Everything You Need to Go from Beginner to Practitioner
Two learning paths take you from your first Claude prompt to advanced practitioner workflows. Every lesson is hands-on: you write, Claude responds.
Starter pathway · Free
Start here.
The Claude basics. Why it matters, what the three levels look like in practice, and the day-one essentials. Free.
Track 1: Foundations
Why Claude?
Go from zero to actually useful with Claude in 30 minutes. Hands-on from the first minute.
What's New in Claude
Every time Anthropic ships a new Claude feature, we ship the lesson the same day. Start here to learn what just launched and how to actually use it.
Track 2: Professional Prompting
Strategic Prompting
The skill that separates people who get generic output from people who get output they actually use. Context, iteration, and advanced techniques.
Claude in Your Daily Work
See how all three levels of Claude apply to the work you actually do every day — documents, email, data, planning, and real workflows.
The Three Modes
ChatGPT comes in multiple modes: Chat, Canvas, and Code Interpreter. Learn what each one does, when to reach for it, and how to pick the right mode for any task.
Track 3: Claude Code
Advanced practitioner · Free
The way I actually use it.
This is the system I run my own businesses on. Memory files, agent skills, MCPs, automation. Free.
Track 4: API & Agents
Track 5: Architect
Build Something Real
Hands-on ChatGPT tutorial: build real tools, automate workflows, and create your first AI-powered system step by step.
Build a Website
Build a real, multi-page website from scratch using Claude Code and deploy it to the internet.
Build Your First Agent
Build an autonomous agent that takes actions on your behalf -- not a chatbot, a doer.
Automate Your Workflow
Take a repetitive task you're tired of and build an automation that handles it.
Build a Content System
Build a complete system for consistently producing great content -- not one blog post, a machine.
Track 6: The Practitioner Setup
Track 7: Advanced Workflows
Advanced Workflows & Agents
Advanced prompt engineering, Custom GPT agent design, multi-GPT orchestration, and hardening patterns that make AI workflows reliable in production.
Hooks, Memory & Infrastructure
Hooks that enforce what you forget. Bridges that connect autonomous agents to your terminal. A tiered memory architecture that scales past 50 files without blowing your context window. The full operating system, assembled.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Claude AI curriculum?
Claude Academy offers a Claude-specific curriculum with 16 courses across beginner and advanced learning paths, covering fundamentals, professional prompting, Claude Code, API development, agent architecture, practitioner setup, and advanced workflows. Every course includes hands-on exercises.
Are the Claude Academy courses free?
Claude Academy is free to start: both learning paths begin with complete starter courses, no credit card required. Full Access unlocks all 16 courses plus starter templates and a builder toolkit for those who want to ship faster.
What order should I take the courses?
Start with the beginner path if you are new to Claude. If you already use Claude daily, start with the advanced path, which covers Claude Code, memory systems, and agent workflows. Each path works sequentially, but you can jump to any course that matches your level.
Ready to master Claude?
Start with the free starter courses. No credit card required.