# Free Claude tutorials for small business > 10 free, step-by-step Claude tutorials for small business: What Are Claude Skills? Turn One On and Watch It Work, Your First Chat with Claude, and more. Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/claude · Updated 2026-10-10 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com) Updated October 10, 2026 Claude is Anthropic’s AI assistant, strong at long documents and careful writing. These 10 free modules teach it by building real projects, not by reading about features: What Are Claude Skills? Turn One On and Watch It Work, Your First Chat with Claude: Models, Files and a Great First Prompt, Claude Projects for Your Business: Instructions, Knowledge and Quotes and Claude Artifacts: Build a Price Calculator You Can Try, Change and Share, and more. The Claude modules cover Claude Skills, Claude for Everyday Work, Accounting & Bookkeeping Firms, Consulting & Agencies and AI Basics. Every module runs in a practice copy of Claude, so you can learn it without an account, then set it up for real. ## 10 modules - [What Are Claude Skills? Turn One On and Watch It Work](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/what-are-claude-skills): 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. - [Your First Chat with Claude: Models, Files and a Great First Prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-first-chat-tutorial): 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 star and rename the chat. - [Claude Projects for Your Business: Instructions, Knowledge and Quotes](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-projects-tutorial): 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… - [Claude Artifacts: Build a Price Calculator You Can Try, Change and Share](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-artifacts-tutorial): Have Claude build an interactive lawn price calculator, try it in the artifact panel, ask for a change, and share it with a link. - [Claude Research: Get a Cited Competitor Price Scan, Then Check It](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-research-tutorial): Turn on Research, have Claude check what nearby competitors charge, read the cited report, check a source and ask a follow-up. - [Connect Claude to Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-google-drive-gmail-calendar-connectors): 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… - [Check a Contract for Red Flags with Claude](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/check-a-contract-for-red-flags-with-claude): 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… - [A Claude Project for Your Accounting Firm: Fee Schedule, Engagement Terms and Tone](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-project-accounting-firm-fee-schedule): Create a Claude project for your accounting firm, give it your tone and client policies, add your fee schedule and engagement letter terms as project knowledge, and get… - [Research a Prospect's Market with Claude Research Before a Pitch (Consultants & Agencies)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/claude-research-prospect-competitor-scan-agency): Turn on Research before a pitch, have Claude check what a prospect's competitors offer online, read the cited report, check a source and turn it into talking points for… - [Same Task, Four Assistants: ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Copilot](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/chatgpt-vs-claude-vs-gemini-vs-copilot-same-task): Give one real office task to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot, check each answer on the facts, and pick the one to use at work. **Prefer to watch or read? 2 of these modules have a video walkthrough or a screenshot guide** - [Check a Contract for Red Flags with Claude](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/check-a-contract-for-red-flags-with-claude): [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) - [Same Task, Four Assistants: ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Copilot](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/chatgpt-vs-claude-vs-gemini-vs-copilot-same-task): [Watch the video](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/chatgpt-vs-claude-vs-gemini-vs-copilot-same-task#watch) · [Read the guide](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/chatgpt-vs-claude-vs-gemini-vs-copilot-same-task#guide) ## Compare tools Side-by-side comparisons, with prices and features checked against the vendors’ own pages. - [ChatGPT vs Claude for work: which should you use?](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude): ChatGPT vs Claude for office work: October 2026 plans and prices side by side, how each handles your data, and which to pick for email and documents. - [ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Copilot for office work](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude-vs-gemini-vs-copilot): ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Copilot for office work: October 2026 prices side by side, which fits Gmail or Outlook teams, and which to try first. - [Claude Projects vs ChatGPT Projects vs Gemini Gems](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/claude-projects-vs-chatgpt-projects-vs-gemini-gems): Claude Projects, ChatGPT Projects and Gemini Gems compared for office work: project knowledge, instructions, memory and team sharing, as of October 2026. - [Claude vs Gemini for work: which should you use?](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/claude-vs-gemini): Claude vs Gemini for office work: October 2026 prices, long documents vs Google Workspace, how each treats your data, and which one to pick for your job. - [Free vs paid AI plans: what you actually get](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/free-vs-paid-ai-plans): Free vs paid AI plans for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity: what the $20 tier and business plans add as of October 2026, and when to pay. - [The best AI for accountants and bookkeepers in 2026](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/best-ai-for-accountants): The best AI for accounting and bookkeeping firms as of October 2026: which assistant fits client emails, meetings and receipts, and how to keep data safe. - [The best AI for recruiters and HR teams in 2026](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/best-ai-for-recruiters): The best AI for recruiters and HR as of October 2026: which assistant fits job posts, debriefs and candidate emails, and where AI in hiring needs care. - [The best AI for small business in 2026](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/best-ai-for-small-business): The best AI tools for a small business as of October 2026: which assistant to buy for your team, what it costs per user, and when to add automation. - [Which AI Should I Use? A Plain-English Guide (2026)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare/which-ai-should-i-use): Which AI should you use at work? A plain-English table by job: email, spreadsheets, research, meetings, images, Microsoft or Google, client data, budget. [All tool comparisons](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/compare) ## Related [AI for Accounting & Bookkeeping Firms (5)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/industry/accounting-and-bookkeeping-firms) · [AI for Consulting & Agencies (4)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/industry/consulting-and-agencies) · [AI Basics (4)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/course/ai-basics) · [Claude for Everyday Work (6)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/course/claude-for-everyday-work) · [ChatGPT tutorials (30)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/chatgpt) · [Gemini tutorials (3)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/tool/gemini) · [AI at Work: Start Here (9)](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/paths/ai-at-work-start-here) · [Give AI Your Company Knowledge (4)](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/)