Here's how to master Claude in one weekend.

Here's how to master Claude in one weekend. Nine steps. Let's go fast. Step 1: Get the desktop app. Download from claude.com/download. Use Mac or Windows, not the web version. Cowork only exists in the app. Pro account, $20/mo, and it's worth every penny. Step 2: Learn which mode to use. There are four modes. Chat is quick for questions, nothing serious. Projects are for teamwork. Code is for developers. For everything else, use Cowork. That's where the real power is. Step 3: Build a master prompt template. Stop rewriting prompts from scratch. Build one template that pulls your about me info automatically. On Mac, use text shortcuts, type forward slash prompt and it expands. Name your outputs clearly. Keep it organized. Step 4: Schedule your first automated task. Use the schedule plugin to set a recurring Cowork task. Write the prompt once, set a time, walk away. Claude runs it without you and you wake up to a finished document. That's the endgame. Step 5: Add your first skill. Skills are instruction files that tell Claude exactly how to handle specific tasks. Each one is a folder with a skill.md file inside. Claude picks them up automatically when it needs them. Step 6: Install one plugin. Go to the plugin browser and pick one that fits your work: marketing, data, or legal. Start with one, learn it properly, then expand. Step 7: Connect your tools. Go to settings, then connectors. Link Google, Notion, Slack. Now Claude can search your messages, pull from docs, and reference your notes mid-task. It goes from a chatbot to a coworker who actually knows your stack. Step 8: Create two core files. Two files that can do more than 50 prompts combined. First, about-me.md, who you are, what you do, what matters right now. The second is an anti-ai-style.md. Every phrase Claude must never use. No more certainly, no more delve. Step 9: Build one project for your team. Build a shared project, add your brief, your drafts, your references. Claude stops being your personal tool and becomes a team multiplier. One project with whole team benefits. If you want the full guide to learn Claude in a weekend, just comment Claude and I'll fire it over.