claude-mastery-course
🎓 Claude Mastery
Your end-to-end guide to getting the most out of Anthropic’s Claude.
From your very first chat → all the way to shipping production agents.
🎯 The course at a glance
| 👋 01 Intro | → | 🚀 02 Getting Started | → | 💡 03 Prompting |
| ↓ | ||||
| 🏗️ 08 Projects | ← | 🧪 07 Advanced | ← | 🛠️ 04 Features |
| ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ||
| 📚 09 Resources | ⚙️ 06 API | ← | 💻 05 Claude Code |
[!TIP] Path through the course: Start at 01 → walk through 02–04 → branch into 05 (terminal) and/or 06 (API) → both flow into 07 → projects in 08 → reference in 09.
[!NOTE] New here? Open
hub.htmlin your browser for an interactive course dashboard with progress tracking, a live prompt builder, and a model picker.
📖 About this course
Whether you’re a curious beginner who just opened claude.ai for the first time, a power user who wants to squeeze more out of every prompt, or a developer integrating Claude into a product — this repo has a track for you.
🌈 What you’ll learn
| Topic | What’s in it |
|---|---|
| 🌱 Foundations | What is Claude? · Model family · Ethics & limits · When to use it |
| 💡 Prompting | 6 ingredients · 10 techniques · 30 patterns · Decision trees |
| 🛠️ Features | Projects · Artifacts · Files · Connectors · Memory · Skills |
| ⚙️ Building | Claude Code · Python SDK · TypeScript SDK · Tool use · Vision · Streaming |
| 🧪 Advanced | Extended thinking · Agents · MCP · Computer use · Evals |
| 🏗️ Projects | CLI Chatbot · Doc Q&A · Research Agent · Code Reviewer |
🗺️ Course map
| # | Module | Visual focus | What you’ll learn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟡 01 | 👋 Introduction | 📊 Model family chart | What Claude is, when to use it |
| 🟠 02 | 🚀 Getting Started | 🖼️ UI tour | Setup, plans, apps, first chat |
| 🔴 03 | 💡 Prompt Engineering | 🎯 Anatomy diagram | The 6-part prompt formula |
| 🟣 04 | 🛠️ Claude.ai Features | 🧩 Feature map | Projects, Artifacts, Connectors |
| 🔵 05 | 💻 Claude Code | 🔄 Workflow flowchart | Agentic coding from your terminal |
| 🟢 06 | ⚙️ API Development | ⚙️ Architecture diagrams | Build your own Claude-powered apps |
| 🟡 07 | 🧪 Advanced Techniques | 🤖 Agent loop diagram | Extended thinking, MCP, evals |
| 🟠 08 | 🏗️ Real-World Projects | 🏗️ System diagrams | 4 hands-on builds with full code |
| 🔴 09 | 📚 Resources | 🧾 Cheat sheets | Glossary, FAQ, links |
✨ What makes this course different
📊70+ visuals Tables, flows, decision trees, ASCII diagrams. See concepts, don’t just read about them. |
💻13 runnable scripts Copy them, run them, break them, adapt them. Python + TypeScript covered. |
🎯30 ready prompts Drop-in templates from the prompt cookbook. Steal liberally. |
🎮Interactive hub Track progress + build prompts live in your browser. Open |
🧭Decision trees Pick the right model, the right tool, the right prompt — every time. |
🆓100% free MIT license. Fork it, remix it, share it. No paywall, no email gate. |
📈 Suggested learning paths
What’s your goal? Pick one and follow the trail. 👇
| Path | Best for | Modules to follow |
|---|---|---|
| 🎨 A — Power User | Just want to use Claude well | 01 → 02 → 03 → 04 → 09 |
| ⚙️ B — Developer | Build apps with the API | 01 → 03 → 06 → 07 → 08 → 09 |
| 💻 C — Engineer | Ship code faster | 01 → 03 → 05 → 07 → 09 |
| 🏆 D — Complete | All of it, in order | 01 → 02 → 03 → 04 → 05 → 06 → 07 → 08 → 09 |
🚀 Quick start
# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/gaferto612/claude-mastery-course.git
cd claude-mastery-course
# 2. Open the interactive hub (recommended!)
open hub.html # macOS
xdg-open hub.html # Linux
start hub.html # Windows
# 3. Or jump into module 01 in markdown
open 01-introduction/README.md
# 4. For code examples (when you reach module 06)
pip install anthropic # Python
npm install @anthropic-ai/sdk # TypeScript / Node
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..." # never commit this
[!CAUTION] Treat your API key like a password. Use environment variables or a
.envfile (already in.gitignore) — never hardcode keys, never commit them, and rotate immediately if one leaks.
🧰 What you’ll need
| Required? | What for | |
|---|---|---|
| ☁️ Free Claude.ai account | ✅ Yes | Modules 01–04 |
| 💎 Pro subscription | 🌟 Recommended | Better models, Projects, Connectors |
| 🔑 Anthropic API key | For modules 06+ | Build your own apps |
| 📦 Node.js 18+ | For modules 05–06 | Claude Code & TS SDK |
| 🐍 Python 3.9+ | For modules 06+ | Python SDK examples |
| 🧪 A real project to apply this to | 💪 Strongly recommended | Learning sticks when it solves a real problem |
📜 License & contributing
[!IMPORTANT] This course is released under the MIT License — free to use, fork, remix, and share.
Found a typo? Have a better example? See CONTRIBUTING.md. PRs welcome!
This project follows a Code of Conduct — please read it before participating. Notable changes are tracked in the CHANGELOG.
⭐ If this course helps you, please star the repo so others can find it.
Made with ❤️ and a lot of Claude