Claude for Everyone/Claude Code & Cowork for Non-Devs

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Claude Code & Cowork for Non-Devs

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  • 22 Lessons

Contents

Welcome to Claude Code & Cowork!

This is where you go from using AI to building with it. In Tier 1, you learned how to think with Claude — Projects, Custom Instructions, MCP connections, Knowledge Bases. You turned Claude into something that actually knows your business. This course takes that foundation and puts it to work. You'll learn two new tools — Claude Cowork and Claude Code — and by the end, you'll have built a content engine, a live dashboard, and a client-facing tool. All without writing code yourself.

What We're Building (And Why It Matters)
Claude Chat vs. Cowork vs. Code: The Three Modes

Module 10: Claude Cowork — Your Desktop Agent

Cowork is where Claude stops being a chatbot and starts being a coworker. Same AI engine that powers Claude Code, but instead of a terminal, you get a simple chat interface that works directly with the files and folders on your computer. In this module, you'll delegate your first real task to Cowork, watch Claude plan and execute it, and learn when Cowork is the right tool versus Chat or Code. By the end, you'll have a completed task — real files, reorganized and improved — sitting in a folder on your desktop.

10.1 — What Cowork Is (and Isn't)
10.2 — Your First Real Cowork Task
10.3 — Cowork Power Moves

Module 11: Claude Code — Build From Your Terminal

This is where things get exciting. Claude Code lives in your terminal — that black screen with the blinking cursor that you've probably avoided your entire career. Here's the truth: you don't need to know how to code. You need to know how to describe what you want. Claude Code reads your files, writes code, runs commands, and builds real software from your plain-English descriptions. In this module, you'll install Claude Code, learn the single most important workflow in this entire course (the Chat → Code handoff), build your first CLAUDE.md file, and understand how Skills work differently across Desktop, Cowork, and Code.

11.1 — Installing Claude Code and Running Your First Command
11.2 — The Chat → Code Handoff
11.3 — Building CLAUDE.md From Scratch
11.4 — How Skills Work Across Desktop, Cowork, and Code

Module 12: Project 1 — Build a Content Engine From Scratch

This is Nicole's signature build. You'll start with an empty folder and end with a working content intelligence pipeline that finds trending topics, scores them for your brand, and drafts ready-to-edit content — running every morning on autopilot. No prior coding knowledge required. You'll use the Chat → Code handoff you just learned, watch the system come together piece by piece, and by the end of this module, wake up to a content menu in your Google Sheet. This is the build that shows you what's possible when you stop using AI as a search engine and start using it as a system.

12.1 — The Architecture (On a Whiteboard)
12.2 — The Live Build
12.3 — Make It Run Every Day

Module 13: Project 2 — Build a Live Dashboard With YOUR Data

In Tier 1, you connected Claude to your business tools — Gmail, Calendar, Airtable, Google Sheets — using MCP. You could ask Claude questions about your data in conversation. Now you're going to do something more powerful: build a visual dashboard that pulls live data from your tools and displays it exactly the way you want. By the end of this module, you'll have a personalized command center showing your pipeline, tasks, and calendar — built entirely by describing what you want in plain English.

13.1 — MCP in Code vs. Desktop (What's Different)
13.2 — The Data Pull
13.3 — Vibe Code Your Dashboard

Module 14: Project 3 — Vibe Code a Client-Ready Tool

You've built internal tools — a content engine and a dashboard. Now let's build something external. Something at a real URL that other people use. A tool for your business — a lead qualifier, a calculator, an intake form — that you built entirely through conversation with Claude Code. This is the module where "I can build things" stops being theoretical and becomes real. You'll pick your project, build it, deploy it, and have a working tool live on the internet by the end.

14.1 — From Brief to Working App
14.2 — Ship It: Deploy to a Real URL

Module 15: Putting It All Together — Your AI Business System

You've built three real things: a content engine that runs daily, a dashboard that shows your live business data, and a deployed tool at a real URL. Each one is valuable on its own. But the real power is in how they connect — and in what you build next. This final module is about stepping back to see the system, understanding which tool fits where, and choosing your next project with confidence.

15.1 — The System Map
15.2 — What to Automate Next (Choose Your Path)

Bonus: What's Next

Resources, community, and what to build next. Everything you need to keep building after the course ends.

Resources Included With This Course
The Elevate Community
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