Description
The Claude Handbook is a plain Claude handbook for everyday work: what each feature does, when to use it and the prompts that work.
Everything Claude actually does, and how to use it well.
A working handbook for Claude: what it is, how to ask, which feature fits which job, and what to check. Keep a live Claude window open as you read.
Claude handbook: who it’s for
- You have Claude open in a tab, maybe paid for, and you mostly use it like a search box.
- Some answers are brilliant; others are bland, too long, or confidently wrong, and you cannot tell in advance which you will get.
- You are not sure which model to pick, whether your plan is the right one, or what Projects, Artifacts and memory are actually for.
Claude handbook: what’s inside
- Start Here, self-check and clickable contents
- Why this book exists
- Meet Claude
- Strong zone or bluff zone: the 30-second triage
- Get set up
- Pick your plan from your real week, not the hype
- The 10-minute settings pass
- Talking to Claude
- One brief, rebuilt in three passes
- Core workflows
- Which edit pass for which problem
- Fillable companion planner (15 pages)
How to use the Claude handbook guide in 3 steps
- Open Start Here and tick the 2-minute self-check — it tells you where to begin.
- Pick one chapter, copy a prompt, fill the [brackets] and run it on a real task today.
- Print the cheat sheet and follow the 7-day plan; keep your work in the fillable planner.
Formats and devices
- Ebook PDF in A4 and US Letter (89 pages A4), clickable contents and bookmarks
- Companion planner PDF, fillable on screen or printable (15 pages)
- 1-page Start Here PDF
- Works on phone, tablet and computer; prints clean in colour or black and white
Part of The Complete No-Hype Guide to Claude
Written against Claude Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5.
This Claude handbook guide is part of The Complete No-Hype Guide to Claude. For account and feature questions, see the official Claude Help Center.
An independent, unofficial guide. Not affiliated with the companies whose tools it covers.
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