Hi, I'm Curtis. Let's learn Claude Code properly.
The story behind Claude Code Academy, and how every lesson is made.
Why this academy exists
Claude Code is one of the biggest shifts in how software gets built: an AI agent that reads your codebase, edits files, runs your tests and checks its own work. But most people use a fraction of what it can do. They type a prompt, hope, and copy-paste their way through the gaps.
Curtis Cornell created Claude Code Academy to close that gap. The goal is simple: take everything Anthropic has published about Claude Code (the documentation, the best practices and the topic arc of Anthropic's own free courses) and turn it into one guided, interactive path that's genuinely fun to finish.
How the course is made
- Sourced from the official docs. Every lesson is written from Anthropic's public Claude Code documentation and checked against the current release.
- Original lessons. The explanations, examples, simulations and quizzes are written for this Academy. Anthropic's material is the source of truth, and we link to it throughout.
- Built for doing. Each lesson ends with a checklist to run in your own repo, because that's where the learning happens.
- Kept current. When Claude Code changes, lessons change. See what's new.
Independent, and proud of it
Claude Code Academy is an independent course. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Anthropic. If you want Anthropic's own free training, visit the official Claude Academy. This course is a companion that adds structure, practice and accountability.