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Learn to do one useful thing with AI
Step-by-step guides, written from each tool's own documentation. No code unless we say so at the top.
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- MCPs and skills / 4 min / IntermediateAdd a skill to ClaudeTurn on skills in Claude, switch on a ready-made one, or upload your own. Claude then uses a skill when your request calls for it.
- MCPs and skills / 4 min / BeginnerConnect Claude to Google Drive with the Google Drive connectorConnect Google Drive to Claude once, turn it on in a chat, and ask about your own documents. This guide also shows how to disconnect it.
- Automations / 3 min / BeginnerBuild a first no-code automation for meeting notesSet up a first Make scenario that turns a new meeting notes file into short notes and action items, then emails them to you. Here is the order of steps and what Make's help pages say about limits.
- Agents / 4 min / BeginnerSet up an inbox sorter agent, no codeBuild an agent in Zapier Agents that reads new Gmail email, sorts it into a few groups and lists what needs a reply. You tell it not to send anything.
- Prompts / 4 min / BeginnerMake AI show its sourcesAdd a few lines to your prompt so Claude quotes the exact text it used, cites a source for each claim, and says so when it does not know. Anthropic's advice on reducing made-up answers, in plain steps.
- MCPs and skills / 3 min / BeginnerBuild Excel files with working formulas in ClaudeClaude has a built-in skill for creating and editing Excel spreadsheets. Turn it on in Customize > Skills, then ask for a tracker, budget sheet or summary table in plain language.
- MCPs and skills / 3 min / BeginnerCatch up on Slack channels with ClaudeConnect Claude to Slack so you can ask for a summary of a channel or thread instead of scrolling back. Slack's pages list the steps for Claude Desktop.
- Automations / 4 min / BeginnerSend meeting summaries to your team with ZapierSet up a Zap in Zapier so a new meeting transcript can lead to a summary in Slack or email without you copying anything. Here is how to build it, based on Zapier's help pages.
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