Claude AI Course

Lesson 1 • Accessing Claude Across Platforms

Demonstrates the web interface, mobile access, and API entry points available to users. Ensures every learner can independently access Claude before advancing.

Lesson 2 • Understanding Claude's Safety Design

Explains Constitutional AI and the values embedded in Claude's responses. Prepares learners to work within Claude's guidelines productively.

Lesson 3 • What Claude Is and Who Built It

Covers Anthropic's mission, Claude's development history, and its position in the AI landscape. Establishes context for all subsequent technical and practical learning.

Lesson 1 • Anatomy of a Good Prompt

Breaks down the components of a prompt: task, context, format, and constraints. Learners identify and apply each component to improve output quality.

Lesson 2 • Formatting Instructions for Claude

Covers how to request markdown, lists, tables, headers, and plain text outputs. Connects formatting control to professional document and communication needs.

Lesson 3 • Instruction Clarity and Specificity

Teaches how vague language degrades output and how precise wording improves it. Learners rewrite weak prompts into high-performing ones through guided practice.

Lesson 4 • Single-Turn vs. Multi-Turn Prompting

Distinguishes one-shot requests from iterative conversations and when to use each. Builds the foundation for advanced conversation management in later chapters.

Lesson 1 • Few-Shot and Zero-Shot Prompting

Explains how providing examples guides Claude's pattern matching and output format. Learners build example sets that reliably produce consistent, on-brand outputs.

Lesson 2 • Role and Persona Assignment

Teaches how assigning Claude a role shapes tone, expertise level, and response style. Learners craft persona prompts for consulting, coaching, and editorial contexts.

Lesson 3 • Chain-of-Thought Prompting

Demonstrates how asking Claude to reason step by step improves accuracy on complex tasks. Learners apply chain-of-thought to analytical, mathematical, and decision problems.

Lesson 4 • Constraint and Boundary Setting

Shows how explicit constraints on length, tone, and scope prevent unwanted outputs. Learners write constraint layers that protect quality across varied use cases.

Lesson 1 • How Claude Remembers Within a Session

Explains the context window, token limits, and how prior messages influence responses. Learners predict and manage context degradation in long conversations.

Lesson 2 • Steering and Redirecting Conversations

Covers techniques for correcting Claude's direction without restarting the session. Learners practice mid-conversation corrections that save time and preserve progress.

Lesson 3 • Ending and Resuming Work Sessions

Addresses the lack of persistent memory and strategies for resuming work across sessions. Learners create session handoff documents that restore context efficiently.

Lesson 1 • Editing and Improving Existing Text

Teaches how to use Claude as an editor for clarity, concision, tone, and grammar. Learners submit their own writing and receive actionable, structured feedback.

Lesson 2 • Creative Writing and Storytelling

Explores fiction, narrative, and creative nonfiction generation with Claude. Learners direct plot, character, and style to produce original creative work.

Lesson 3 • Drafting Professional Documents

Covers reports, proposals, memos, and briefs using structured prompts and templates. Learners produce first drafts in minutes that require only light human editing.

Lesson 4 • Content Creation for Marketing and Comms

Applies Claude to social posts, email campaigns, blog articles, and ad copy. Learners match output to brand voice guidelines using persona and constraint prompts.

Lesson 1 • Data Interpretation and Explanation

Teaches Claude to explain datasets, statistics, and trends in plain language. Learners translate technical data into stakeholder-ready narratives and summaries.

Lesson 2 • Using Claude for Research Assistance

Covers how Claude synthesises knowledge, generates hypotheses, and maps research gaps. Learners understand Claude's knowledge cutoff and how to verify its outputs.

Lesson 3 • Structured Analytical Frameworks

Applies frameworks like SWOT, pros/cons, and root cause analysis through Claude prompts. Learners produce structured analyses that support professional decision-making.

Lesson 4 • Brainstorming and Idea Generation

Uses Claude to expand creative and strategic thinking through divergent prompting. Learners generate, filter, and prioritise ideas for projects and business challenges.

Lesson 1 • Code Review and Refactoring

Uses Claude to identify inefficiencies, improve readability, and enforce best practices. Learners submit code for structured review and apply refactoring recommendations.

Lesson 2 • Debugging and Error Resolution

Teaches how to share error messages and code with Claude for diagnosis and fixes. Learners resolve common bugs faster by structuring debugging prompts effectively.

Lesson 3 • Automating Repetitive Technical Tasks

Applies Claude to script generation, regex creation, and data transformation tasks. Learners identify automation opportunities and prompt Claude to build the required tools.

Lesson 4 • Technical Documentation and Explanation

Generates README files, inline comments, API docs, and plain-language explanations. Learners produce documentation that reduces onboarding time for technical teams.

Lesson 1 • Measuring and Improving AI Output Quality

Introduces metrics, feedback loops, and continuous improvement cycles for AI workflows. Learners define KPIs for their Claude use cases and track improvement over time.

Lesson 2 • System Prompts and Custom Instructions

Teaches how system prompts set persistent behaviour, tone, and rules for Claude deployments. Learners write production-ready system prompts for specific professional applications.

Lesson 3 • Human-AI Collaboration Best Practices

Defines where human judgment must override AI output and how to structure review steps. Learners apply a collaboration model that maintains accountability and output quality.

Lesson 4 • Integrating Claude via API

Introduces API authentication, request structure, and parameter control for developers. Learners make their first API call and understand how to customise model behaviour.