Wading into Claude Code: a live workshop for non-developers

​Claude Code is an AI agent that works on your computer, and you do not need to know how to code to use it.

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​I will spend two hours showing it working live, on real tasks, with real files. No slides, no scripted demo.

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​What you will see:

• ​A full-site SEO audit, run by several agents working at once on a real website.

• ​A legal research and small claims filing, built from free open-source tools.

• ​A branded website built from one prompt and put online, with no WordPress and no monthly subscription.

• ​Scripts that run on a schedule, so the work keeps happening without you watching it.

​What you will leave with:

• ​How to set up Claude Code and organize your sessions.

• ​How Plan Mode and hard rules keep a mistake from becoming an expensive one.

• ​How to find and check open-source tools before you trust them.

• ​When to use chat AI, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code.

​Who it is for: founders, marketers, freelancers, and curious professionals who want to use AI for more than chat. No coding background needed. Bring a laptop if you want to follow along.

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​About the host:

​I founded a marketing agency, grew it for eight years, and sold it. Now I teach marketing and communications teams to use Claude and Claude Code without a developer. That includes the custom AI curriculum I built for Salesforce Workforce Navigators. I run the Midwest Marketing Meetup in Grand Rapids and lead monthly Show and Tell sessions at Bamboo Grand Rapids.

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​Hosted at Bamboo Ann Arbor by Unicorn Flames.