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Getting Started with Claude

A comprehensive guide to using Claude AI effectively

Your comprehensive guide to using Claude AI effectively. Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant that excels at analysis, writing, coding, and complex reasoning tasks.

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Getting Started - First Steps

Your first steps to using Claude effectively, including your first prompt, understanding responses, and basic best practices.

Advanced Claude Features

Unlock Claude's sophisticated capabilities for complex tasks, including long context conversations, advanced reasoning patterns, and system design.

Build Something With It

Reading about a model teaches you less than watching it finish a project. Claude is strong at end-to-end work when the scope is narrow and the infrastructure is already in place, so a small build is the fastest way to see where its judgment is good and where you still have to steer. antics is one option: it supplies the rooms, live state sync and hosting a browser game needs, so Claude can make multiplayer games you can share by link in a single session. Once you have done one, the Claude Code workflow guide explains why planning first made the difference.

In This Section

Prompting Claude 5 Models: Opus 5 and Fable 5

Claude Opus 5 and Fable 5 need fewer instructions, not more. What to delete from prompts written for older models, plus effort levels and verbosity.

Added: 7/25/2026

Is Claude Getting Dumber? What the Data Shows

Every few months users swear Claude got dumber. Live sentiment data and two Anthropic postmortems show when degradation was real and when it is perception.

Added: 7/6/2026

How to Use Claude Code Properly: The Workflow That Works

The recommended Claude Code workflow: explore the codebase first, plan in plan mode, then implement step by step. Best practices that prevent rewrites.

Added: 9/23/2025

Code From Anywhere with Claude Code (GitHub Action)

How to install and use Claude Code GitHub Action from the CLI to generate code in your repositories.

Added: 9/11/2025