The AI-first boilerplate Claude Code already knows by heart.
It comes with a .claude/ layer baked in: codemap, skills, and memory. Claude reads it once and starts building, instead of relearning your repo every session.
16+ builders are using it at the moment
// why I built this
Last Tuesday I watched Claude burn 45,000 tokens before it wrote a single line. It was just re-reading my repo to remember how everything worked. Again. I was paying for Claude to get lost in my own codebase.
So I built the boilerplate I wish I'd started from. It has a
.claude/layer baked in: codemap, skills, and memory. Now Claude reads a 2K snapshot and ships the feature. 76% of my tokens go to real work, from prompt one. Here's how I measured it.
// the problem
Every prompt, Claude is burning tokens on setup.
= 32,000+ tokens wasted
before Claude writes a single line of your actual feature.And this repeats on each new session.
There's a better way to spend your tokens.
Clone the repo. Claude already knows your architecture, conventions, and patterns. 76% of tokens go to real work from prompt one. Stop wasting money on setup. Start shipping features. Here's how I measured that.
LaunchPaid
=millions of saved tokens
See LaunchPaid in 60 seconds
How the .claude/ intelligence layer turns prompt one into shipped features.
// structural vs in-session
Most token tips treat the symptom.
The popular fixes all happen mid-session: route execution through Sonnet, run /compact before you build, split work across subagents to keep the window lean. They help. But they only fight the cost after Claude has already cold-started and re-read your repo to figure out where it is.
in-session tactics
What you reach for once Claude is already running:
- Plan Mode and Opus / Sonnet model routing
/compactand/contextto trim the window- Subagents to isolate context per task
These reduce waste per session.
the structural layer
What ships in the repo, read before the first prompt:
CODEBASE.md, a CLAUDE.md-style 2K map of the project.claude/skillsfor how tasks are actually done here.claude/memoryfor architecture and past decisions
This removes the cold-start cost entirely.
The tricks shrink the bill. The .claude/ layer deletes the line item, because Claude never pays the orientation tax in the first place. LaunchPaid ships that layer pre-built, so the structural fix is already done and the in-session tactics just compound on top.
// pricing
The price goes up with every sale.
Lock in early bird pricing before the next tier kicks in.
One-time payment · Early bird pricing
The Boilerplate
Only 2 spots left at $5 — then $7
- Full Next.js 15 + Prisma + Stripe boilerplate
- Complete .claude/ intelligence layer
- 30+ production patterns pre-loaded
- 2K-token codebase snapshot
- Memory + skills system
- Private GitHub repo access
One-time payment · Early bird pricing
Boilerplate + Community
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- Everything in The Boilerplate
- Discord community access
- All future updates & new patterns
- New skills as we build them
- Priority support
// love letters
Builders, in their own words.
Real posts from people shipping with LaunchPaid. No screenshots, no edits — links go straight to the source.
// the honest answer
You could build this yourself.
Here's why you won't.
It takes days, not hours
Every new project. The same setup. Auth, billing, teams, email, SEO. Then the .claude/ layer on top. 2–3 days minimum, every single time. Multiply that by every SaaS you’ll ever build.
Good skills take months to get right
Your first .claude/skills/ will be mediocre. You’ll ship 3 projects before they’re as good as what’s in LaunchPaid. Someone spent 6 months obsessing over these. That’s what you’re buying.
Every setup hour is a feature you didn’t ship
You started building because you had an idea worth shipping. Setup is not that idea. Stop paying the tax.
// faq
Questions about the Claude Code boilerplate.
Other boilerplates ship code. LaunchPaid ships code plus the intelligence layer that makes Claude Code actually effective on that codebase. They save you from writing boilerplate. LaunchPaid saves you from burning Opus tokens every session figuring out your own project.
A private GitHub repo invite. Clone it, wire up your env vars (takes 20 minutes), open Claude Code, and you’re building features. Not exploring. Building.
Every fork in the stack doubles the number of skills, patterns, and memory files we’d need to maintain. One opinionated stack means every .claude/ file is precise and battle-tested, not hedged.
The boilerplate code works anywhere. The .claude/ intelligence layer is optimized for Claude Code. If you use Cursor, you’ll still get a solid boilerplate — you just won’t get the full AI-native benefit.
You’re not buying a template. You’re buying months of trial and error compressed into one repo — the .claude/ skills that actually work, the patterns that survived production, the memory system that eliminates cold starts. You could figure all this out yourself, but that’s 2–3 days per project you’ll never get back.
Yes — it's live. Sign up, pay, and you'll get the private GitHub repo invite immediately. Early bird pricing is on while we ramp; it returns to $15 / $30 once it ends.
After signing up, you get a personal referral link. When 3 developers buy through your link, you automatically receive an 80% off code on a future purchase. No expiry, no tricks.
// blog
From the blog.
How to Save Tokens in Claude Code: 12 Techniques That Actually Work
Twelve battle-tested techniques to cut Claude Code token usage by 60-80% - from Plan Mode and /compact to the structural fix most guides miss.
Read more//costsWhy Is Claude Code So Expensive (and the One Fix That Actually Moves the Needle)
Bills have hit $1,600 a month for some developers. The real reason Claude Code gets expensive is cold-start context bloat - and here's the one fix that cuts it.
Read more//guideWhat Goes in a .claude/ Directory (and Why It Cuts Your Token Bill)
A practical walk through every part of a .claude/ directory - codebase map, skills, memory, patterns - with real examples and what not to put in it.
Read more//skillsI’ve Been Coding for Years. Here Are the Claude Code Skills I Use Every Single Day.
The three reusable knowledge bundles that make AI coding feel less like a slot machine and more like a reliable collaborator. With free downloads.
Read more//researchI Tracked My Claude Code Token Usage Across 6 Projects. Here’s What I Found.
A developer tracks Claude Code token usage across six projects and discovers that 60-70% of tokens go to orientation, not feature work.
Read more// get started
Skip the setup. Ship the features.
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