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Claude Code & Cowork Masterclass 2026: Build AI Apps, Autonomous Agents & Business Automation with Skills, Plugins & MCP

Master Claude Code, Cowork, Agent Skills, Plugins & MCP to ship full-stack AI apps, automate finance, legal, marketing and research workflows, and deploy autonomous agent teams — no prior coding required.

8 Chapters
118 Lessons
916 min total
Open Access

Become the Claude operator that companies are scrambling to hire in 2026. This masterclass turns you into a power user of Claude Code — the agentic terminal that ships full-stack applications — and Claude Cowork — the de...

What you'll learn

  • Masterclass Introduction, Outcomes & Workspace Setup
  • Claude Cowork, Skills & Plugins for Workflow Automation
  • Claude Chat Mastery: Research, Writing & Prompt Engineering
  • Claude in Microsoft Excel: Data Analysis & Wall Street Modeling
  • Claude in PowerPoint: Branded Decks & Executive Reports
  • Claude Code Foundations: Setup, Slash Commands, Skills, Hooks & Plugins

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Engr Mejba Ahmed

Engr. Mejba Ahmed

Course Instructor

Claude Code & Cowork Masterclass 2026: Build AI Apps, Autonomous Agents & Business Automation with Skills, Plugins & MCP

About This Course

Become the Claude operator that companies are scrambling to hire in 2026. This masterclass turns you into a power user of Claude Code — the agentic terminal that ships full-stack applications — and Claude Cowork — the desktop AI that runs finance, legal, marketing and research workflows end-to-end.

You will move from zero to deploying autonomous AI agent teams that handle research, analysis, document review, financial modeling, branded reporting and email distribution. Whether you are a startup founder building a one-person company, a developer adopting agentic coding, or a professional automating digital labor, every lesson is hands-on and immediately applicable.

What you will master: • Claude Cowork on the desktop — file operations, Excel skills, Gmail / Slack / Salesforce automation via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). • Agent Skills (SKILL.md) and Plugins — install, build and ship your own. • Claude in Excel — Wall Street-grade DCF and LBO models, data cleaning, conditional formatting and statistical analysis. • Claude in PowerPoint — branded executive decks and reports straight from raw data and long PDFs. • Claude Chat — prompt engineering, deep research, dashboards, creative writing and image generation. • Claude Code — desktop + VS Code setup, slash commands, hooks, plugins and CLAUDE.md memory. • Building real applications in Claude Code — a full Calorie Tracker with Gemini integration and Ralph improvement loops. • Building autonomous AI agent teams with Claude Code + OpenAI Agents SDK and MCP servers.

Every section ships with practical demos, practice opportunities and downloadable resources. By the end you will have shipped landing pages, a full-stack AI application, branded executive reports, Wall Street-level financial models and a working multi-agent system you can adapt to any business.

No programming experience required. All you need is a laptop and curiosity.

Course Curriculum

8 chapters 118 lessons 916 min

10 lessons available to preview

3 Success Habits to Get the Most From This Masterclass
4min
4 Download Course Resources, Datasets & Workspace Files
1min
2 Cowork Architecture: How the Desktop Agent Operates Safely
7min
3 Hands-On Demo: File Organization & Excel Skill Walkthrough
15min
4 Model Context Protocol (MCP) & Connectors Explained
7min
5 Hands-On Demo: Connect Gmail to Cowork & Send Smart Replies
8min
6 Tokens & Context Windows: The Cost-of-Thinking Mental Model
10min
7 Practice Question: Estimate Tokens for a Real Workflow
1min
8 Practice Solution: Walking Through the Token Estimate
4min
9 Agent Skills Deep Dive: Anatomy of a SKILL.md File
17min
10 Practical Demo: Build a LinkedIn Post Skill End-to-End
15min
12 Data Cleaning Plugin Build — Part 1: Plugin Scaffold
10min
13 Data Cleaning Plugin Build — Part 2: Pandas Steps & Validation
11min
14 Data Cleaning Plugin Build — Part 3: Reports & Edge Cases
6min
15 Practice Question: Pick the Right Visualization for the Data
1min
16 Practice Solution: Choosing Charts for the Data Story
7min
17 Data Plugin — Part 4: Statistical Analysis & PowerPoint Output
10min
19 Build a Finance Plugin — Part 1: Inputs & Assumptions
13min
20 Build a Finance Plugin — Part 2: DCF Engine & Sensitivities
12min
21 Build a Finance Plugin — Part 3: Reports, Tests & Packaging
9min
22 Connect Slack & Salesforce to Cowork via MCP for Cross-Tool Automation
10min
23 Section Recap: Your Cowork Operator Cheat Sheet
5min
1 Research + Charts in Pure Chat: A Repeatable Pipeline
8min
2 Prompt Engineering Fundamentals: Role, Goal, Constraints
9min
3 Advanced Prompt Patterns: CoT, ReAct & Self-Critique
8min
4 Deep Research Mode: When to Use It & How to Steer It
10min
5 Long-Form Creative Writing Without the Generic AI Tone
6min
6 Brainstorming Frameworks That Beat "Give Me Ideas"
3min
7 Front-End Design Skill: Dashboard from a One-Line Brief
9min
8 PDF → Excel + PowerPoint Financial Extraction Walkthrough
7min
10 Learning Mode: Master Any Topic Faster with Claude Chat
5min
11 Coding in Chat: When Chat Wins Over the IDE
4min
12 Writing Workflows: Drafts, Edits & Style Locking
6min
13 Image Generation: Claude vs. Gemini — Honest Comparison
4min
2 Installing & Authorizing the Claude Excel Add-In
2min
3 Generating Data Insights from Raw Sheets
8min
4 Statistical Summaries & Conditional Row Filters
5min
5 In-Sheet Data Visualization with Claude
6min
6 Sort Datasets Like a Pro Using Natural Language
3min
7 Filter Datasets with Free-Form Claude Prompts
2min
8 Conditional Formatting & Color-Coding via Claude
3min
9 Imputing Missing Values Without Breaking the Distribution
8min
11 Discounted Cash Flow Modeling Intuition Refresher
7min
12 Build a DCF in Claude Step-By-Step
9min
13 Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Concepts Explained Plainly
6min
14 Build an LBO Financial Model in Claude
4min
15 Practice Question: Excel Data Analysis Scenario
3min
16 Practice Solution: Walking Through the Analysis
12min
1 Module Goals & Installing the Claude PowerPoint Add-In
4min
2 Generate Branded Decks from a Single Prompt
11min
3 Auto-Add Speaker Notes for Every Slide
4min
4 Slide Design Polish: Layout, Hierarchy & Color
6min
5 Source Online Content & Re-Tone Slide Copy
7min
6 Convert Long PDFs into Executive-Ready Decks
8min
7 Summarize & Re-Order Existing PPTX Files
7min
8 Generate Decks from a Locked Brand Template
5min
9 Practice Coaching: Claude Reviews Your Delivery
5min
10 Claude vs. Copilot vs. NotebookLM for Decks
10min
1 Method 1: Claude Code in the Desktop App
8min
2 Method 2: Claude Code Inside VS Code (Full Setup)
12min
3 Quick Reference: Mac & Windows Install Commands
1min
4 The Claude Code Mental Model: The Agentic Terminal Loop
12min
5 Project 1 — Landing Page with Pure Claude Code (Part A)
16min
6 Skills in Claude Code: Front-End Design Skill Tour
11min
7 Installing & Verifying the Front-End Design Skill
9min
8 Project 1 — Landing Page Powered by Front-End Skill (Part B)
12min
9 Project Skills vs. .claude Skills: Which Wins & Why
3min
10 Practice Question: Pet Grooming Landing Page Brief
3min
11 Practice Solution: Building the Pet Grooming Page
11min
13 Project 2 — Build a Brand Slash Command (Part 1)
8min
14 Project 2 — Slash Command Logic & Arguments (Part 2)
11min
16 Practice Question: Author a Slash Command for Your Brand
2min
17 Practice Solution: Slash Command Walkthrough
12min
18 Claude Code Plugins: Install, Build & Share
14min
19 Hooks: Automating Pre and Post Tool-Use Events
10min
20 CLAUDE.md Project Memory: What Belongs There
8min
21 MCP Servers in Claude Code (Local & Remote)
9min
22 Subagents: Parallel Specialists for Complex Tasks
8min
23 Foundations Recap & Personal Cheat Sheet
5min
1 Writing a CLAUDE.md That Actually Works
11min
2 Context Window Tactics: Compaction, /clear & /compact
10min
3 Calorie Tracker — Phase 1: Project Init & Gemini API Key
9min
4 Calorie Tracker — Phase 1: First-Run App Build
18min
5 Calorie Tracker — Phase 2: Gemini AI Integration
6min
6 Calorie Tracker — Phase 2: API Routes Plan
6min
7 Calorie Tracker — Phase 2: API Routes Implementation
8min
8 Calorie Tracker — Phase 3: Ralph Loop Plan for Quality
5min
9 Calorie Tracker — Phase 3: Ralph Loop Implementation
11min
1 The 2026 State of AI Agents: Where We Actually Are
8min
2 Agent Anatomy 101: Loop, Tools, Memory & Goals
4min
3 End-to-End Walkthrough: An Agent Doing Real Work
10min
4 MCP 101 for Agent Builders: The Programmatic View
5min
5 Agentic Frameworks Compared: SDKs, LangGraph, CrewAI, Direct
3min
6 OpenAI Agents SDK 101: Core Primitives
5min
7 Run Your First Agent with the OpenAI Agents SDK
5min
8 Personal Finance Agent — Architecture Overview
4min
9 Personal Finance Agent (No Memory) — Code Walkthrough
11min
10 Personal Finance Agent (With Memory) — Code Walkthrough
3min
11 Auto-Build Agents with Claude Code + Agents SDK — Part 1
11min
12 Auto-Build Agents with Claude Code + Agents SDK — Part 2
9min
13 Auto-Build Agents with Claude Code + Agents SDK — Part 3
10min
14 Auto-Build Agents with Claude Code + Agents SDK — Part 4
8min
15 Designing a Team of AI Agents: Roles & Handoffs
8min
16 Agent Team with OpenAI SDK — Part 1: Roles & Skeleton
10min
17 Agent Team with OpenAI SDK — Part 2: Tools & Knowledge
7min
18 Agent Team with OpenAI SDK — Part 3: Handoffs & Routing
7min
19 Agent Team with OpenAI SDK — Part 4: Orchestration & Memory
8min
20 Agent Team with OpenAI SDK — Part 5: Ship, Monitor & Iterate
7min
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