In this session, you will learn how to spend less time on the repetitive tasks that keep you from actually moving your work forward. Instead of re-prompting Claude every time, we'll show you how to teach Claude about how you work and build workflows it runs on its own. You'll also learn how to get Claude to read the files on your computer directly, so you don't have to paste documents into the chat over and over. We'll cover foundations and then build example projects tailored to the students in that session. Two hours of instruction, plus a half hour for questions and unstructured discussion after (optional).
You'll learn how to
Teach Claude how you work, so you stop having to repeat yourself
Have Claude read files directly from your computer, so you don't have to drag and drop every time
Connect Claude to tools you already use via MCP
Build workflows and skills that Claude can use to execute repetitive tasks on its own
Example skills
Teach it how to build that report you run every Monday, and have it come back the same way every week
Take that ugly export file from your existing software and get it into the form you need
Turn something you currently explain from scratch each time into something you ask for by name
When you're the whole company, every hour of admin work is an hour you could have been billing, doing client development, or spending time with your family. This session helps turn Claude into a virtual back office shaped to how your business runs. We'll cover foundations and then build example projects tailored to the students in that session. Two hours of instruction, plus a half hour for questions and unstructured discussion after (optional).
You'll learn how to
Teach Claude your business — what you sell, how you price it, who your clients are, how you sound
Have Claude read files directly from your computer, so you don't have to drag and drop every time
Connect Claude to tools you already use via MCP
Build workflows and skills that Claude can use to execute repetitive tasks on its own
Example skills
Get quotes, proposals and invoices out in your format and your voice, not a generic template
Automatically write the follow-ups you keep meaning to send and never do
Get receipts and statements into the shape your bookkeeper actually asks for
Claude Code turns your words into real software. We start with setup and the computer basics you need to get the most out of it — no programming background required. Then we'll build an example project or two tailored to the students in that session. Two and a half hours of instruction, plus a half hour for questions and unstructured discussion after (optional).
What we'll cover
How to get Claude Code installed and running on your own laptop
Computer basics needed to orient you to how Claude Code works
Learn to describe what you want in a way that comes back working the first time more often
Leave with something small you built yourself that actually runs
Skip this one if you've already built and run something with Claude Code.
Generating a weekly report, checking two spreadsheets against each other, turning a folder of receipts into an expense report: you'll build one of these from scratch. We'll cover what makes one reliable, how to keep it running, and which sorts of tasks are best to automate (and which aren't). Then, we'll build some examples based upon the interests and needs of the students in that session. Three hours of instruction, plus a half hour for questions and unstructured discussion after (optional).
What we'll cover
How to take a task you do every week and make it run without you
Put it on a schedule, so it happens whether or not you remember
Get told the moment it breaks instead of finding out later, and know how to fix it yourself
Leave knowing how to pick the next task worth automating, and build that one without us
Prerequisite: Intro to Claude Code, or you've already built a small project with it at home.
Skip this one if you already have an automation of your own running on a schedule.
For people who've built one automation and want a system. We'll teach you the basics of setting up a personal server, accessing APIs, and chaining together tasks that pull from different sources. Then, we'll build some examples based upon the interests and needs of the students in that session. Three hours of instruction, plus a half hour for questions and unstructured discussion after (optional).
What we'll cover
How to set up your own server, so everything keeps running with your laptop shut
Connect it to the tools you already use
Chain several small automations into one workflow that runs end to end
Add checks to surface failures immediately, so you can fix them before they cause problems
Leave with a system you can maintain
Prerequisite: Automations with Claude Code, or solid comfort with Claude Code.
Skip this one if you're already running scheduled jobs on your own server.