Claude Jump Start
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For people who want a careful, capable assistant for writing and research. You'll start with a first chat, then give Claude your business knowledge in a Project and have it build a working calculator as an Artifact. By the end you'll run cited research, connect Drive, Gmail and Calendar, and know what Skills can do.
Work through them in order: each step builds on the one before it, and every module runs in a practice copy of Claude right in your browser. It is free, and no experience is needed.
Beginner 8 modules about 60 minutes Free Start the path free
The path: 8 steps
- Step 1: Your First Chat with Claude: Models, Files and a Great First Prompt✓ Done Beginner
Pick a model, attach a customer's complaint email with the + menu, write a four-part prompt, read Claude's reply, ask a follow-up, then pin and rename the chat.
Free · about 7 minutes · Next up: Claude Projects for Your Business: Instructions, Knowledge and Quotes
- Step 2: Claude Projects for Your Business: Instructions, Knowledge and Quotes✓ Done Beginner
Create a project for your business, give it instructions for tone and policies, add your price sheet and warranty as project knowledge, and get a customer quote that uses all of it.
Free · about 8 minutes · Next up: Claude Artifacts: Build a Price Calculator You Can Try, Change and Share
- Step 3: Claude Artifacts: Build a Price Calculator You Can Try, Change and Share✓ Done Beginner
Have Claude build an interactive lawn price calculator, try it in the artifact panel, ask for a change, and share it with a link.
Free · about 7 minutes · Next up: Claude Research: Get a Cited Competitor Price Scan, Then Check It
- Step 4: Claude Research: Get a Cited Competitor Price Scan, Then Check It✓ Done Beginner
Turn on Research, have Claude check what nearby competitors charge, read the cited report, check a source and ask a follow-up.
Free · about 7 minutes · Next up: Connect Claude to Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar
- Step 5: Connect Claude to Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar✓ Done Intermediate
Connect Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar to Claude, then find your price sheet, summarize a customer's email thread and check your week, approving each tool as Claude asks.
Free · about 8 minutes · Next up: What Are Claude Skills? Turn One On and Watch It Work
- Step 6: What Are Claude Skills? Turn One On and Watch It Work✓ Done Beginner
Learn what a Claude skill is, switch on the setting skills need, turn on an example skill in Customize, and watch Claude use its Excel and Word skills on its own.
Free · about 7 minutes · Next up: Check a Contract for Red Flags with Claude
- Step 7: Check a Contract for Red Flags with Claude✓ Done Beginner
Upload a vendor contract, get it in plain English, find the risky clauses with the exact words quoted, draft questions for the vendor, and save the review as a project for the next one.
Free · about 11 minutes · Watch the video · Read the guide · Next up: Claude: Compare Two Versions of a Document and See What Changed
- Step 8: Claude: Compare Two Versions of a Document and See What Changed✓ Done Beginner
Paste last year’s and this year’s policy, get a side-by-side table of what changed, catch what Claude gets wrong, and turn it into a note to staff.
Free · about 5 minutes · Last step
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How every module works
Each step is shown on the left, with a cursor pointing to exactly where to click. You do the same thing on the right, in a practice copy of the real tool. Get it right and it moves on. Nothing touches your real accounts until you're ready to build it for real.
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