For Tour Guides ·
What you'll accomplish
By the end of this guide, you'll have Claude set up as a persistent research assistant that knows your tour city, your specific routes, your storytelling style, and your typical guest types. Instead of starting from scratch every time you want to research a new stop or refresh old content, you'll have a knowledgeable colleague who already understands your context — and you can ask it questions the way you'd ask a well-read friend.
What you'll need
What you should see: A new project space with a panel on the right labeled "Project Instructions" and a section to upload files.
Troubleshooting: If you don't see Projects in the sidebar, make sure you're on Claude Pro. The Projects feature is not available on the free tier.
Click Add instructions in the Project Instructions panel. This is where you tell Claude who you are and how to help you. Write 3-5 paragraphs covering:
Example instructions to copy and adapt:
I'm a professional tour guide in New Orleans specializing in ghost and historical walking tours. My tours run 90 minutes through the French Quarter and cover the LaLaurie Mansion, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, and the Beauregard-Keyes House.
My typical guests are adults aged 30-60, mostly American tourists on their first visit to New Orleans. They want stories that feel real and locally sourced — not sanitized tourist info. They're interested in dark history, social history, and "what really happened."
My storytelling style is atmospheric and narrative-driven. I want stories I can tell in 2-4 minutes at each stop — building suspense, ending with a reveal or unexpected twist. I don't want bullet points of facts; I want story structure.
When I ask for research help, please synthesize multiple sources, flag anything you're uncertain about, and suggest specific story angles that would work for adult tourists who've already seen the basic history on Wikipedia.
I also occasionally run school tours for grades 4-6 and will sometimes ask for age-appropriate versions of the same content.
Click Save.
In the Project files section, click Add files and upload:
Claude can reference these documents in every conversation — so when you ask "add a new story about the pharmacy museum to my tour," it knows your existing script and won't suggest content you already cover.
What you should see: Your uploaded files appear as a list in the Project panel. Claude will reference them automatically.
Start a new chat inside the Project (not in Claude's main chat). Ask a real question you'd want answered for your tour:
What good output looks like: Claude references your tour style from the instructions, keeps suggestions in the timeframe you specified, and suggests angles that match what you told it about your guests.
Every time you do research for the tour, do it in this Claude Project instead of a regular browser session. The conversations are saved within the project, so your research history accumulates over time.
Useful regular queries:
Use these in your Claude Project for common research situations:
New stop research:
I'm adding a stop about [topic/building/person] to my tour. Give me the 5 most interesting, surprising, or emotionally resonant facts — framed for adult tourists who want genuine insight, not tourist-brochure facts.
Script refresh:
Here's my current script for [stop name]: [paste text]. What's missing or outdated? What story angles am I not using that would resonate with my typical guests?
Age-appropriate adaptation:
Adapt my [stop name] script for a group of [grade level] students. Keep the historical accuracy but use language and analogies appropriate for their age. Tone should be engaging, not condescending.
Unexpected question prep:
What questions do curious tourists typically ask at [stop type or historical site]? Give me 10 questions I should be ready to answer, with brief suggested answers.
Translation review:
Review this French translation of my tour handout for naturalness and accuracy: [paste translation]. Flag anything that sounds unnatural or mistranslated.