Claude Code 101 (Anthropic Academy)
From Anthropic Academy
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What you'll learn
You learn how an AI coding agent differs from a chat tool, install Claude Code in your terminal or editor, follow an explore, plan, code and commit loop, and set up CLAUDE.md memory, subagents, MCP servers and hooks.
- What Claude Code is and how it works
- Installing Claude Code and your first prompt
- Daily workflows: explore, plan, code, commit
- Customizing with CLAUDE.md, subagents, MCP servers and hooks
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about Self paced.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will payNothingThe learning and the certificate are free.
- Time
- Not published; self paced, 4 lessons and a quiz.
- Before you start
- Basic familiarity with a code editor and the command line, plus a Claude Pro, Max or Enterprise account or an API key to run Claude Code.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced.
- Renewal
- None stated.
- Full cost details
- $0 (course page shows Register FREE). Claude Code itself needs a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max or Enterprise) or an API key.
- Where it applies
- Online worldwide.
Checked at the source Oct 23, 2026
Sources and what we verified
Anthropic Academy course page: free registration, curriculum, prerequisites, audience ↗What we verified: Course page loaded today shows Register FREE, the curriculum and prerequisites, and that Skilljar issues completion certificates. The separate Claude Code in Action course appeared only on Coursera enterprise and third party pages, so it is not listed.
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