From Claude as a chat tool to Claude working autonomously on your behalf

This is the centrepiece of the masterclass. You’ll set up the three tools that transform Claude from a chat interface into an agent that takes action — connecting to your apps, accepting tasks from your phone, and working with files and code on your computer. The instructor demonstrates each part live and you implement it immediately after.

Topics Covered

Cowork

• What Cowork is and how it differs from the standard chat interface
• Connecting Claude to Gmail and Google Drive — authentication and permissions
• Setting up scheduled tasks — what you can delegate to Claude and leave running
• You set up your own Cowork environment and verify at least one live connector

Dispatch

• What Dispatch is — a persistent Claude agent you can give tasks to from your phone
• How the phone-to-desktop workflow works in practice
• Live demo: instructor assigns a task from phone, execution shown on screen
• You set up Dispatch and assign your first real task

Claude Code

• What Claude Code is and why it is different from Claude in the browser
• Installation walkthrough — step by step on your own laptop
• Running a first command to confirm everything is working
• What Claude Code can do that no other Claude interface can

What You’ll Walk Away With

• Cowork set up and connected to at least one external app
• Dispatch installed and operational on your phone with a completed task
• Claude Code installed and running on your laptop

Claude alone is powerful. Claude connected to everything you already use is a different category entirely

This module moves from Claude as a standalone tool to Claude embedded inside your broader work systems. The instructor builds a complete automation flow live on screen — you replicate it on your own account in real time, test it end-to-end, and leave with a working automation that runs without you.

Topics Covered

• What Make.com and Zapier add that Claude alone cannot do — triggers, scheduling, multi-app routing
• The anatomy of an automation: Trigger, Action, Output — how to think about any workflow before building it
• Connecting Claude to Make.com or Zapier using native integrations
• Building a multi-step automation flow — live build, you follow along and complete it on your own account
• Testing, debugging, and iterating — how to confirm your flow is working correctly
• How to handle errors and conditional logic in flows

What You’ll Walk Away With

• A working Make.com or Zapier flow connecting Claude to at least one external app — built, tested, and running on your account

The capstone of the day — you build and own a functioning AI agent, and leave knowing exactly what to do next

Everything from the previous three modules comes together here. You’ll build a working AI agent using Claude Code and the Claude API — guided step by step with starter materials provided. No prior coding experience required. The focus is on understanding what you’re building, customising it around a real task from your own work, and leaving with a clear plan for what to do in the next seven days.

Topics Covered

• What a coding agent is and how it differs from a workflow automation — plain language explanation before any code is written
• How the components of an AI agent fit together as a system
• Setting up the project structure using provided starter materials
• Connecting to the Claude API using the Anthropic SDK — instructor guides every step
• Writing the core agent logic and running it on a real task
• Customising your agent around one of the three tasks you identified in Module 1
• Volunteers share their running agent with the group
• Key concepts covered across the full day — consolidated and connected
• Claude Pro vs Max: which plan fits different usage levels after today
• Three things to do in the next seven days to maintain momentum
• Open Q&A

What You’ll Walk Away With

• A functioning AI agent — built by you, running on your laptop, connected to the Claude API
• A 7-day action plan — specific next steps, not vague advice
• Certificate of participation