# Claude Jump Start > Claude for everyday work: Projects, Artifacts, Research and Skills. 8 free lessons in order, beginner, about 60 minutes. Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/paths/claude-jump-start · Updated 2026-10-13 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com) Updated October 13, 2026 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](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/claude-first-chat) ## The path: 8 steps 1. [**Step 1: Your First Chat with Claude: Models, Files and a Great First Prompt**](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-first-chat-tutorial)✓ 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](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-projects-tutorial) 2. [**Step 2: Claude Projects for Your Business: Instructions, Knowledge and Quotes**](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-projects-tutorial)✓ 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](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-artifacts-tutorial) 3. [**Step 3: Claude Artifacts: Build a Price Calculator You Can Try, Change and Share**](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-artifacts-tutorial)✓ 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](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-research-tutorial) 4. [**Step 4: Claude Research: Get a Cited Competitor Price Scan, Then Check It**](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-research-tutorial)✓ 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](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-google-drive-gmail-calendar-connectors) 5. [**Step 5: Connect Claude to Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar**](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-google-drive-gmail-calendar-connectors)✓ 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](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/what-are-claude-skills) 6. [**Step 6: What Are Claude Skills? Turn One On and Watch It Work**](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/what-are-claude-skills)✓ 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](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/check-a-contract-for-red-flags-with-claude) 7. [**Step 7: Check a Contract for Red Flags with Claude**](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/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](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/check-a-contract-for-red-flags-with-claude#watch) · [Read the guide](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/check-a-contract-for-red-flags-with-claude#guide) · Next up: [Claude: Compare Two Versions of a Document and See What Changed](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-compare-two-versions-of-a-document) 8. [**Step 8: Claude: Compare Two Versions of a Document and See What Changed**](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-compare-two-versions-of-a-document)✓ 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 - Previous path: [ChatGPT Jump Start](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/paths/chatgpt-jump-start) - Next path: [Gemini Jump Start](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/paths/gemini-jump-start) ## Related [Claude for Everyday Work (7)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/course/claude-for-everyday-work) · [Claude Skills (6)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/course/claude-skills) · [Claude tutorials (15)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/claude) · [AI for Recruiting & HR (4)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/paths/ai-for-recruiting-and-hr) · [Give AI Your Company Knowledge (5)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/paths/give-ai-your-company-knowledge) · [AI Agents 101 (3)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/paths/ai-agents-101) [All free tutorials](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content) ## 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. [Start learning free](https://learn.ynteractive.com/)