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💼Claude · Intermediate

Claude for Real Work

Go beyond the chat box. Make Claude part of how you work.

Turn Claude from a helpful chat into a real part of your workflow. Set up Projects, connect the tools you already use, automate your document work, and hand whole multi-step tasks to Claude's Cowork assistant. The second course in our hands-on Claude path.

6
Modules
30
Lessons
~3 hours
Est. time
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What you'll learn

  • ✓How to set custom instructions so Claude always responds your way
  • ✓How to use Projects to give Claude lasting context without repeating yourself
  • ✓How to connect Claude to your email, calendar, and files
  • ✓How to automate Word, PDF, spreadsheet, and slide work with Skills
  • ✓What Cowork is and how to delegate whole multi-step tasks to it

Course modules

01

Sharper Conversations

Move from one-off chats to a system: custom instructions, roles and styles, and an organized workspace.

5 lessonsStart →
02

Projects: Your Persistent Workspace

Give Claude lasting context with Projects, so it knows your work without you repeating yourself.

5 lessonsStart →
03

Connect Claude to Your Tools

Link Claude to your email, calendar, and files — and stay in full control of permissions and privacy.

5 lessonsStart →
04

Skills & Document Work

Automate the grind: repeatable workflows for Word, PDF, spreadsheets, and slide decks.

5 lessonsStart →
05

Meet Cowork

Claude's desktop assistant that does the work, not just the talking. Get set up and delegate your first task.

5 lessonsStart →
06

Delegating Real Tasks

Hand Claude whole multi-step deliverables, choose chat vs. Cowork, and keep the agent on the rails.

5 lessonsStart →