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Claude and Claude Code Course

Claude and Claude Code, from your first prompt to building websites, tools and automations, taught live in twelve 90-minute classes.

  • 12live classes
  • 90minutes each
  • 18hours in total
  • 4phases

The classes teach how to run campaigns. Results depend on your business, budget, competition and tracking, and are never guaranteed.

Curriculum: Class by Class

Open any class to see what it covers and what to bring. The details below come from the live classes themselves.

  1. Learn what Claude is, what it can and cannot do, how to use the chat, and how to keep your information safe from day one.

    What you will learn

    • What Claude is, and what AI assistants can and cannot do
    • A tour of the Claude chat: conversations, models, files and settings
    • Your first prompts, and how to read the answers critically
    • Why Claude can sound sure and still be wrong, and how to check
    • Privacy basics: what not to paste, and how to protect client data
    • Setting up your account and a simple folder of saved prompts
    What to bringA laptop and a Claude account. Plans and limits change, so check what your plan includes before the class.
  2. Write clear prompts: give context, a task, examples and a format, then improve the answer step by step.

    What you will learn

    • The parts of a good prompt: role, context, task, constraints and format
    • Showing examples so Claude matches your style
    • Asking follow-up questions and refining an answer in steps
    • Rewriting a weak prompt into a strong one
    • Common mistakes: vague asks, missing context and too many tasks at once
    • Saving the prompts that work as reusable templates
    What to bringA laptop and three real tasks from your work that you would like help with.
  3. Set up Projects so Claude keeps your context, add files and instructions, and turn repeat work into reusable setups.

    What you will learn

    • What a Project is, and when to use one
    • Adding documents, brand notes and custom instructions
    • Working with uploaded files such as PDFs, documents and sheets
    • Using Artifacts to build and edit documents, pages and small tools in the chat
    • Building a small knowledge hub for one business or client
    • Keeping your Projects organised and clean
    What to bringA laptop and a few documents about a business or client you know, with any private details removed.
  4. Use Claude to draft ad copy, posts, emails and landing page text in your brand voice, and check every claim before you publish.

    What you will learn

    • Describing your brand voice so the writing sounds like you
    • Drafting ad copy, social posts, emails and landing page text
    • Generating several angles and choosing the strongest
    • Rewriting one message for different platforms and audiences
    • Checking facts, claims and platform policies before publishing
    • Building a reusable content template
    What to bringA laptop and a real offer or product to write about.
  5. Use Claude to research, summarise and compare information, read reports and sheets, and turn rough notes into clear documents.

    What you will learn

    • Summarising long documents and articles
    • Comparing options and building simple research briefs
    • Reading a report or spreadsheet and asking Claude what it shows
    • Turning notes, calls and ideas into proposals and plans
    • Checking Claude's work: asking for sources, spotting gaps and errors
    • Knowing when a person must make the decision
    What to bringA laptop and a sample report or sheet with private details removed.
  6. Meet Claude Code: what it is, how to set it up, how it works inside a project folder, and how to give it your first task.

    What you will learn

    • What Claude Code is, and how it differs from chatting with Claude
    • Setting up Claude Code and opening a project folder
    • How it reads, edits and creates files
    • Permissions: what it asks to do and how to stay in control
    • Writing a clear first task and reading what it did
    • Starting, stopping and undoing work safely
    What to bringA laptop. Check before the class which Claude plan or access Claude Code needs, and ask if you are unsure.
  7. Go from a written brief to a working landing page: plan the page, ask Claude Code to build it, then review and improve it.

    What you will learn

    • Writing a brief: goal, audience, sections and call to action
    • Asking Claude Code to plan before it builds
    • Building a landing page step by step
    • Previewing the page in your browser and spotting problems
    • Improving design, wording and mobile layout with follow-up requests
    • Keeping the page fast, readable and easy to use
    What to bringA laptop and a one-page brief for a real or practice website.
  8. Review what Claude Code changed, fix problems, keep a safe history of your work, and publish a site without exposing private information.

    What you will learn

    • Reading and understanding the changes Claude Code makes
    • Finding and fixing bugs by describing them clearly
    • Saving your work with Git so you can go back
    • Keeping passwords, keys and private data out of your project
    • Publishing a simple website
    • A checklist to run before anything goes live
    What to bringA laptop and the page you built in Day 7.
  9. Build a small working tool with Claude Code, such as a lead form or a calculator, and learn how to test it properly.

    What you will learn

    • Choosing a small tool that solves a real problem
    • Planning the screens, the information and the steps
    • Building a form or calculator with Claude Code
    • Saving or sending the information the tool collects
    • Testing with normal and unusual inputs
    • Writing a short note on how the tool works so others can use it
    What to bringA laptop and an idea for a small tool, for example a lead form, a quote calculator or a checklist.
  10. Learn how automated workflows work in n8n and build a simple one: a form submission that is saved to a sheet and sent on as a notification.

    What you will learn

    • What a workflow is: triggers, steps and actions
    • A first look at n8n and its building blocks
    • Receiving a form submission with a webhook
    • Saving the information to Google Sheets
    • Sending a notification, for example by email or message
    • Testing a workflow and reading what went wrong
    What to bringA laptop and an n8n account or access to an n8n setup. A Google account with Google Sheets is useful.
  11. Understand what an AI agent is, when to use one instead of a fixed workflow, and how to connect Claude to your tools with clear limits.

    What you will learn

    • What an AI agent is, and how it differs from a fixed workflow
    • Giving an agent a goal, tools and instructions
    • Connecting Claude to everyday tools and data
    • Using Claude Code to help build and edit agent workflows
    • Where agents go wrong: mistakes, cost and privacy
    • Setting limits and keeping a person in the loop
    What to bringA laptop and a repetitive task from your own work that you would like to automate.
  12. Put it all together: build one end-to-end project, such as a lead page with a form, a sheet and a notification, then review it and plan your next steps.

    What you will learn

    • Choosing a capstone: a page, a tool, a workflow or all three together
    • Building it with Claude and Claude Code
    • Running a review checklist for quality, safety and privacy
    • Presenting your project and getting feedback
    • A recap of the whole course
    • Questions and next steps
    What to bringA laptop and your work from earlier classes.

Tools and Topics Covered

  • Claude
  • Projects and Artifacts
  • Claude Code
  • Git
  • n8n
  • Webhooks and forms
  • Google Sheets
  • AI agents

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