An Introduction to Claude Code for Writers
All the power of Claude Code, none of the command line.
Claude Code is the same engine developers use to ship software, pointed at your author business instead. This getting-started course uses the friendly Claude Desktop version: what Claude Code is, how to set it up, and how to put it to work on your first real projects.
You'll build things you'll actually use: a project folder your AI can work in, a complete reader magnet from plan to draft, and a newsletter revival with templates and a bonus year-of-newsletters plan. Chickens included. 🐓
Enroll today and start watching right away at learn.inkandcode.ai. Lifetime access, updates included.
What you'll learn
- What Claude Code is, installing Claude Desktop, and finding your way around
- Usage limits and overages, so there are no surprise bills
- Setting up a project folder your AI can actually use
- A complete reader magnet project, from plan to draft
- Reviving a newsletter: planning, writing, templates, and a bonus year-of-newsletters plan
- Bonus: pairing Claude with Obsidian for a connected writing workflow
Format: 16 video lessons with full transcripts, notes, keypoints, and downloadable resources.
Every lesson, listed 📋
No mystery box: this is the complete curriculum, straight from the classroom. Tap a module to peek inside.
Start Here ▶️ · 3 lessons
- Read This First 🗺️
- Notes and Transcripts 🗒️
- Introduction to Claude Code ✳️
A First Look · 6 lessons
- What is Claude Code? ❓
- Getting Started 🏁
- Installing Claude Desktop 🛠️
- Let's Take a Tour ✈️
- Usage Limits & Overages 🪙
- Update: August 2026 ✨
Lights, Camera, Action! · 9 lessons
- Let's Set Up a Project 💼
- Chickens Ahead! 🐔
- Let's Plan a Reader Magnet 🧲
- Let's Write Our Reader Magnet ✍️
- BONUS: Claude + Obsidian 🟣
- Let's Plan a Newsletter 🗞️
- Let's Write Our Newsletter 📰
- Let's Make a Newsletter Template 📋
- BONUS: Plan A Year of Newsletters 🗓️
More Resources · 4 lessons
- Final Thoughts and Resources 📚
- Intro to Claude Code Infographic 🖼️
- Intro to Claude Code Slides v1 🛝
- Story Is The Original Code 👾
22 lessons in all · videos, transcripts, notes, and downloads — and updates are always included.
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