Claude Code Field Guide

A practical Claude Code course for installing the CLI, working safely in real repositories, and shipping reviewed changes with AI-assisted workflows.

20 chapters80 lessons14 hours

Chapters

What is Claude Code?

How Claude Code Works

Installation & First Run

5 min Chapter Quiz

Your First Session

Terminal basics, asking questions, reading code

4 lessons19 min

Working with Files & Projects

Reading, editing, creating -- the file workflow

4 lessons20 min

Git Workflows with Claude Code

Commits, PRs, conflict resolution, branch management

5 lessons24 min

The CLAUDE.md Blueprint

Project instructions, memory, conventions -- the control file

5 lessons23 min

Prompt Craft for Coding

How to talk to Claude Code effectively

4 lessons20 min

Multi-File Refactoring

Large-scale changes across entire codebases

4 lessons20 min

Testing & Debugging

TDD with Claude Code, debugging workflows

5 lessons25 min

Hooks & Automation

Pre/post tool hooks, custom automation

4 lessons20 min

Skills & Slash Commands

Building reusable skills, custom commands

4 lessons20 min

Subagents & Parallel Work

Multi-agent architecture, background tasks

4 lessons20 min

MCP Servers

Building and using Model Context Protocol servers

4 lessons20 min

The Agent SDK

Building custom agents with Claude Agent SDK

4 lessons20 min

Plugins & Extensions

Plugin development, community ecosystem

3 lessons15 min

CI/CD & Pipeline Integration

Headless mode, GitHub Actions, automation

3 lessons15 min

Enterprise Patterns

Team workflows, permissions, governance

3 lessons15 min

Real-World Projects

End-to-end projects: full-stack app, CLI tool, migration

4 lessons20 min

Capstone: Build Your Dev Workflow

Design your personalized Claude Code setup

4 lessons20 min

Enterprise Deployment

Deploy Claude Code at scale with SSO, cloud providers, team management, and cost control.

4 lessons20 min

Advanced Patterns & Workflows

Master complex workflows, custom environments, open source contributions, and performance tips.

5 lessons25 min

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