—— A Quick Set Up Guide ——
How I Use Claude
How I use Claude
Takes about ten minutes.
Everything I teach happens inside Claude — the tool at claude.ai — so that's the one place we all need to be working.
You don't need to pay anything to begin.
Start for free
When you sign up at claude.ai, you're on the free plan.
It covers everything the live courses ask of you.
Usage resets on a rolling five-hour window — in practice, around 30 to 100 messages a day, depending on how busy things are.
I'll always be clear whenever something needs a paid plan.
Tell Claude how to work with you
Open Claude, click your initials, and go to Settings.
Add instructions Claude follows in every chat — how you like to be spoken to, and what you're working on.
Set your voice, so Claude writes more like you.
We go much deeper on voice inside the courses. This is just the switch that turns it on.
Two toggles that matter
Go to Settings, then Privacy.
Leave Location on — it just lets Claude give you sensible local answers.
Turn off "Help improve Claude". Off means your chats — your clients, your business — aren't used to train the AI.
Switch capabilities on
Have a look at the capabilities list and switch them all on — web search, file creation, the lot.
I keep everything ticked.
It's what makes Claude genuinely useful, rather than just a chat box.
Pick your model
At the top of any chat there's a small dropdown to choose your model.
Sonnet is your everyday workhorse — the free default, and all you need to begin.
Opus is the heavy-lifter for complex thinking. Haiku is the quick one.
Honestly? Start with Sonnet. Don't overthink it.
Chat or Project?
You don't need Projects yet. When we build your content system — the first live cohort course, which you can apply to join from September — that's where they come into their own, and I'll walk you through it there.
When you go paid
You can do a great deal on the free plan, and I'd start there. Two things I use every day do need a paid plan — worth knowing about for later.
You're set
That's the set-up. Ten minutes now saves you hours later.
Anything that doesn't behave the way I've described — tell me. That's exactly what I'm here for.