CoursesClaude Code in Practice

Getting Oriented

What Claude Code is, what it can and cannot see, the three permission modes, how a session grows and what it costs, and how to read a transcript before you trust it.

Lessons
6
Exercises
34
Minutes
37

Start What Claude Code Is

  1. 1

    What Claude Code Is

    After this lesson you can say what Claude Code sees when it starts, what it only learns through a tool call, and what it never sees at all.

    DebugMultiple choiceTrace
    5 exercises
    5 min
  2. 2

    Three Modes

    After this lesson you can pick the permission mode that fits a task, and spot a transcript where the mode was wrong.

    DebugMultiple choiceTap
    5 exercises
    5 min
  3. 3

    The Session and Its Window

    After this lesson you can read /context and /usage, say why a long session costs more per message, and choose between clearing, compacting and resuming.

    Fill blankMultiple choiceTrace
    5 exercises
    6 min
  4. 4

    Reading a Transcript

    After this lesson you can read a transcript line by line, say what each line put into the window, and stop or rewind a session that has gone wrong.

    DebugCode orderMultiple choiceTrace
    5 exercises
    6 min
  5. 5

    Checkpoint: Getting OrientedCheckpoint

    What loaded, which mode, what survives, and what a transcript proves, in fresh situations.

    DebugCode orderMultiple choiceTap
    6 exercises
    6 min
  6. 6

    Boss: First Hour in a New RepoBoss

    One developer's first hour: pick the mode, read the first tool calls, catch a wide plan, demand evidence, switch modes for the grind, keep the window small, and hand off.

    DebugCode orderMultiple choiceTrace
    8 exercises
    9 min