How to climb all 4 layers of Claude in one weekend:
(even if you just signed up yesterday)
✦ Level 1: Claude Chat (Saturday morning)
Go to claude .com/download. Install the app.
Pay the $20. Select Opus 4.6 Extended Thinking.
Connect Slack, Drive, Notion through Connectors.
Stop writing long prompts. Prompt this instead:
"I want to [TASK] for [SUCCESS CRITERIA]. Use AskUserQuestion before you start."
Most people stay here forever.
You're leaving 90% of Claude untouched.
Claude Basics:
how-to-claude.ai.
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✦ Level 2: Claude Cowork (Saturday afternoon)
Go to 'Cowork'. Create a folder "Claude-Cowork."
4 subfolders. About me, template, project & outputs
Create about-me .md: what you do, how you do.
Create anti-ai-style .md: words you'd never say.
Set Global Instructions (Settings → Cowork → Edit):
"Always read my files first, never edit my originals, deliver everything to CLAUDE OUTPUTS."
You just killed prompting.
From now on, your prompt is 2 lines your folder.
Move on to Cowork:
claude-co.work
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✦ Level 3: Skills Plugins (Sunday morning)
Open Cowork. Type: "Use the skill-creator to help me build a skill for [your most repeated task]."
Claude interviews you. Answer and be specific.
It generates a SKILL .md. Test it: "When would you use this skill?" If the description is vague, fix it.
Upload: Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload.
Now it fires automatically. No slash command.
Install Plugins: Cowork > Customize > Browse plugin
Skills with about-me .md. Skill handles the process.
Voice file handles tone. Two layers simultaneously.
Set up Claude Skills:
x.com/rubenhassid/status/203…
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✦ Level 4: Code Computer (Sunday afternoon)
Click the Code tab. Create a folder. Connect GitHub
(free account → Settings → Connectors).
Prompt: "Create a GitHub repo named [project]. Code everything. Don't ask for permissions."
Download VS Code. Install the Claude extension.
Turn on "Skip Permissions" to go 100x faster.
After your session, paste this: "Create a CLAUDE .md file with everything you learned about this project." Now Claude remembers your fonts, colors, and structure forever.
Claude code guide:
claudecode.free
Claude Computer: Settings → Desktop app → turn on Browser use Computer use.
Connect your phone with Dispatch. Text a task.
Schedule a recurring task: left sidebar → Scheduled → write the prompt → pick the frequency.
Claude Computer:
x.com/rubenhassid/status/203…
This is where you stop working inside Claude.
Claude starts working on your computer.
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Saturday, you were prompting like it's ChatGPT.
Sunday, Claude is running your screen, building your website, & sending you text updates.
That's all 4 layers. In one weekend.