Welcome to Your Agentic AI Development Journey
You are about to learn one of the most high-demand, career-defining skills in modern software development: agentic coding with Claude Code.
This is not a course about using AI to autocomplete a line of code. This is a course about commanding a fully autonomous AI agent that can read your entire codebase, plan multi-step solutions, write code across dozens of files, run tests, fix errors, commit changes, and ship features — all while you provide the strategic direction.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Install and configure Claude Code for professional development use
- Write powerful CLAUDE.md context files that make Claude Code dramatically more effective on your specific projects
- Connect MCP servers to give Claude Code access to databases, GitHub, documentation, and custom APIs
- Build and deploy subagent workflows for complex, parallel development tasks
- Create reusable Agent Skills that automate your most common development operations
- Understand deep agent architecture to debug, optimize, and scale agentic systems
- Apply agentic coding security principles to keep your AI systems safe in production
What Makes This Course Different
Most Claude Code tutorials show you the basics — install it, run a command, get a code snippet. This course takes you all the way to the cutting edge: multi-agent orchestration, infinite subagent patterns, context window engineering, and production-grade agentic workflows.
Every module alternates between theory (understanding the why) and hands-on practice (applying it immediately on real problems).
Prerequisites
Technical:
- Basic experience coding in any language (JavaScript, Python, PHP, etc.)
- Comfortable opening and using a terminal / command line
- Understand what a file system is and how to navigate directories
- macOS, Linux, or Windows (with WSL2) computer
AI Tools:
- An Anthropic account (free to create at anthropic.com)
- Either an Anthropic API key (pay-per-use) or a Claude Pro/Team subscription
- No prior experience with Claude Code required — we start from zero
Mindset:
- Willingness to experiment, break things, and learn from errors
- Curiosity about how AI agents actually work under the hood
Course Structure at a Glance
| Module | Topic | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome & Setup | Orientation |
| 2 | Context Engineering Theory | Foundation |
| 3 | The GIST of Claude Code | Core Loop |
| 4 | Essential Commands | Daily Workflow |
| 5 | MCP Servers | Integration |
| 6 | GitHub Automation | DevOps |
| 7 | Advanced Workflows | Power Patterns |
| 8 | Subagents | Multi-Agent |
| 9 | Output Styles | Customization |
| 10 | Agent Skills | Automation |
| 11 | Claude Code Desktop | Desktop & Mobile |
| 12 | Deep Agents | Architecture |
| 13 | Agentic Security | Safety |
| 14 | General Best Practices | Production |
| 15 | Bonus | What's Next |
How to Get the Most From This Course
- Follow along actively — have Claude Code open in your terminal as you watch
- Pause and apply — each hands-on lesson has an exercise, do it before moving on
- Use the community — ask questions, share your builds
- Take notes — especially on CLAUDE.md patterns and subagent prompts you discover
Let's build something remarkable. See you in the next lesson.