Intermediate 5 hrs · 19 lessons

Claude Code: From Install to Automation

Learn to drive Claude Code as a real engineering tool, not a chat window. Install it, control what it may touch, teach it your codebase, then automate the parts you repeat.

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About this path

This path is for working developers who already write code and want an agent that actually ships changes. You start from a clean terminal and finish with a repository that configures Claude Code for you and your team. Along the way you cover permission modes and plan mode, project memory with CLAUDE.md and path-scoped rules, skills, MCP servers, hooks, and subagents. The final module runs Claude Code without a terminal at all: non-interactive scripts and CI. Every lesson is hands-on and expects you to have a real project open in a second window.

Path outline

Module 1

Get Running

Install Claude Code, authenticate, and finish your first real code change inside a project you already own.

3 lessons

1 Install and Authenticate 12 min
2 Your First Session 15 min
3 Commands You Will Use Daily 10 min

Module 2

Understand the Machine

The agentic loop, the context window, and the permission system that decides what Claude may actually do.

3 lessons

1 The Agentic Loop and the Context Window 14 min
2 Permission Modes: Choose Your Leash 16 min
3 Plan Before You Code 12 min

Module 3

Teach It Your Codebase

Stop re-explaining the same conventions. CLAUDE.md, path-scoped rules, and auto memory carry knowledge across sessions.

3 lessons

1 Write an Effective CLAUDE.md 15 min
2 Scope Rules to Paths 14 min
3 Auto Memory: Notes Claude Writes Itself 10 min

Module 4

Work Like a Professional

The loops that separate a demo from a shipped change: verification, git discipline, and knowing when to stop and restart.

3 lessons

1 Give Claude Something to Verify Against 16 min
2 Git, Commits, and Code Review 14 min
3 When the Session Goes Sideways 15 min

Module 5

Extend It

Skills, MCP servers, hooks, and subagents. Four mechanisms, four different jobs — learn which one a problem calls for.

4 lessons

1 Skills: Package a Procedure 18 min
2 MCP: Connect External Tools 16 min
3 Hooks: Make It Deterministic 18 min
4 Subagents: Protect Your Context 14 min

Module 6

Automate and Ship

Run Claude Code without a terminal — in scripts, in CI, on pull requests — then build the full setup for one of your own repositories.

3 lessons

1 Non-Interactive Mode 15 min
2 Claude Code in CI 16 min
3 Capstone: Configure a Real Repository 25 min