
○ Cloud-based — reachable from any device, any AI

If it doesn't connect,
you're the clipboard forever.

Build the Bridge.

No connector? Make one.

MCP servers are not hard to build
CLIs are even simpler
Claude can help you write them
Build it once, use it forever

But buy before you build.
Most tools already have connectors. Check first.

Let's Check In.

Remember those tasks I kicked off?
Let's see what got done.

Stop Prompting. Start Shipping.

Let's Connect

Star on GitHub

Install the CLI

npm i -g @proletariat/cli

Chris McDermut • chrismcdermut@gmail.com
@chrismcdermut on X • linkedin.com/in/chrismcdermut

Stop Prompting.Start Shipping.

What changes when AI can reach intothe tools you actually use.

You're the MostExpensive Clipboardin the Building.

This Should Offend You.

Connect It.

Claude has built-in connectors — desktop, web, and code.Just turn them on.

Let's Get SomeWork Done.

We'll check in at the end.

Choose Tools That Connect.

Before you buy any software, ask:

Build the Bridge.

No connector? Make one.

Let's Check In.

Remember those tasks I kicked off?Let's see what got done.

Stop Prompting. Start Shipping.

Let's Connect

Stop Prompting.
Start Shipping.

What changes when AI can reach into
the tools you actually use.

You're the Most
Expensive Clipboard
in the Building.

Claude has built-in connectors — desktop, web, and code.
Just turn them on.

Let's Get Some
Work Done.

Remember those tasks I kicked off?
Let's see what got done.