Topic · AI
AI resources
Start with the explainers on this site, then the official places I send people who want to learn Claude: Anthropic's training, Claude Code, and the Claude API.
On this site
Plain-English introductions to the questions that come up most.
AI, from the Parts Up
A short book on the model, the prompt, the harness and the tools: what each part is and how they fit together, with interactive diagrams.
On this siteWhere do my words go?
Personal and organization accounts, who holds which agreement, and what HIPAA, PHI and a BAA mean.
On this siteFrom Shannon's bits to Claude's tokens
How Claude Shannon's 1948 ideas became the groundwork for LLMs.
Training
Free courses from Anthropic, from first prompts to building agents.
Claude Academy
Anthropic's course catalog for working and building with Claude.
Courses · academy.claude.comBuild with Claude
The developer track: the API, tool use, MCP and Claude Code.
Notebooks · github.comAnthropic courses on GitHub
Hands-on notebooks, including the prompt engineering tutorial.
Guide · platform.claude.comPrompt engineering guide
How to write prompts that get consistent results.
Claude Code
The agentic coding tool I use every day, in the terminal, IDE, desktop and browser.
Claude Code
What it is and how to get it.
Docs · code.claude.comClaude Code docs
Setup, settings, hooks, skills, MCP servers and subagents.
Docs · code.claude.comQuickstart
Install it and finish a first task in a few minutes.
Repo · github.comClaude Code on GitHub
Release notes, issues and examples.
API and platform
Everything needed to build on Claude models directly.
Get started
Get an API key and make a first request.
Docs · platform.claude.comAPI reference
The Messages API, SDKs, streaming and errors.
Docs · platform.claude.comModels overview
Current models, context windows and pricing.
Notebooks · github.comClaude Cookbooks
Recipes for tool use, RAG, agents and more.
Standard · modelcontextprotocol.ioModel Context Protocol
The open protocol for connecting models to tools and data.
Console · platform.claude.comClaude Console
Keys, usage, billing and the workbench.
Status · status.claude.comStatus
Live service status for Claude and the API.
Further reading
Where to keep up with the research and engineering.
External links go to Anthropic's own sites. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.