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Starter manual · Level 0 → 1

Your First AI Workflows

A calm starter manual: five copy-paste workflows that turn scattered inputs into a clear next step. No prompt engineering required.

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Field guides

How to actually use Claude.

Longer, plain-language manuals for getting set up. Free to read, nothing to download.

Field guide · Part 1 of 3

How to actually use Claude. Part 1: Chat

The one mechanism that explains everything, the two settings that make Claude know you, and a real commercial decision run start to finish.

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Field guide · Part 2 of 3

How to actually use Claude. Part 2: Cowork

When Claude stops answering in a box and starts building the real deck in your folder. The setup that makes it safe, and one job run end to end.

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