Generative AI & assistants
Mastering Claude from A to Z
Use Claude to write, analyze, create and automate: conversations, projects, artifacts, Claude Code and the API.
- Duration
- 21 h · 3 days
- Level
- Beginner
- Format
- On site · Remote · Blended
- Max. group size
- 12 participants
Overview
This program covers the whole Claude ecosystem: conversation, handling long documents, projects, artifacts (documents, pages, applications), extended thinking, research, connectors, then an introduction to Claude Code and the API. It emphasizes the prompting methods that work best with Claude and concrete professional use cases, with particular attention to privacy and the quality of results.
Who this program is for
- Professionals who want to adopt Claude as a work assistant
- Managers and teams looking for AI-assisted ways of working
- Developers and technical profiles wishing to discover Claude Code and the API
- Training centers offering a complete Claude course
Prerequisites
- No technical prerequisites for days 1 and 2
- For the Claude Code and API part: basic knowledge of the terminal or programming is a plus
- A Claude account (some features require a paid plan)
Learning objectives
- Master the Claude interface, models and settings
- Apply the prompting best practices specific to Claude
- Work with long documents and data
- Create documents, pages and small applications with artifacts
- Organize your work with projects and knowledge
- Discover Claude Code and the API to automate and develop
- Use Claude safely, while respecting privacy
Detailed curriculum
9 modules · 21 h · 3 days
Day 1
Discovering Claude
40% theory · 60% practice
- The Claude models and their uses
- Interface, conversations and settings
- Plans, usage limits and privacy
- What Claude does well and its limits
Effective conversations and prompting for Claude
30% theory · 70% practice
- Structuring a prompt with clear tags
- Providing context and examples
- Controlling tone, format and length
- Iterating and correcting an answer
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Prompting workshop1.5 h
Participants optimize prompts on their own cases and compare the results.
✅ Deliverable : Five optimized prompts
Projects and knowledge
25% theory · 75% practice
- Creating and organizing projects
- Adding files and project instructions
- Working as a team around a knowledge base
- Best practices for structuring
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Create a business project1.5 h
Set up a Claude project with instructions and documents for a real case.
✅ Deliverable : A working Claude project
Day 2
Artifacts: creating documents, pages and applications
20% theory · 80% practice
- What is an artifact
- Documents, tables and diagrams
- Web pages and small interactive applications
- Iterating, publishing and sharing
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Prototype a mini application2 h
Design and refine a small interactive tool from a natural-language description.
✅ Deliverable : A shareable application prototype
Analyzing long documents and data
20% theory · 80% practice
- Importing and querying long documents
- Summaries, comparisons and structured extraction
- Analyzing tables and data
- Verifying and citing sources
Extended thinking, research and connectors
40% theory · 60% practice
- When to enable extended thinking
- Web search and deep research
- Connectors and access to your tools
- The MCP protocol explained
Day 3
Claude Code: getting started
25% theory · 75% practice
- How the terminal coding assistant works
- Exploring, explaining and modifying a project
- Writing tests and fixing bugs
- Project instructions file and security best practices
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Evolve a small project with Claude Code2 h
Add a feature to an existing project by steering the assistant and reviewing its work.
✅ Deliverable : A feature added, reviewed and tested
Introduction to the Claude API
30% theory · 70% practice
- How the API works and access keys
- First call: messages, system instructions
- Structured outputs and tools
- Costs, limits and best practices
🛠 Hands-on workshops
First script using the API1 h
Write a short script that sends a request to Claude and uses the response.
✅ Deliverable : A working script
Security, best practices and final project
15% theory · 85% practice
- Privacy, GDPR and sensitive data
- Checking results and accountability
- Usage charter for the team
- Capstone project presentation
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Presenting your project1 h
Each participant presents a concrete use of Claude in their professional context.
✅ Deliverable : A 5-minute presentation
Tools and technologies
ClaudeClaude CodePythonVisual Studio Code
Teaching methods
- Live demonstrations on professional cases
- Guided then independent exercises
- Capstone project built throughout the three days
- Sharing of best practices and individual feedback
Assessment
- Hands-on exercises in each module
- Presentation of a project built with Claude
- Knowledge-check quiz
Required equipment
- A computer with an internet connection
- An active Claude account
- For day 3: a terminal and Node.js or Python installed (help available)
Resources provided
- Course materials and step-by-step guides
- Prompt and project instruction templates
- Examples of artifacts and scripts
Career outcomes
- Autonomy with Claude day to day
- AI-assisted workflows tailored to your job
- First steps towards assisted development and agents