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Every workflow, how-to, comparison, pillar essay, and case study Desk Theory has published. Three slices: the foundational must-reads, the most-popular pieces, and the full chronological feed.

Foundational

The must-reads if you are new to Desk Theory. Start here, in this order.

  1. WorkflowMay 5, 2026

    Persistent memory across Claude Code sessions

    Index your notes, decisions, and past work into a local search engine. Pull the relevant pieces into any Claude Code session with one command: `/recall`.

  2. WorkflowMay 5, 2026

    Run autonomous workflows 24/7 with Claude Code Routines

    Set one recurring task to run on Anthropic's servers, with your laptop closed.

  3. WorkflowMay 5, 2026

    Granola → markdown: the foundation everyone's missing

    Export every meeting to markdown. Make it searchable in Claude. Unlock six workflows on top of it.

  4. WorkflowMay 11, 2026

    A senior analyst, baked into Excel

    Install one plugin and Excel goes from a tool you fight with to a senior analyst who builds models, reads pasted images, and rewrites entire workbooks on command.

Latest

Everything we have published, newest first.

  1. WorkflowMay 5, 2026

    Persistent memory across Claude Code sessions

    Index your notes, decisions, and past work into a local search engine. Pull the relevant pieces into any Claude Code session with one command: `/recall`.

  2. WorkflowMay 5, 2026

    Run autonomous workflows 24/7 with Claude Code Routines

    Set one recurring task to run on Anthropic's servers, with your laptop closed.

  3. WorkflowMay 5, 2026

    Granola → markdown: the foundation everyone's missing

    Export every meeting to markdown. Make it searchable in Claude. Unlock six workflows on top of it.

  4. WorkflowMay 11, 2026

    Ask your meeting history anything: the CEO's query layer

    Open Claude. Point it at your meeting corpus. Ask any question in plain English. Get answers in thirty seconds, with citations.

  5. WorkflowMay 11, 2026

    A senior analyst, baked into Excel

    Install one plugin and Excel goes from a tool you fight with to a senior analyst who builds models, reads pasted images, and rewrites entire workbooks on command.

  6. Pillar essayMay 11, 2026

    Granola for CEOs: the highest-ROI AI install of 2026

    Five minutes to install. Thirty minutes to wire up the pipeline. Twelve workflows running on top of every meeting you'll have for the next year.