Learning Snacks
Hands-on guides for the Claude builder stack — Claude Code, Anthropic Cowork, the Claude API, and the tools that compound with them. Read in 5–15 minutes. Apply today.
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Read a competitor funding announcement like an analyst
Funding announcements look like news. They're actually disclosure. Here's the 6 signals to extract before you close the tab.
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Reverse-engineer a competitor's pricing page in 10 minutes
A pricing page is a strategy document hiding in marketing copy. The tier names, the feature gates, the contact-us threshold — every choice tells you who they're selling to and how confident they are.
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Build a competitor changelog so you stop being surprised
Most founders track competitors reactively — when someone forwards a Twitter thread or a customer mentions a feature. A weekly changelog turns reactive surprise into proactive insight. Here's the system.
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Read a competitor funding announcement like an analyst
Funding announcements look like news. They're actually disclosure. Here's the 6 signals to extract before you close the tab.
competitive-intel
Reverse-engineer a competitor's pricing page in 10 minutes
A pricing page is a strategy document hiding in marketing copy. The tier names, the feature gates, the contact-us threshold — every choice tells you who they're selling to and how confident they are.
competitive-intel
Build a competitor changelog so you stop being surprised
Most founders track competitors reactively — when someone forwards a Twitter thread or a customer mentions a feature. A weekly changelog turns reactive surprise into proactive insight. Here's the system.
Anthropic Cowork
5 Cowork project templates that pay off in week one
Five ready-to-deploy Cowork project templates. Steal them.
Getting Started
Claude can see — using vision and multimodal in your workflow
Vision turns Claude into a tool you can hand a screenshot to and get a real answer. Most people miss this.
Claude Code
Context window management — when to /clear, /compact, or just keep going
Long Claude sessions degrade in predictable ways. Knowing when to clear vs compact vs split is most of the skill.
Claude Code
Build your first MCP server in 30 minutes
A working MCP server is a 30-minute project. Here's the actual code.
Getting Started
Claude.ai vs Claude Code vs Claude API — which one when?
Claude.ai, Claude Code, the Claude API, and the Agent SDK — when to use which, in 5 minutes.
Waymaker × Claude
Layer Anthropic Cowork under your Waymaker Brain
Brain + Cowork + Claude Code: three context layers that compound when stacked right.
Claude API
Tool use patterns that don't burn tokens
Tool use is powerful AND expensive by default. The four moves that keep it powerful but cheap.
Anthropic Cowork
Multiplayer Claude.ai chats: real-time vs async patterns
Multiplayer Claude chats are decision-capture infrastructure, not group chat.
Anthropic Cowork
Sharing Claude projects with your team
A well-set-up shared Cowork project is the highest-leverage 20 minutes a team lead can spend.
Claude Code
Fast mode: when speed matters more than depth
Fast mode is for short, well-bounded tasks. Don't use it for ambiguous design work.
Claude Code
Subagents and parallel work — when to delegate
Subagents parallelize, isolate, and bring fresh eyes — when used for the right tasks.
Claude Code
Connecting Claude Code to anything with MCP
MCP turns external tools into things Claude can call. Set up the right ones and your toolbox compounds.
Claude Code
Automate your workflow with Claude Code hooks
Hooks turn Claude Code from a tool into a teammate that follows your team's rules.
Claude API
Cut Claude API costs 90% with prompt caching
Prompt caching is the highest-ROI lever in the Claude API. Here's how it works and when to use it.
Anthropic Cowork
Anthropic Cowork: collaborative AI workspaces explained
Anthropic's collaborative workspace turns Claude from a 1:1 tool into a team multiplier. Here's the playbook.
Claude Code
Setting up CLAUDE.md so Claude understands your project
Why CLAUDE.md is the highest-ROI file in your repo, and what to put in it.
Claude Code
10 Claude Code slash commands you should know
From /init to /security-review — the slash commands that change how fast you ship with Claude Code.
These get sharper inside Waymaker
Everything here is free on the web. Inside Waymaker, the same articles surface contextually next to the work you're doing — Signal Pipeline, Market Radar, Customer Intelligence — so you learn the right thing at the right moment.