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Anthropic: Claude essentials

Claude Academy's sequence from everyday Claude use to AI fluency, then on to building with the Claude platform and MCP. All free.

4 courses · ≈ 4h total · free to take

Before you start — Stanford context: Stanford offers Claude for Education with your university account — see Claude at Stanford for access before you start.

The sequence

Claude 101 beginnerClaude Academy Use Claude for everyday work tasks: core features, projects, artifacts, tool integrations, and practical use cases across professional roles. Free. Open (opens Claude Academy in a new tab) AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations beginner4hClaude Academy Collaborate with AI systems effectively, efficiently, ethically and safely using the 4D framework (Delegation, Description, Discernment, Diligence). Free, certificate of completion… Open (opens Claude Academy in a new tab) Claude Platform 101 intermediateClaude Academy For developers: build on the Claude Platform from API requests and agent loops to production-ready implementations, with runnable TypeScript SDK demos. Free. Open (opens Claude Academy in a new tab) Introduction to Model Context Protocol intermediateClaude Academy Build MCP servers and clients in Python � tools, resources and prompts that connect Claude with external services. Free. Open (opens Claude Academy in a new tab)

This track follows Claude Academy's own progression — courses open on the vendor's site. Content and availability are controlled by the vendor.