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Every Claude guide on the site, from first steps to advanced features, sorted by level.
9 guides
BeginnerClaudeDocuments
Explain a bill or official letter
Paste a bill or letter into free Claude and get plain English, the deadline, and what is actually being asked.
About 10 minutes using Claude
BeginnerClaudeWriting
Write a clear email
Tell free Claude who you are writing to and what you need. You get a short draft, and you send it yourself.
About 8 minutes using Claude
BeginnerClaudeWriting
Rewrite resume bullets from real work
Ask free Claude for three resume bullets that use only the facts you provide, with blanks where a number is missing.
About 12 minutes using Claude
BeginnerClaudeDocuments
Shorten a long article
Paste an article you are allowed to use into free Claude and get a short summary plus the points worth reading in full.
About 8 minutes using Claude
BeginnerClaudeGetting started
Get started with Claude: your first useful chat
Make a free Claude account, ask a clear first question, attach a file, and learn what to check before you trust the answer.
About 10 minutes using Claude
IntermediateClaudeProductivity
Set up a Claude Project so Claude always knows your context
Create a Claude Project, add instructions and reference files once, and get on-brief answers in every chat without pasting context again.
About 15 minutes using Claude Projects
AdvancedClaudeBuilding
Call the Claude API in Python and cut costs with prompt caching
Get an API key, make your first Claude Messages API call in Python, then add prompt caching so repeated long prompts cost less and run faster.
About 30 minutes using Claude Console, Claude API docs
AdvancedClaudeBuilding
Build your first MCP server in Python and use it in Claude Desktop
Write a small Model Context Protocol server with the official Python SDK, expose a tool, and connect it to Claude Desktop so Claude can call it.
About 35 minutes using MCP docs, Claude Desktop
AdvancedClaudeBuilding
Get started with Claude Code: fix a bug from your terminal
Install Claude Code, sign in, have it explain your project, plan and fix a real bug, and save project rules in CLAUDE.md so the next session starts smarter.
About 25 minutes using Claude Code quickstart, Claude Code setup, Permission modes, CLAUDE.md and memory