A Practical Course for Everyone
Enjoy the Sun with AI
Use Claude Cowork to automate indoor computer grunt work so you can spend more time outside.
Reconciliation. Triage. Reporting. Briefs. Evidence assembly. Compliance prep. Pipeline reviews. Morning dashboards.
The Course
5 workshops. Each is 90 minutes with hands-on exercises using practice data packs. Every workshop ends with copy-paste prompts you can use immediately.
First Blood
Set up your identity and automate your first task
Connect Everything
Make Cowork read from and write to your work systems
Your Department's Worst Day
Process the Monday-after-a-bank-holiday pile in minutes, not hours
Build and Automate
Create your own skill, schedule it, and chain it into a pipeline that runs without you
Full Stack
Wire everything together into a morning dashboard that runs before you sit down
What You Will Learn
- Set up a CLAUDE.md identity that makes Cowork understand your department, tools, and terminology
- Automate a 30-minute reconciliation task in under 5 minutes using department-specific data
- Connect Cowork to Jira, Confluence, and Glean via MCP and build cross-system briefings
- Handle your department's worst-day backlog: triage 30-50 items, produce a prioritized action plan
- Build your own custom skill using /skill-creator and schedule it to run automatically
- Wire skills into automation chains: skill to verify to publish, running before you arrive
- Recognize the 5 failure modes (miscalculation, misclassification, hallucinated references, overconfidence, missing context)
- Build a morning dashboard that pulls overnight updates and summarizes what needs your attention
- Honestly audit your automations: keep what saves time, kill what doesn't
This course does not teach AI theory, prompt engineering tricks, or how to "10x your productivity." It teaches you how to use a specific set of tools for a specific kind of work: structured, repetitive desk tasks where the input is messy and the output needs to be organized, verified, and delivered.
This course is for you if...
- You spend hours on structured, repetitive tasks: reconciliation, triage, formatting, reporting
- You work in operations, support, sales, compliance, finance, chargebacks, or admin
- You are not a developer and do not want to write code
- You want to understand what AI automation can and cannot do before committing
This is probably not for you if...
- You need guaranteed accuracy without human review
- You work with raw PCI data or unredacted PII
- You want fully autonomous automation with no oversight
- You expect polished output that does not need checking
What to Expect
Honest limitations
Cowork is a research preview. These are current realities, not edge cases.
Math
LLMs predict what numbers look right. Every formula needs independent verification.
Outbound communication
Can draft but should never send without human review.
Compliance and audit decisions
Not captured in audit logs. First-draft prep only.
Sensitive data
Never feed raw PCI data, unredacted PII, passwords, or credentials.
Running offline
Requires laptop awake and Claude Desktop running. No laptop, no automation.
Start with Workshop 1
90 minutes. By the end, you will have a working CLAUDE.md identity, completed a reconciliation with your department's data, learned the CTOC framework, and made a Monday Promise to automate one specific task.
No prerequisites. No code. Just a Claude Pro or Max subscription, SSO access, and an empty folder on your computer.
Start Workshop 1 →Not ready to commit? Browse the prompt library — 29 tested prompts organized by department and workshop.
Browse the Prompt Library →Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to know how to code?
No. The entire course uses Cowork's desktop interface. You write plain-English prompts and work with files (CSV, Excel, Word, PowerPoint). No terminal, no scripts, no developer tools.
How much does Cowork cost?
Claude Pro is approximately 18 GBP/month. Max is 80-160 GBP/month. Cowork consumes significantly more tokens than regular chat. Heavy users on Pro report hitting limits within days. Max is more practical for daily use.
Is my data safe?
Cowork runs in a sandboxed environment and only accesses the folder you grant. However, prompt injection via uploaded documents is a demonstrated attack. Every workshop includes verification exercises and security best practices.
How much time will I actually save?
It depends on the task. Settlement reconciliation drops from 30-60 minutes to 2-3 min plus 5-10 min review. Some workflows save 20+ minutes per run. Others save nothing once you account for prompt iteration and error checking. The course teaches you to measure before you claim.
Will this work on Windows?
Yes, with caveats. Windows support launched February 2026 and is less stable than Mac. The course works on both platforms.