Practice, not lectures
Every lesson is a real task. You write something, see how it scores, and try again. There are no videos to sit through.
Hands-on lessons for Claude
Learn to use Claude by actually using it.
27 short, graded lessons over 5 days. You write the prompt, the plan, or the brief. An AI coach tells you what worked and what to fix. A tutor answers your questions.
Free preview: setup guide, the Atlas, and Lesson 1. No card needed.
An independent course. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.
Example of the feedback you get
Your attempt"You are writing for Crumb & Co., a bakery emailing 800 local families about a weekly sourdough subscription. Warm, a little funny, under 150 words."
78out of 100Passed
Worked: You named the audience and the goal.
Fix next: Add a word limit and ask for three subject lines.
What you get
Feedback on your own work
Your attempt is scored against clear goals, with what worked and what to fix next. Different approaches get fair credit when they work.
Pip, your tutor
Ask questions inside any lesson. Pip is built to give hints instead of handing over answers, and to stay on the lesson.
Paths for your job
Examples for Anyone, Developer or QA, Creator, Finance, and Marketing. There is also an Explorer path for a child learning with a grown-up.
Real-life day tasks
Each day ends with a task of about 25 minutes on your own work, using your own Claude account, so the skill sticks.
Also included: a setup guide for Mac, Windows, and phone, and the Atlas, a reference of what Claude can do, with links to Anthropic's own documentation. The setup guide and the Atlas were last checked against Anthropic's pages on Oct 11, 2026.
How a lesson works
- Read the idea. A 30-second explanation in plain words.
- Try it. Work from a short scenario and the facts you are given.
- Get graded. A score, what worked, and the one thing to fix next.
- Ask or retry. Ask Pip for a hint, then improve your answer and go again.
- Earn the day's badge. Finish the day task on your own work to unlock it.
The curriculum
29 activities over 5 days, about 7 hours including setup. Lesson 1 (Rescue the lazy prompt) is free.
Day 1: Talk to Claude well
You learn what every good request has, how to teach by example, how to ask for the exact shape you need, how to steer a draft, and how to catch a wrong answer.
- Rescue the lazy prompt Free
- Handle the tricky message
- Teach by example
- Get the shape you need
- Iterate like a pro
- Catch the wrong answer
Day 2: Stop repeating yourself
You turn rules you keep repeating into a note and a skill that Claude actually uses, and learn to carry a long chat into a fresh one.
- Write the fridge note
- Write a recipe card (a skill)
- Fix the weak skill
- Carry a long chat into a fresh one
Day 3: Files, research, and building
You get sourced answers, ask files the right question, plan before acting, split big jobs into steps, and build small tools.
- Feed it a file
- Ask the world
- Plan first, then act
- Break the big job into steps
- Build with digital LEGO
- Judge two answers
Day 4: Connect and delegate
You decide what to hand over, give tools the smallest key, protect privacy, and defend against hidden instructions.
- Pick the right tool Quiz
- Delegate, share, or keep
- Hand out the keys
- Be diligent: privacy and review
- Spot the trap
- Hand the robot a real job
Day 5: Automate and ship
You write project rules and guardrails for coding agents, test your prompts, debug an agent brief, pick the right power tool, and design a workflow of your own.
- Build the robot
- Write the project rules file
- Design a guardrail
- Test your prompt
- Debug the broken robot
- Pick the power tool Quiz
- Boss level: build your workflow
Who it is for, and who it is not for
A good fit if you
- use Claude, or want to, for work or study and want better results
- learn by doing and like quick feedback
- are not a developer, or are one who wants the everyday skills first
- want your team to share the same habits
Not a fit if you
- want to build apps with the Claude API or write MCP servers. Anthropic's free courses cover that in depth.
- want a recognized qualification. Skillyard does not issue one.
- prefer watching video lectures
Next to the free courses. Anthropic publishes free courses, including Claude 101, AI Fluency, and Claude Code in Action. They are good and they cost nothing. Skillyard adds graded practice on your own writing, a tutor, and day tasks. If you only want to read and watch, start with theirs.
Pricing
Free preview
$0
- Setup guide for Mac, Windows, and phone
- The Atlas
- Lesson 1 with feedback
- A small AI allowance
Full course
$49 one-time
- All 27 graded lessons and 2 quizzes
- Pip, your tutor, in every lesson
- Progress saved on every device
- Full access for 3 months from the day you pay
- A fair-use AI allowance for feedback and Pip
- One payment: no subscription, no automatic renewal
You unlock the full course from inside the app after you sign in. Payments are handled by Stripe. All sales are final, so please try the free preview first. You get full access for 3 months from the day you pay. It does not renew by itself and we never charge you again unless you choose to. Your progress stays on your account afterwards. The AI allowance is a fair-use limit (roughly ten times what a typical learner uses) so the service stays affordable.
Questions
Do I need a Claude account?
The graded lessons and Pip run inside Skillyard, so you can start without one. The setup guide helps you create an account, and the day tasks use your own account so you practice on real work.
How is my work graded?
Claude reads your attempt against the goal of the lesson and scores it from 0 to 100, with what worked and what to fix. AI feedback can be wrong, so you can retry any lesson. We check the grader and the tutor against a fixed set of tricky cases, including whether the tutor gives answers away, and we re-run those checks when we change them.
How long does it take?
About 7 hours of lessons including setup, plus about 25 minutes of day tasks per day. Most people go one day at a time. There is no deadline.
Is the content up to date?
Claude changes often. The Atlas and setup guide show the date they were last checked against Anthropic's own pages, and they link to the official documentation so you can confirm anything yourself.
What happens to my data?
We store your email, progress, scores, and notes so you can pick up on any device. What you type into lessons and to Pip is sent to Anthropic to produce a reply and is not saved on our servers. You can download or delete everything from the Account page. See the privacy policy.
Can children use it?
The Explorer path is designed for a child learning with a grown-up, on the grown-up's account. Please do not type a child's full name, address, or school into any AI tool.
How long do I have access?
One payment gives you full access for 3 months from the day you pay. That is plenty: the course is 5 days of lessons plus real-life tasks, and most people finish in a week or two. It does not renew automatically.
What happens when my access ends?
Your account and everything you saved stay. The free preview stays open, and the paid lessons and AI feedback lock until you buy access again. You can buy again during the last 14 days, and the new period is added to the end of the old one. You can also download all your data from the Account page at any time.
Is the AI feedback unlimited?
No. Each period of access includes a fair-use AI allowance, about ten times what a typical learner uses to finish the whole course, so normal use never gets near it. If you ever reach it, every lesson stays open, but AI feedback and Pip pause. Email us and we will sort it out.
Can I get a refund?
No. All sales are final, except where the law requires otherwise. That is why there is a free preview: try the setup guide, the Atlas, and Lesson 1 first. If something is broken, email us and we will fix it. See the terms.
Is Skillyard part of Anthropic?
No. Skillyard is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic.