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Practical walkthroughs on using Claude at work, no coding background required. Every guide is dated and sourced. Updated October 2026.
Claude for Startups: Free Claude Team Year and Credits
Anthropic expanded Claude for Startups on October 6, 2026 with a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in API credits. Who qualifies, and one catch in the fine print.
Read the guideHow to Use Claude Cowork: A Beginner's Setup Guide
How to start a Claude Cowork task, choose cloud or your own computer, connect a folder, and avoid the mistakes most beginners make.
Read the guideClaude Opus 5.5: What Changed and What It Costs Now
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on September 22, 2026, performing at Fable 5.1 level while costing 40% less than Opus 5. What changed, per Anthropic and TechCrunch.
Read the guideHow to Use Claude in Chrome: A Beginner's Setup Guide
How to install the Claude in Chrome extension, which plans include it, and the safety settings worth checking before you let it click or type for you.
Read the guideAnthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5: What Actually Changed
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 on September 28, 2026, 30% faster and up to 30% cheaper per task than Sonnet 5. What changed, per TechCrunch and Anthropic.
Read the guideHow to Use Claude Docs: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide
How to create, edit, share, and export a document with Claude Docs, Anthropic's in-chat document feature, step by step.
Read the guideClaude Docs and Slides: What Anthropic Just Launched
Anthropic merged Claude chat and Cowork and added Claude Docs and Claude Slides on September 16, 2026. What changed, and who gets it first.
Read the guideHow to Choose the Right Claude Model: A Beginner's Guide
Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, and Fable explained in plain terms, and which plan actually gives you each one.
Read the guideClaude Memory Now Works Across Chat and Cowork
Anthropic merged Claude's memory across chat and Cowork on August 25, 2026. What it remembers, and how to control it.
Read the guidePrompt Dodge: A Free Arcade Game for AI Beginners
Our mascot jumps over confusing prompts and hallucinations in a free 30-second browser game. No sign-up needed.
Play the gameClaude AI for Business: What It Actually Automates
The five things Claude handles well at work, and where it still needs a human, not a shortcut.
Read the guideClaude Prompts for Marketers: 7 Templates That Work
Copy-and-fill prompt templates for ad copy, email sequences, positioning, and content briefs.
Read the guideClaude vs ChatGPT for Work: Pricing and Fit Compared
Both companies' own pricing pages compared side by side, plus which plan actually fits which kind of work.
Read the guideHow to Write Claude AI Prompts: A Beginner's Framework
A 4-part framework for prompts that work the first time, with before-and-after examples.
Read the guideClaude Projects Explained: Organize AI Work by Client
What Projects does, which plan includes it, and how to set one up for recurring work.
Read the guideClaude Free vs Claude Pro: Is Upgrading Worth It?
A plain comparison of usage limits, Projects, and price, so you can decide for yourself.
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