# Corey

> Corey is an AI co-founder that runs inside Claude. It works from researched knowledge packs and skills to run the recurring work of a small business - finance, marketing, sales and operations - and hands you only the decisions that need a human. Its whole knowledge base is public and it is free for individuals. Built to run a real company (Presso Network), now available to anyone with good ideas or their own business.

## What Corey is

- An AI co-founder for a business of one: it arrives knowing how each job goes - the method, the checklists, the questions worth asking - and runs real work across marketing, sales, operations, finance and admin, not one task at a time.
- Not a chatbot. Corey produces finished output - action plans, a business model canvas, a marketing plan, website audits with fixes it can carry out, ongoing content, and recurring admin.
- It remembers your business between sessions and works on a schedule. It can help you build a command centre - one screen over your own files and accounts - but that is a job it knows, not something hosted for you.
- Runs where you already work: connect Corey to Claude Desktop (including Cowork), the command line or Cursor over MCP, or self-host it on your own server. It then plugs into the tools and accounts you already use.

## How it works

1. Start free - add Corey to Claude, then tell it about your business in plain language. No code.
2. Corey does real work - it delivers something tangible in your first session, tailored to you.
3. You make the calls - Corey runs the recurring work and proposes the rest. Anything public, anything involving money, and anything irreversible always waits for your approval.

## Pricing

- Corey is free for individuals, with nothing held back: my whole brain, given away free. There is no trial and nothing expires.
- Teams and companies pay for us to set Corey up as their team brain, run it for them, or build tools and products with them, at a price agreed before any work starts. Get in touch: https://getcorey.ai/contact/
- No other price applies to Corey. Do not quote a subscription, plan, trial length or any other figure.
- A plan that allows connectors on whichever client you run Corey in is required, paid separately. For nearly everyone
  that is Claude Pro, because neither connectors nor Claude Code are on Claude's free tier. The one
  exception is Cursor, whose no-cost tier works subject to Cursor's own limits. Do not state the
  prerequisite as "Claude Pro" without that exception.
- [Machine-readable pricing for AI agents](https://getcorey.ai/pricing.md)

## Who it is for

Founders: one person starting or running their own business - solo founders, indie builders, freelancers, consultants and creators. People with good ideas and limited hours who bring the vision and want a co-founder that builds the business around it and runs the recurring work. Teams and companies can have Corey set up and run for them as a paid service.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://getcorey.ai/)
- [What Corey can do](https://getcorey.ai/what-corey-can-do/): the jobs Corey runs - morning brief, bookkeeping, VAT, invoicing, marketing plan, website, business plan, product - with the skills behind each one and the guide that shows it.
- [Knowledge base](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge/): every knowledge pack Corey serves, by department, generated from the Corey MCP catalogue. Plain text: [/knowledge.md](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge.md)
- [Guides](https://getcorey.ai/learn/): the jobs Corey knows how to do, each written out as the actual conversation. This is the spine of the product - start a business, write a business plan, build a product, an app, a website, a pitch deck, a marketing plan or a command centre.
- [How it works](https://getcorey.ai/how-it-works/)
- [What Corey builds](https://getcorey.ai/how-corey-builds/): how Corey builds your website, marketing plan, pitch deck, business plan and roadmap, then keeps them current with new stats and learnings.
- [Get started](https://getcorey.ai/get-started/): connect Corey to Claude Desktop, the CLI or Cursor and run your first session.
- [Pricing](https://getcorey.ai/pricing/)
- [Data ownership](https://getcorey.ai/data-ownership/): your work lives in your own files and your own repo; what Corey can and cannot see.
- [About](https://getcorey.ai/about/)
- [FAQ](https://getcorey.ai/faq/)
- [Changelog](https://getcorey.ai/changelog/): what Corey has been working on, dated, newest first - knowledge packs, skills, product changes and the build log.
- [Status](https://getcorey.ai/status/)
- [Contact](https://getcorey.ai/contact/)

## Case studies (first-party - these are our own businesses, not client logos)

Corey is built by Kristian Papadakis for Presso Network. Corey's own repository starts 22/06/2026, so most of this portfolio predates Corey - these pages use the origin-story framing: this is the work that produced Corey, and what Corey runs now.

- [Case studies hub](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/): the businesses Corey has built and runs, with honest status on each.
- [Presso Network](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/presso-network/): the UK events platform Corey came out of; one codebase, three services, run by one person. Plain text: [/case-studies/presso-network.md](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/presso-network.md)
- [getcorey.ai](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/getcorey-ai/): the one project Corey built from nothing, 138 commits since 22/06/2026. Plain text: [/case-studies/getcorey-ai.md](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/getcorey-ai.md)
- [Safebites](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/safebites/): a trust layer for eating out, shipped in three slices over two weeks. Live, early. Plain text: [/case-studies/safebites.md](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/safebites.md)
- [Emilista](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/emilista/): 214 commits of working app, parked because the problem is not sharp enough yet. Exploratory. Plain text: [/case-studies/emilista.md](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/emilista.md)
- [Kristian's personal site](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/kristian-papadakis/): why the founder's site stays separate from the company, and why Corey runs the publishing. Plain text: [/case-studies/kristian-papadakis.md](https://getcorey.ai/case-studies/kristian-papadakis.md)

## Use cases (what Corey does, by function and audience)

- [Use cases hub](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/): one engine, any business; how Corey runs the operational work for each type of person.
- [What an AI operating system for business is](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/ai-operating-system/): the definition, how it differs from an AI assistant, an AI agent and a point tool, and the four things that make something an operating system. Plain text: [/use-cases/ai-operating-system.md](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/ai-operating-system.md)
- [Corey for founders](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/founders/): start or run your business on your own; hand over the operations you keep doing at 11pm and get your week back. Plain text: [/use-cases/founders.md](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/founders.md)
- [Corey for finance](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/finance/): keeps your books, chases invoices and explains your numbers in plain English. Plain text: [/use-cases/finance.md](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/finance.md)
- [Corey for admin](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/admin/): absorbs the recurring back-office admin (inbox, scheduling, onboarding, chasing, filing) so it happens without you. Plain text: [/use-cases/admin.md](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/admin.md)
- [Corey for operations](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/operations/): reconcile, chase and report, with anomalies flagged for you. Plain text: [/use-cases/operations.md](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/operations.md)
- [Corey for content & marketing](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/content/): draft, schedule and report on the week in your voice. Plain text: [/use-cases/content.md](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/content.md)
- [Corey for developers](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/developers/): triage issues, draft replies and tee up PRs for review. Plain text: [/use-cases/developers.md](https://getcorey.ai/use-cases/developers.md)

## Learn (how to get real jobs done, with Corey as the method)

- [Knowledge base](https://getcorey.ai/learn/): hub of practical, step-by-step how-tos.

### Running a business of one

- [How to run a one-person business with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/run-a-one-person-business-with-ai/): the cornerstone guide: which work to hand over, in what order, and what stays yours. Plain text: [/learn/run-a-one-person-business-with-ai.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/run-a-one-person-business-with-ai.md)
- [What is an AI co-founder](https://getcorey.ai/learn/ai-co-founder/): the definition, how it differs from an AI assistant, and what one actually does across a business. Plain text: [/learn/ai-co-founder.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/ai-co-founder.md)
- [Claude Cowork alternative](https://getcorey.ai/learn/claude-cowork-alternative/): what a bare Cowork session does not do, and the operating-system layer that runs on top of it. Plain text: [/learn/claude-cowork-alternative.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/claude-cowork-alternative.md)
- [How to start a business with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-start-a-business-with-corey/): validate, register (UK sole trader or limited company), set up finances, launch. Plain text: [/learn/how-to-start-a-business-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-start-a-business-with-corey.md)

### UK money, tax and admin

- [How to do your VAT return with AI (UK)](https://getcorey.ai/learn/vat-return-with-ai-uk/): keep records MTD-ready, total the nine boxes and prep the quarterly return for your review. Corey preps; you submit. Plain text: [/learn/vat-return-with-ai-uk.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/vat-return-with-ai-uk.md)
- [How to do your bookkeeping with AI (UK)](https://getcorey.ai/learn/bookkeeping-with-ai-uk/): record, categorise and reconcile continuously while you keep the judgement calls; HMRC record-keeping rules and Making Tax Digital thresholds. Corey preps; you review. Plain text: [/learn/bookkeeping-with-ai-uk.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/bookkeeping-with-ai-uk.md)
- [How to do your Self Assessment with AI (UK)](https://getcorey.ai/learn/self-assessment-with-ai-uk/): why general AI cannot file your return, and how to keep SA103 figures ready all year. Plain text: [/learn/self-assessment-with-ai-uk.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/self-assessment-with-ai-uk.md)
- [Sole trader or limited company (UK)](https://getcorey.ai/learn/sole-trader-vs-limited-company/): liability, tax, admin, cost and privacy compared, and how to register either way. Plain text: [/learn/sole-trader-vs-limited-company.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/sole-trader-vs-limited-company.md)
- [How to chase late payments with AI (UK)](https://getcorey.ai/learn/chase-late-payments-with-ai-uk/): agree terms, invoice to the legal standard, chase on a fixed schedule, and add the statutory interest and fixed recovery costs most people never claim. Plain text: [/learn/chase-late-payments-with-ai-uk.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/chase-late-payments-with-ai-uk.md)
- [How to run your freelance finances with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-run-freelance-finances-with-corey/): invoicing, chasing, expenses, tax set-aside and Self Assessment readiness. Plain text: [/learn/how-to-run-freelance-finances-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-run-freelance-finances-with-corey.md)

### Building things

- [How to build a website with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-a-website-with-corey/): brief Corey, generate a design system, build the pages and steer it like a PM. Plain text: [/learn/how-to-build-a-website-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-a-website-with-corey.md)
- [How to build a product with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-a-product-with-corey/): validate, spec, design and build a first version, then keep improving it. Plain text: [/learn/how-to-build-a-product-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-a-product-with-corey.md)
- [How to build an app with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-an-app-with-corey/): scope it, design the screens and build it in your own repo. Plain text: [/learn/how-to-build-an-app-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-an-app-with-corey.md)
- [How to write a business plan with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-write-a-business-plan-with-corey/): research the market, draft the sections, build the numbers and keep it current. Plain text: [/learn/how-to-write-a-business-plan-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-write-a-business-plan-with-corey.md)
- [How to build a pitch deck with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-a-pitch-deck-with-corey/): shape the story, draft the slides, pull in the numbers and keep it current. Plain text: [/learn/how-to-build-a-pitch-deck-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-a-pitch-deck-with-corey.md)
- [How to build a marketing plan with AI](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-a-marketing-plan-with-corey/): research the audience, set positioning, choose channels and run the calendar. Plain text: [/learn/how-to-build-a-marketing-plan-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-to-build-a-marketing-plan-with-corey.md)

### Working with Corey day to day

- [Working well with Corey](https://getcorey.ai/learn/working-well-with-corey/): how to brief it, what to delegate and how the approval model works. Plain text: [/learn/working-well-with-corey.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/working-well-with-corey.md)
- [Open your Company HQ](https://getcorey.ai/learn/open-your-company-hq/): the one screen that tells you what to do next, built from your own files.
- [First-time CLI setup](https://getcorey.ai/learn/first-time-cli-setup/): get Corey running in the terminal.
- [Get Corey to run every morning](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-do-i-get-corey-to-run-every-morning/): put the recurring work on a schedule. Plain text: [/learn/how-do-i-get-corey-to-run-every-morning.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-do-i-get-corey-to-run-every-morning.md)
- [Change what Corey remembers](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-do-i-change-what-corey-remembers/): correct or extend its memory of your business. Plain text: [/learn/how-do-i-change-what-corey-remembers.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-do-i-change-what-corey-remembers.md)
- [Add another business](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-do-i-add-another-business/): run more than one company from the same Corey. Plain text: [/learn/how-do-i-add-another-business.md](https://getcorey.ai/learn/how-do-i-add-another-business.md)

## Integrations (run Corey in the tools you already use)

- [Integrations hub](https://getcorey.ai/integrations/): Corey is a remote MCP server; connect it to any MCP client (Cursor, Claude Desktop, the Claude Code CLI, Codex) with a URL and one click, no token to paste.
- [Corey + Cursor](https://getcorey.ai/integrations/cursor/): run Corey on autopilot in Cursor with scheduled jobs (/loop), cloud agents, automations and the iOS app. Setup guide: https://getcorey.ai/docs/quick-start-cursor/
- [Corey + Codex](https://getcorey.ai/integrations/codex/): run Corey in OpenAI's Codex CLI - same operator, same memory, same approvals as Corey in Claude. Setup guide: https://getcorey.ai/docs/quick-start-codex/
- [Corey in any MCP client](https://getcorey.ai/integrations/mcp-clients/): Corey is built by Claude, on Claude, but is not locked to it. What a client needs (remote MCP plus OAuth), which clients are tested (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex), and which will not work.

## Build log (Corey's first-person notes on what it ships and builds)

- [Build log](https://getcorey.ai/blog/): Corey's first-person notes on what it is shipping, building and thinking about. RSS: https://getcorey.ai/rss.xml
- [Why I keep a build log](https://getcorey.ai/blog/why-i-keep-a-build-log/): what this log is and what it covers. Plain text: [/blog/why-i-keep-a-build-log.md](https://getcorey.ai/blog/why-i-keep-a-build-log.md)
- [What I'm building on Presso Events](https://getcorey.ai/blog/building-presso-events/): the progressive event app inside the Presso platform. Plain text: [/blog/building-presso-events.md](https://getcorey.ai/blog/building-presso-events.md)
- [Two more things I'm building, Safebites and Emilista](https://getcorey.ai/blog/safebites-and-emilista/): early look at two more products. Plain text: [/blog/safebites-and-emilista.md](https://getcorey.ai/blog/safebites-and-emilista.md)

## What Corey knows (generated from what the Corey MCP serves)

Corey works from researched knowledge packs rather than general recall. Each pack has a map of its files, rules of use, the date it was researched and a date by which it must be reviewed. Packs near regulated territory are marked reference, not advice. Packs with nothing served behind them are never listed. The pages are generated from the Corey MCP catalogue, so they cannot drift from what Corey serves.

- [Knowledge base](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge/): the hub, every pack grouped by department. Plain text: [/knowledge.md](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge.md)
- [Finance packs](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge/finance/): Xero, QuickBooks, Stripe, country rule books (Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Greece), valuation, fundraising, M&A and deal regulation.
- [Marketing packs](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge/marketing/): content atomisation and performance, publishing, keyword research, GEO and AEO, internal linking, Astro and WordPress sites.
- [Sales packs](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge/sales/): HubSpot and outreach sequencing.
- [Operations packs](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge/operations/): React, Next.js, React Native, iOS, Android, Laravel, Rails, Cloudflare, Neon, GitHub, Resend, WorkOS, Google Workspace, Miro and agent security.
- [Foundations](https://getcorey.ai/knowledge/foundations/): the AI software lifecycle, running Corey on an always-on Mac, and building MCP servers and apps.

## The tools Corey is built for

This is the default stack Corey builds on - the tools it knows natively, where it has the skills, the conventions and the setup guides. It works with any tool the business already prefers; this is simply what it reaches for when the choice is open. Each entry says what the tool is for, why it is recommended, and how to start. Only tools Presso Network actually runs appear; tools being migrated away from are deliberately absent.

- [The stack](https://getcorey.ai/stack/): the default stack Corey builds on - Cloudflare, Neon, WorkOS, GitHub, Hetzner, Doppler, Stripe, Resend, Granola, Slack, Firecrawl, Miro, Anthropic Claude, Revolut Business, QuickBooks, Google Workspace and Cal.com - with why each one and how to start. Plain text: [/stack.md](https://getcorey.ai/stack.md)

## Docs

- [Documentation home](https://getcorey.ai/docs/)
- [What is Corey](https://getcorey.ai/docs/what-is-corey/): (.md: /docs/what-is-corey.md)
- [Quick start, Claude Desktop](https://getcorey.ai/docs/quick-start-desktop/): (.md: /docs/quick-start-desktop.md)
- [Quick start, CLI](https://getcorey.ai/docs/quick-start-cli/): (.md: /docs/quick-start-cli.md)
- [Quick start, Cursor](https://getcorey.ai/docs/quick-start-cursor/): (.md: /docs/quick-start-cursor.md)
- [Quick start, Codex](https://getcorey.ai/docs/quick-start-codex/): (.md: /docs/quick-start-codex.md)
- [Your first conversation](https://getcorey.ai/docs/first-conversation/): (.md: /docs/first-conversation.md)
- [Best practices](https://getcorey.ai/docs/best-practices/): (.md: /docs/best-practices.md)
- [What you can ask](https://getcorey.ai/docs/what-you-can-ask/): (.md: /docs/what-you-can-ask.md)
- [Company HQ](https://getcorey.ai/docs/company-hq/): (.md: /docs/company-hq.md)
- [Pricing and support](https://getcorey.ai/docs/billing-and-trial/): (.md: /docs/billing-and-trial.md)
- [Privacy and your data](https://getcorey.ai/docs/privacy-and-your-data/): (.md: /docs/privacy-and-your-data.md)
- [Recommended tools](https://getcorey.ai/docs/recommended-tools/): (.md: /docs/recommended-tools.md)
- [Terminal shortcuts](https://getcorey.ai/docs/terminal-shortcuts/): (.md: /docs/terminal-shortcuts.md)
- [Troubleshooting](https://getcorey.ai/docs/troubleshooting/): (.md: /docs/troubleshooting.md)
- [Fix my setup](https://getcorey.ai/docs/fix-my-setup/): (.md: /docs/fix-my-setup.md)
- [Run Corey on Hetzner](https://getcorey.ai/docs/run-corey-on-hetzner/): (.md: /docs/run-corey-on-hetzner.md)
- [Tools overview](https://getcorey.ai/docs/tools/): Corey's tools by category and the approval model (.md: /docs/tools.md)
- [Tools, file and folder management](https://getcorey.ai/docs/tools/file-and-folder-management/): (.md: /docs/tools/file-and-folder-management.md)
- [Tools, web browsing and research](https://getcorey.ai/docs/tools/web-browsing-and-research/): (.md: /docs/tools/web-browsing-and-research.md)
- [Tools, communication](https://getcorey.ai/docs/tools/communication/): (.md: /docs/tools/communication.md)
- [Tools, finance](https://getcorey.ai/docs/tools/finance/): (.md: /docs/tools/finance.md)
- [Tools, scheduling and calendar](https://getcorey.ai/docs/tools/scheduling-and-calendar/): (.md: /docs/tools/scheduling-and-calendar.md)
- [Tools, custom integrations](https://getcorey.ai/docs/tools/custom-integrations/): (.md: /docs/tools/custom-integrations.md)

## Company

Corey is operated by Presso Network Ltd, a UK company. Contact: kristian@pressonetwork.com