FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2026 · 10:00 TO 14:00

CLAUDE WORKSHOP.

A hands-on introduction to Claude Code. Hosted by Paw.

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PRACTICAL STUFF.

Thanks to TC Space for hosting us!

We'll have a break around half-way through.

This is being recorded, but feel free to take notes.

There will be both a bit of presenting and then hands-on work.

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GET THE SLIDES.

claude-workshop-slides.pages.dev

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HI, I'M PAW.

COO AT FINANCER.COM

RUN A HANDFUL OF MY OWN PROJECTS

AI POWER USER

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GOALS: WHAT YOU'LL LEARN TODAY.

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How to do "anything" with AI. The meta skill of 2026.

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Build something.

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Automate something.

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PART ONE

THE BASICS.

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WHAT IS CLAUDE CODE ANYWAY?

A way of talking to Claude directly on your own computer.

Instead of going to claude.com or chatgpt.com, Claude works right where your files are.

That means CONTEXT.

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AND CONTEXT IS GREAT.

You get away from the default responses.

You continuously improve.

Claude stops forgetting.

But there's more...

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CLAUDE CONNECTS TO THE TOOLS YOU USE EVERY DAY.

GMAIL

CALENDAR

NOTION

HUBSPOT

SHEETS

STRIPE

SEARCH CONSOLE

YOUR CMS

WHATEVER YOU USE

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API, CLI, MCP... WTF?

CLI

Command Line Interface

Talk to a program by typing in the terminal.

API

Application Programming Interface

Programs talking to programs.

MCP

Model Context Protocol

Similar to API: a plug that gives Claude hands.

It doesn't REALLY matter: just think of these as different ways of giving Claude tools.

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WHY IS THAT SO POWERFUL?

CONTEXT

IT SEES YOUR FILES

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TOOLS

IT USES YOUR TOOLS

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ACTION

IT ACTUALLY DOES THINGS

You no longer need to open your tools to use them.

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WHY IS THAT GOOD?

CHAT

Paste and send this email.

CLAUDE CODE

I sent the email for you.

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WHY IS THAT GOOD?

CHAT

Do these 50 steps on Stripe.

CLAUDE CODE

I created the payment link.

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WHY IS THAT GOOD?

CHAT

Do these 50 steps on WordPress.

CLAUDE CODE

I wired up the payment link.

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WHERE CAN CLAUDE ADD VALUE?

RESEARCH

WRITING & SEO

AD CREATION

DESIGN & IMAGES

WEBSITES & TOOLS

INVOICES & ADMIN

EMAIL & CALENDAR

AUTOMATIONS

THIS PRESENTATION

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A QUICK TOUR OF THE APP.

Pick a folder. That's the workspace Claude can see.

The mode picker: ask-every-time, auto, and plan mode.

Connectors live in settings. Old sessions live in the sidebar.

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TASK 1

CLEAN UP YOUR DOWNLOADS FOLDER.

PASTE THIS

> I want to clean up and organize my Downloads folder. First look at what's in there and ask me clarifying questions before doing anything. Then propose a plan, and only execute after I approve it.

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QUICK STOP.

What did you notice?

Do you have any questions?

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PART TWO

INTO THE WEEDS.

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HOW MEMORY WORKS.

Groundhog Day. Beyond base training, Claude only knows what you feed it.

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CLAUDE.MD

A very important file.

Claude reads the CLAUDE.md file on every message.

Steal my CLAUDE.md it's in the starter kit

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## Who I am
Not technical. Explain things plainly.
## How I like to work
Ask questions before executing.
Plan first on bigger tasks.
## Never do this
Never send without showing me.
Never delete. Move to a folder instead.

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WHICH MODEL SHOULD YOU USE?

MODEL	INTELLIGENCE	SPEED	COST
FABLE 5	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮
GPT 5.6 SOL	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮
OPUS 4.8	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮
GPT 5.6 TERRA	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮
GROK 4.5	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮
SONNET 5	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮
GPT 5.6 LUNA	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮	▮▮▮▮▮

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WHY SWITCHING PROVIDER IS CHEAP.

You don't need to be married to Claude.

It's not like switching from ClickUp to Asana (luckily).

While they differ slightly, the LLMs all read the same files.

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TASK 2

GIVE CLAUDE YOUR INBOX AND CALENDAR.

Open Settings, then Connectors.

Find Gmail. Click Connect and log in with Google.

Do the same for Google Calendar.

New chat. Ask: "what can you see in my inbox?"

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TASK 2

GIVE CLAUDE YOUR INBOX AND CALENDAR.

PICK A MISSION · DRAFTS ONLY

> Which emails from the last 3 days actually need a reply from me?

> Look at next week's calendar and write my Monday-morning briefing: what's coming, what needs prep, where am I double-booked?

> Find the oldest email still waiting on me and draft a reply in my tone based on my sent emails. Show me, don't send.

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QUESTIONS?

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PART THREE

SKILLS & AUTOMATIONS.

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LIVE DEMO

MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL RUNS ITSELF.

SUBS

15,000

EFFORT

I barely check the videos anymore.

VOICE

A clone. Viewers can't tell.

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OUTPUT EXAMPLES.

> POPULATION VIDEO

> FINANCER (UNSHIPPED)

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WHAT GOES INTO A VIDEO ANYWAY?

TOPIC

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RESEARCH

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SCRIPT

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VOICEOVER

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VISUALS

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EDIT

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A VIDEO

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ONE-OFF OR REPEATABLE TASK?

ONE-OFF

Just talk to Claude and get it done.

REPEATABLE

"Claude, make what we just did repeatable." Now it's a skill anyone can run.

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WHERE SKILLS COME IN.

A skill is a repeatable process.

Create it once, run on demand.

Invoke through a slash command: "/seo-article write a content piece about [xyz]"

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SKILLS TO STEAL.

tidy-downloads, inbox-triage and monday-briefing: the tasks from today.

deck-builder: interviews you, then builds a deck. It built this one.

seo-article, social-carousel, landing-page and explainer-video: generic versions of skills I use every week.

Plus a starter CLAUDE.md to copy.

ONE PROMPT INSTALLS EVERYTHING

> Download https://claude-workshop-slides.pages.dev/starter-kit.zip, unzip it, install the skills so I can use them, and then interview me to fill out the starter CLAUDE.md.

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TAKE YOURSELF OUT OF THE LOOP.

AI speeding you up is nice, but the next level is not having to be there at all.

Build once, run forever.

CRON jobs, AKA scheduled tasks, are powerful.

Claude has this built in, but you can also do it directly on your computer or server.

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EXAMPLES.

Every day at 7am, send me an email with the most important tasks for the day.

Every day at 6am, research and draft a newsletter for my subscribers.

On the 1st of every month, collect all my invoices and make a draft in Gmail.

Check the Tesla stock price every 30 minutes. Email me if it moves more than 0.5%.

Every day at 5pm, check my emails, tasks and Claude transcripts and give me a bullet summary of what I got done, so I can tell my boss.

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TASK 3

MAKE AN AUTOMATION.

First: which tasks do you do every month, week or day?

USE THE TASK YOU JUST NAMED

> I want an automation that [the thing from your list] every [day / week / month] at [time]. Set it up as a scheduled task, run it once right now so we can test it, and give me exact instructions for anything you need from me.

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PART FOUR

TIPS, TOOLS & WORKFLOWS.

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AWESOME TOOLS TO CONNECT TO CLAUDE.

Remotion: video editing with React code. remotion.dev

Hyperframes: HTML-based video editing. hyperframes.dev

VoiceBox: clone your voice for free. github.com/jamiepine/voicebox

MacWhisper: local voice-to-text on your Mac. macwhisper.com

Pexels: free B-roll. pexels.com

GPT Image 2.0: image generation that nails text. openai.com

Postiz: schedule posts to every platform. postiz.com

DataForSEO: keyword and SERP data. dataforseo.com

Ahrefs: SEO and backlink data. ahrefs.com

Cloudflare: host your websites and tools. cloudflare.com

Resend: send email from your automations. resend.com

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JUST ASK CLAUDE PRINCIPLE.

You have a PhD in everything right at your fingertips.

At work I find myself saying "did you ask Claude?" a lot.

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PROMPTING TIPS.

"Verify online"

"I know there's a solution. Think harder. Verify online."

"Ask questions, then plan"

"Take your time"

"Give me exact step-by-step instructions." (make it easy to take action)

These are becoming more and more obsolete as models get better.

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USE SUB AGENTS.

Ask Fable to use sub agents.

Parallel work is a lot faster.

You can bake this into the CLAUDE.md.

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WORKFLOWS THAT WORK.

More context = better results. Files, screenshots, examples: give Claude everything you have.

EXPLORE

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PLAN

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CONFIRM

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IMPLEMENT

SCREENSHOT

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BUILD

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SCREENSHOT

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ITERATE

READ THIS YOUTUBE TRANSCRIPT

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WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS

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BUTTONS WORTH KNOWING.

Plan mode: Claude explores and proposes first. Acts only after you approve.

/init: creates a CLAUDE.md for the folder you're working in.

@ points Claude at a specific file or folder.

Old sessions live in the sidebar. Claude picks up where you left off.

/checkup: audits your setup, cleans out what you don't use, and updates. Brand new.

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BABY-STEP YOUR WAY TO TRUST.

PERMISSIONS EXIST FOR A REASON.

KEEP TEST DATA AND REAL DATA SEPARATE.

API KEYS ARE PASSWORDS.

> ASK BEFORE EXECUTING?
[Y/N]

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RAPID-FIRE TIPS.

Use your voice. You speak 3x faster than you type.

End prompts with "ask me clarifying questions."

Say "take your time." Say "think before coding."

Ask it to search the web and verify.

Be persistent. "I know there's a solution. Think harder."

Demand exact step-by-step instructions for manual steps.

If it keeps failing, improve its notes, not your volume.

Ask for HTML: slides, reports, small tools. This deck is one HTML file.

Just ask Claude. It's the best manual for itself.

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QUESTIONS?

Last questions before you build your own thing?

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TASK 4 · 25 MIN

THE THING YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF.

YOUR SCAFFOLD

> I want to [your project]. I'm not technical, so make this as easy as possible for me. Ask me clarifying questions first, then give me a step-by-step plan. Whenever you need something from me (a login, a click, a decision), give me exact instructions.

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FEEDBACK.

Two minutes, brutally honest, completely anonymous. Open the slides on your own device: it's the last slide.

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