For individuals
8 steps · ~41 minClaude for your work
Eight practical steps, in the right order. No technical background needed — just the skills that separate people who get real value from Claude and people who give up after a week.
The skill that changes everything
Prompting that works
Most people get mediocre results because they write prompts the way they'd text a friend. The specific techniques that consistently produce better output — with examples you can steal.
6 min
Know the real limits before they surprise you
What Claude is actually good at
Claude is excellent at some things and genuinely bad at others. Knowing the difference before you need it saves you from making decisions on bad output without realising it.
5 min
Skip the predictable failures
The mistakes everyone makes first
The patterns that trip up almost every new Claude user — being too vague, accepting the first output, not giving context. Knowing them in advance puts you months ahead.
5 min
The use case most people start with
Writing and editing with Claude
What actually works for drafts, rewrites, tone adjustments, and editing — and what doesn't. How to direct Claude without losing your own voice in the output.
5 min
When to use it and when not to
Research with Claude
Claude is fast and useful for research — and also capable of sounding completely authoritative while being wrong. How to get the value without getting burned.
5 min
Stop re-explaining yourself every conversation
Projects: Claude that remembers your context
Projects let you give Claude standing instructions and shared context so you don't start from zero every time. How to set one up and what to put in it.
5 min
Build the right instincts
When to trust the output — and when not to
The specific failure patterns you need to know — not to be paranoid about every output, but to catch the ones that actually matter before they become a problem.
5 min
Diagnose before you give up
When something goes wrong: fix the prompt
When Claude misses, most people either accept the bad output or give up. The third option: a quick diagnostic process that tells you exactly what to change.
5 min
Official course from Anthropic
Prefer video with a certificate? Anthropic offers a free Claude 101 course — basics with video lessons and a completion certificate.
Where to go next
Getting your team on board?
Once you're getting real value personally, the next move is usually figuring out how to bring your team along. That's a different set of decisions.