How to use this handbook
This handbook is built to be practical first. Every page is meant to change how you work tomorrow, not just what you know.
The learning path
If you're new to Claude, follow this order:
- Getting Started: what Claude is and how to talk to it.
- Models: pick the right "brain" for the job.
- Prompting: the single highest-leverage skill.
- Coworking: go beyond chat with Projects, Artifacts, and files.
- Workflows: apply everything to real tasks.
- Skills & Integrations: scale and automate.
Already comfortable? Skip straight to Workflows or Prompt templates.
How pages are structured
Most pages follow the same rhythm so you can scan quickly:
- What & why: the concept in plain language.
- How: concrete steps and examples.
- Try it: a prompt or exercise you can run immediately.
- Pitfalls: what trips people up.
Conventions used here
Try it
Boxes like this contain something to paste into Claude right now.
Watch out
These flag common mistakes or risks.
Prompts you can copy are shown in code blocks:
text
You are my editor. Tighten this paragraph to under 80 words
without losing the key numbers. Keep my voice.A mindset that matters
Treat Claude like a bright, fast, eager colleague who is brilliant at language and reasoning but:
- Doesn't automatically know your company, your goals, or last week's meeting.
- Can sound confident even when it's wrong.
- Gets dramatically better when you give it context, examples, and feedback.
Most of this handbook is really about one thing: giving Claude what it needs to do great work for you.