Claude Essentials
Prompting that works, the desktop modes, projects, artifacts, skills, connectors, company search and Research.
Practice courses · English, French soon
Work better with Claude, one skill at a time.
Short cards, real work situations and a hands-on challenge in your own Claude. For managers, sales, marketing, operations, finance, HR — and developers too.
An independent course by Dots. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic. The free official courses live on academy.claude.com — we link to them from every chapter.
CE3 · Getting better results3 / 5
The answer is fluent, confident — and one figure is invented.
What do you do first?
AAsk Claude to rewrite it more carefully
BCheck the figure against the source, and ask Claude where each number comes from
CSwitch to a bigger model and ask again
Why B. A confident tone is not evidence. You stay accountable for what you send: verify on your own, then ask for sources.
Who it’s for
You don’t need to code. You need to know what to ask, and what to check.
Pick your role when you sign up: Dots suggests the courses to take first and the situations to practise on.
LEADFounders, managersDelegate real work to Claude, keep the decisions that matter, roll it out to a team.
SELL · TELLSales, marketingDeal prep, battle cards, campaigns and content — grounded in your own documents.
RUNOperations, finance, HRReports, spreadsheets, policies and recurring tasks that run on a schedule.
BUILDDevelopers, dataClaude Code, the agent loop, tools, MCP and the Claude Platform.
The courses
Five courses, mapped skill by skill.
Every skill taught in the five « Start Your Journey » courses of Claude Academy has its place in a Dots chapter — practised, not just read.
Available now
Claude Cowork Essentials
Hand off whole tasks across files and apps, schedule them, and work safely with folders, connectors, skills and plugins.
Claude in Your Team Channels
Claude in Slack: the right place for each request, memory and instructions, routines, and growing what Claude owns.
Claude Code Essentials
The agent loop, permissions, explore → plan → code → commit, context, review, CLAUDE.md, subagents, skills, MCP and hooks.
Building on the Claude Platform
The first API call, model choice, tools and the agent loop, thinking, skills, MCP, context patterns and managed agents.
How a chapter works
Ten minutes. Five formats. One skill that sticks.
01Method cardsOne idea per screen, read aloud.
02Work scenariosA real situation in a few steps, with the reason behind each answer.
03The prompt next doorA weak prompt or a risky setup to criticise and fix.
04Hands-on challengeDo it in your own Claude, then tick a short self-check.
05Quiz & duelsPass a skill twice and it lights up. Challenge a colleague.
Your second brain
See what you know — and what you only think you know.
- Lit: passed twice, on different days.
- Glowing: started, not yet proven.
- Dark: still ahead. The next dot to connect is always one tap away.
Offer
Start free. Keep going when it’s worth it.
FreeFirst chapter of every courseNo card. Create an account, confirm your e-mail, start.
From $9Full access: all chapters, all courses$9 for a month, $24 for three months, $79 for a year. One-off card payments, no automatic renewal.
TeamsFor a company or a classInvite a group, follow progress, set the courses that matter. Write to us.
Questions
Good to know.
Is this an official Anthropic course?
No. Dots is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. The official courses are free on academy.claude.com; Dots adds practice — scenarios, challenges, quizzes and a skills map — and links to the official lesson from every chapter.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. When every skill of a course is lit through the graded scenarios and quizzes, you receive a certificate of demonstrated skills from NeoLabs: a PDF with a public verification link you can add to your LinkedIn profile. It attests your work on Dots; it is not an Anthropic certification.
Do I need a paid Claude plan?
No to start: most chapters work with any Claude account. Some features (Cowork, premium artifacts, Research, team channels) need a paid or company plan — each chapter says so up front.
I’m not technical. Is this for me?
Yes. Claude Essentials, Cowork and Team Channels are written for business roles. Claude Code and the Claude Platform are the developer courses; you can skip them.
How current is it?
Claude changes every month. Each chapter shows the date it was last checked against the official documentation, and is reviewed again every month.
Which languages?
English first. French comes next, course by course, with voice.
Contact
Contact us.
A question about the courses, a team to train, a billing issue? Write to us — we answer by e-mail.