Claude Training & Documentation

A curated list of the educational and training resources the team has been using to get fluent with Claude Code, Cowork, and the Agent SDK. It is not exhaustive, so if you find something worth adding, open a pull request against this page.

Lead on the official sources first. They track the product as it changes. Independent material is useful for long-form walkthroughs, and YouTube is supplementary: quality varies and it ages fast.

Anthropic Official Training Resources

These are first-party and kept current by the team that builds the product.

Anthropic Academy (Skilljar) is self-paced courses with completion certificates. Best for structured learning and a credential you can point to.

Claude Code 101
Claude Code in Action (multi-tool use, context management, MCP server integration, GitHub workflow automation)
Introduction to Claude Cowork
Full catalog

Anthropic Engineering Blog has deep write-ups on context management, subagents, and plan-mode patterns. Best for depth on patterns and architecture.

Official Docs and Tutorials Library is reference documentation plus short video and written guides covering Cowork plugin development, MCP, remote control, and model selection. Best for reference while building.

Open-Source Repos and Skills Guide are buildable references for integration and automation work: the Agent Skills repo, the skill-building guide, and the Cookbook of implementation examples. Best for automation and integration work.

Independent Resources

Third-party material that holds up. Useful for long-form, end-to-end walkthroughs.

freeCodeCamp offers an approximately 12-hour Claude Code course by Andrew Brown (ExamPro), plus a written companion handbook. Best for a long-form video walkthrough.

Vetted YouTube Channels

Supplementary viewing. Independent quality varies and ages fast as the product changes, so treat the official channel as the trusted source and everything else as secondary. Confirm anything important against the official docs before relying on it.

Official Anthropic channel (trusted source)
Reference playlist (supplementary)

Full reference table

Source	What it covers	Best for	Links
Anthropic Academy (Skilljar), official	Self-paced courses with completion certificates: Claude Code 101, Claude Code in Action (multi-tool use, context management, MCP server integration, GitHub workflow automation), and Introduction to Claude Cowork.	Structured courses; certificates.	Claude Code 101, Claude Code in Action, Introduction to Claude Cowork, Full catalog
Anthropic Engineering Blog, official	Deep first-party write-ups on context management, subagents, and plan-mode patterns, written by the team that builds the product.	Depth on patterns and architecture.	Claude Code best practices, Building agents with the Agent SDK, Harnesses for long-running agents
Official Docs and Tutorials Library, official	Reference documentation plus short video and written guides covering Cowork plugin development, MCP, remote control, and model selection.	Reference while building.	Claude Code docs, Tutorials library
Open-Source Repos and Skills Guide, official	Buildable references for integration and automation work: the Agent Skills repo, the skill-building guide, and the Cookbook of implementation examples.	Automation and integration work.	anthropics/skills (GitHub), Guide to Building Skills (PDF), Anthropic Cookbook
freeCodeCamp, independent	An approximately 12-hour Claude Code course by Andrew Brown (ExamPro), plus a written companion handbook.	Long-form video walkthrough.	The Claude Code Handbook, Claude Code full course (video)
Vetted YouTube, mixed (use with care)	Supplementary material. Independent quality varies and ages fast as the product changes, so lean on the official channel as the trusted source and treat the rest as secondary.	Supplementary viewing.	Official Anthropic channel, Reference playlist (supplementary)