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AI is moving from chatbots that answer questions to AI agents that complete whole tasks. This practical course teaches you to use Claude, by Anthropic, as a reliable digital assistant for real work: reports, spreadsheets, documents, emails, research and recurring admin - while you stay firmly in control. What you will learn • What AI agents are, and which tasks to give them (and which not to) • Claude's apps, plans, Projects, memory and artifacts • The GOAL / CONTEXT / INPUTS / OUTPUT / RULES / CHECK brief that gets good results first time • Claude Cowork: working safely with folders and files on your computer • Cleaning and analysing spreadsheet data, and producing documents and presentations • Connectors and MCP: linking Claude to Google Drive, Gmail, calendars and more • Claude in Chrome: letting Claude work in your browser - and staying safe from prompt injection • Skills and plugins: teaching Claude to do recurring tasks your way • Scheduled tasks: work that happens automatically, every week • Privacy, data protection and checking AI work responsibly What you get • Video lessons, including official videos from Anthropic • 10 section quizzes and a final exam • A Starter Skills Pack of 12 ready-to-use Skills, a Task Brief Library of 27 briefs, and a Use-Case Playbook of 30 workflows • 5 hands-on projects, each with a STARTER pack and a FINAL model answer: 1. Organise a messy folder 2. Clean a spreadsheet and write a report 3. Build your first Skill 4. Weekly digest with connectors 5. Capstone: automate a weekly school report • A certificate when you pass the final exam Who this course is for Teachers, school staff, students, small-business owners and anyone who wants to use AI agents productively. No coding needed. What you need A computer and a Claude account. Agent features such as Cowork and Claude in Chrome require a paid Claude plan; every project also includes practice files so you can learn the method without connecting personal accounts.

Claude AI Agents & Cowork: Automate Real Work with AI

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