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Free guide · Getting started with Claude · By Marc Kleinmann · Added Oct 26, 2026

Your first useful job in Claude.

Give Claude the context it needs, set up a place for your work and produce your first useful output. A practical starting guide for business owners and their teams.

READ · ~15 MINLEVEL · BEGINNERFIRST SETUP · ALLOW ABOUT AN HOUR

01 · Context

Give Claude a job it can understand.

A vague request such as “help me with our marketing” leaves the assistant guessing. Start with a small job, the material it needs and a clear description of what you want back.

Think of a capable colleague who has just joined your business. They can help, but they still need to know who the work is for, what matters and what a good result looks like. Your setup gives Claude that brief.

This guide takes you from choosing a task to reviewing a finished output. Work through it in order, or jump to the setup if you already know what you want to make.

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  1. A clear task, useful context and a place for the result.
  2. Set up your first useful workflow.
  3. Make the choices that fit the job.
  4. Operating the system.
  5. Edge cases I hit, and you will too.
  6. Where this setup goes from here.
  7. Before you call the setup done.
  8. Bring your own work.

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