The Course

Linguist

Learn to use AI well — when to think alongside it, when to hand it a task, and how to stay in control of both. No experience required.

Start here: Your First Message →

Stage 1

Beginner 10 modules

Ten modules from your first message to a strong opening seed. No prior experience required.

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B-01

Your First Message

Send a message to an AI, read the response, and know that nothing broke.

B-02

Copy, Personalise, Use

Take any starting message, change the bracketed parts to match your situation, and send something that is actually yours.

B-03

Platform Orientation

Know where the main features are on your chosen AI platform so you can find them without searching.

B-04

Your Input Shapes the Output

See how the length and detail of your message directly affects the length and detail of the response.

B-05

One Thing at a Time

Send one task per message and get a focused, usable response instead of a scattered one.

B-06

Tell It When to Stop

Add a stopping condition to any message so the AI delivers exactly the amount you asked for.

B-07

What Just Happened?

Read an AI response, decide whether it answered what you asked, and know what to do next.

B-08

Recovery

Recognise when a conversation has gone off track and restart it without losing your progress.

B-09

Your Two Projects

Set up persistent instructions so the AI remembers your preferences across every conversation.

B-10

The Opening Seed

Write an opening message that gives the AI everything it needs to get the task right the first time.

Stage 2

Enabled User 7 modules

Seven modules that sharpen your verb choice, context loading, and recovery skills — building on the Beginner foundation.

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E-01

The First Word Matters

Choose a verb that matches what you actually want, and predict how much the AI will decide on its own.

E-02

Tell It What to Leave Alone

Add constraints to any message so the AI stays inside the lines you set.

E-03

Context Is Fuel

Identify what context a task actually needs and load it before the AI starts.

E-04

Restate, Don't Patch

Recognise correction spiral signals and know when to rewrite rather than add.

E-05

Get the Plan First

Ask the AI to plan before it produces, and review the plan before it acts.

E-06

Migration and Re-seed

Recognise when a conversation is done and carry only what matters into the next one.

E-07

Your Reference Card

Build a personal one-page reference for everything you have learned.

Stage 3

Advanced Practitioner 9 modules

Nine modules for working with Claude Code: cost awareness, session hygiene, context management, tool selection, and agent delegation.

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This track requires Claude Code, Anthropic's command-line tool. See A-00 for setup.

A-00

Getting Started with Claude Code

Install Claude Code, send your first command, and understand what makes it different from the chat interface.

A-01

Cost, Tokens, and What Things Actually Cost

Build a mental model of Claude Code costs so you can make deliberate spend decisions.

A-02

Mental Model Refresher

Understand what Claude Code is actually doing when it reads your project and responds.

A-03

CLAUDE.md

Write a CLAUDE.md file that gives Claude Code standing instructions for your project.

A-04

Session Hygiene

Start every Claude Code session in a known state and keep context costs under control.

A-05

Context Awareness and Compaction

Understand what compaction does to your session and how to work with it.

A-06

Output Engineering

Control the format, length, and structure of Claude Code's responses.

A-07

Tool Fluency

Name the right tool for a given task and guide Claude Code away from expensive tools when cheaper ones will do.

A-08

Agent Delegation and Briefing

Decide when to delegate a task to a subagent and write a 5-part brief that gives it everything it needs.