Course 1 · your own Claude, no code
Confident with Claude.
How Claude works, explained plainly, then guided lessons Claude teaches inside your own account: requests, documents, photos and numbers, research, pages and files, memory, Projects, connectors. No code anywhere.
Five things that will feel natural.
- Write requests that get you the answer you need, and steer the ones that missRequests
- Let Claude do the reading and math on documents, photos, and spreadsheetsDocuments
- Have Claude build a document, a spreadsheet, or a small web page, and share it with one linkFiles
- Set up memory and a Project so you never re-explain your lifeMemory
- Link Claude to your calendar, email, or files, and know exactly what it can seeConnectors
Everything the course covers, in plain words.
Most of these are guided sessions Claude runs inside your own Project, on a sample we give you or on something of your own. The rest you read here, where your files and your progress live too. Nothing is ever locked.
How Claude actually works
The models, thinking, context, memory, and your plan, in plain words, before you type a thing.
Prompting
Say what you want in a way Claude can act on, and fix an answer that misses without starting over.
Documents, photos, and numbers
Bring the paperwork: Claude reads it, explains it, and does the math.
Deep research with sources
Have Claude look things up, compare options, and show you where each answer came from.
Artifacts (files and pages Claude builds)
A finished document, spreadsheet, or small web page, built in front of you and shared with a link.
Memory and a Project for your life
Set Claude up to remember your people, your work, and your preferences, so you never re-explain.
Your apps, connected safely
Link your calendar or your files when it helps, and know when not to.
Agents (Claude working while you’re away)
A first look at tasks you set up once and let Claude run on its own.
Your own setup
Leave with a Claude built around your week, not a demo.
Claude teaches it, in your account.
Each lesson starts with one line typed into your course Project. Claude explains the idea in plain words, shows an example, waits while you try it on a sample or on your own material, and reviews what you did.
The four parts of a clear request
Claude answers the request it was given, not the one in your head. Most weak answers come from a request that left something out. A clear request has four parts: background, the task, its purpose, and the limits.
Vague“Write a note to my landlord about my dishwasher.”
Clear“I rent an apartment and my dishwasher has been broken for two weeks. I texted my landlord once and got no reply. Write a short note asking for a repair this week. Firm but polite. Under 120 words. If you have any questions please ask me before you start writing.”
One price, yours for good.
- Every lesson, kept current as Claude changes
- Guided lessons Claude runs from our scripts, inside a Project in your own account
- Sample documents, a flyer, a spreadsheet, and starter files for every exercise
- Progress that follows you: phone, tablet, laptop, or any other device
You’ll need Claude Pro (~$20/mo, paid to Anthropic, not us).