AI Codex
The practitioner's guide to deploying AI.
Forward Deployed Engineers build AI systems inside companies. Agent Operators run them. Both roles are exploding — and neither has a good free resource yet. This is it.
Where do you want to start?
Deploying AI for companies?
Two roles are defining enterprise AI right now. Agent Operators run AI systems inside their own company. Forward Deployed Engineers build them for clients. Technical guides and career paths for both.
Using Claude at work?
Better prompting, workflows that stick, and the habits that separate people who get consistent value from Claude from those who don't.
Building with Claude?
From your first API call to production deployment. Or from a product idea to real users — two paths depending on whether you're a developer or a founder.
Rolling out to your team?
Whether you're a team lead doing a department rollout or IT handling org-wide deployment — structured paths with the decisions you need to make, in order.
Not sure which one fits you?
Answer 2 questions and we'll point you to the right path.
New role · exploding fast
What is a Forward Deployed Engineer?
Anthropic and OpenAI both launched billion-dollar deployment companies in the same week. Both built around the same type of engineer. Here's what they do, what they earn, and how to become one.
Read the guide →500K–1M new jobs predicted
What is an Agent Operator?
Aaron Levie predicts 500,000 to 1 million companies will hire someone to own their AI agents internally. Most already have this person — they just don't have a name for what they're doing yet.
Read the guide →Context
What AI Is Actually Doing to Your Job
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What's safe to share with Claude — and what isn't
The most common reason professionals hold back from using Claude for real work: they're not sure whether they're putting confidential information at risk. Here's the direct answer.
6 min read
New to AI? Start here.
You've heard about AI. You've maybe tried it once, got something weird, and closed the tab. This is the honest version of what it is, why most people's first attempts disappoint them, and what to actually do.
8 min read
Claude for Word: what the add-in does and how to install it
Anthropic's Word add-in puts Claude in a sidebar that reads your whole document, suggests edits as tracked changes you accept or reject, and works without leaving Word. Requires a Team or Enterprise plan.
4 min read
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