
Understand Cloud Code and how agentic coding differs from chatGPT and Copilot. Explore installation in three ways and the first run with the Cloud.md system prompt.
Choose the right tool for the right job: ChatGPT for learning and brainstorming, Cloud Code for building, and Copilot for collaborative coding and version tracking.
Install cloud code via the terminal, the Anthropic Cloud desktop application, or a VS Code extension, after installing Node.js 20+, then log in and activate Cloud Pro for remote access.
Log in via the cloud icon, view and edit a sample document, and explore user interface and five modes, including ask before edits, plan mode, auto mode, and bypass permission.
Explore agentic coding with Cloud Code as you build a real Python script to clean messy customer data, using the plan-build-verify loop and permissions model basics and essential slash commands.
Develop agentic coding by building a working workspace with a framework and Python script. Use cloud tools to manage and verify the loop and clean up dead code and clutter.
Explore how cloud code structures a project with cloud.md, creates skills and agents folders, uses sub-agents for research and review, and leverages context management and plan mode to build skills.
Explore cloud code with multi-file projects and full-stack apps, manage cloud.md and integrate cloud into existing codebases, while learning Git and GitHub basics, plugins, and workflow organization.
Explore how Cloud Code builds a modern showcase website with a working chatbot in an hour, plus a full-stack case study of a video library with automation saving 80k annually.
Defines cloud.md as the central table of contents for cloud code, a living, updatable file that avoids secrets and explains a self-annealing error-fix loop.
Orient Cloud Code to an existing project by reading files, loading context, and generating a Cloud.md; plan refactoring and explore plugins from the Anthropic marketplace.
Develop a practical debugging mindset for cloud code, using real error messages and a structured session to produce tested fixes—plus a live debugging demo on handling cloud stalls.
Adopt an agentic coding and debugging mindset with AI by actively testing outputs, identifying mistakes, and following a detailed plan to build stable, error-free software.
Watch debugging in action as Claude runs a skill to compute course grades, identify bugs, and perform agentic coding code reviews with fixes; learn tests, smoke tests, and dry runs.
Discover the configuration hierarchy of Claude's cloud, from project level cloud.md to global and enterprise policies, with memory, sub-directories, and API references to reduce debugging.
Recognize cloud limits in capabilities and time estimates when using Cloud Code. Anticipate extending Cloud Code with the Model Context Protocol in the next module.
Learn about the model context protocol (MCP), its servers, and how to set up MCP connections to extend cloud code for real-time browser control, queries, and system reconfiguration.
Clarify MCP as model context protocol, a standardized system for providing context to AI models, configured in mcp.json, with three server types: official, community, and your own.
Understand the MCP architecture as a USB-like protocol that connects hosts, clients, and servers to plug in services such as Slack, Gmail, Calendar, and Google Drive through Cloud.ai.
Determine when to use local versus global MCPs, configure local mcp.json or cloud.json, and balance plugin installations to conserve tokens while maintaining cloud access.
Explore how MCPs operate in practice inside Anticravity by enabling connectors, using plugins like context-7, and managing tokens to balance context window and on-demand loading.
Configure two MCP servers: a browser automation MCP using PlayWrite to open browsers, fill forms, click buttons, verify frontends, and a database MCP to ask questions in English without SQL.
Install your first Playwright MCP by planning with cloud, choosing local vs remote and headless vs visible, then configure via .mcp.json and verify with the mcp command.
Learn how to test Claude Code's MCP by simulating browsing tasks—scrolling, clicking, and capturing screenshots—to verify frontend changes and visual alignment in apps like Amazon and Apple.
Install an sqlite MCP to query a database without sql using cloud code and an mcp.json, test with a mock store.db, and review authentication and security notes.
Gain MCP fluency by learning to install and locate MCPs, explore the official MCP registry and related data on GitHub, and prepare to build a dashboard in your next project.
Apply AI and cloud code to build an end-to-end finance dashboard from a messy expense CSV, guided by a Friday-to-Tuesday scenario and live debugging.
Build a finance dashboard by cleaning an expenses dataset and deploying a streamlit app that shows year-to-date spend, monthly trends, and anomalies. Convert to sqlite and share via streamlit cloud.
Builds real tools with cloud code and Python, showcasing agentic coding, a polished deployed web app, and a portfolio of projects; emphasizes planning, testing, security, and continuous practice.
This course is built to help you confidently use Claude Code as a powerful AI-driven development partner for real-world software projects.
You’ll begin by understanding what Claude Code is, how it differs from tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT
, and how to set it up through both the command line and the Visual Studio Code extension. From there, you’ll get comfortable with the workflow, interface, and core capabilities so you can start building productively from day one.
As the course progresses, you’ll step into your first agentic coding sessions—learning how to generate code, refine implementations, manage iterations, and collaborate with AI more effectively. You’ll then move beyond simple examples into practical multi-file projects, where you’ll learn how Claude Code works inside existing codebases, why Claude. md matters, and how to structure AI-assisted development for maintainability and speed.
You’ll also learn how to debug more efficiently by keeping Claude Code in the development loop. Through structured troubleshooting workflows, you’ll identify issues faster, understand root causes more clearly, and implement cleaner fixes with confidence.
The course then expands into advanced workflows with MCP server integrations, where you’ll connect AI-assisted development to databases, APIs, and browser automation using Playwright. These sections show how Claude can move beyond code generation into real engineering workflows.
In the final part of the course, everything comes together in a practical end-to-end case study. You’ll build a complete finance dashboard—from data ingestion and analysis to web application development and cloud deployment—while applying the same workflows used in modern production environments.
By the end of this course, you’ll know how to use Claude Code to build faster, debug smarter, and ship real-world applications with greater confidence, making it a valuable part of your everyday development workflow.