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Jargon you'll hear

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I'll unpack each of these as we go — for now, just let them wash over you.

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What is Claude Code?

Claude Code isn't just Claude. It's Claude (the model) wrapped in a harness with a set of tools — and that wrapper is what turns a chatbot into an agent.

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Vibe Coding vs Agentic Engineering

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What is Vibe Coding?

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Good vs Bad Prompts

Even before you set up any structure, how you prompt matters. Specific beats vague. Context beats assumption.

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Meet the Person

We're going to learn five concepts using one running example: a weather reporter agent that fetches Dubai's temperature and renders a weather card. Same person — five different angles.

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👤 Agents — The Person
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A specialist with a job title: the weather reporter
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👤 Agents — The Person (job title: weather reporter)
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A specialist hired for a specific role — same Claude, different hat
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🎓 Skills — What the Person Knows
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fetch temperature • render SVG card • write the script
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🎓 Skills — What the Person Can Do
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do reporting on weather • play a game • read a book
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🧠 Context — The Person's Brain
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finite working memory — ~1M tokens, resets each session
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🧠 Context — The Person's Brain (storage — the 1M-token space)
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where knowledge gets loaded in — resets each session
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📋 CLAUDE.md — The Pocket Rulebook
standing instructions read at the start of every shift
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🎼 Workflow — The Trigger
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Topic 1

👤 Agents — The Weather Reporter

An agent is Claude playing a specific role. Meet the weather reporter — a specialist hired to fetch and report weather data for Dubai. Same Claude, different hat.

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The Restaurant Kitchen

Think of it like this

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Prompting vs. Agent — Side by Side

The difference in one picture: prompting is asking a stranger on the street; using an agent is asking your dedicated specialist.

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Agents Get Their Own Brain

Tip from Thariq (Anthropic) — Apr 16, 2026

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How to Create Your Own Agent

You don't write an agent from scratch — Claude helps you build one. Type /agents inside Claude Code and a guided menu opens.

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Agent Config Fields

The config block at the top of an agent file controls its identity and capabilities. Here's what the real weather-agent.md uses:

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🎓 Skills — What the Weather Reporter Knows

Skills are the specific things the reporter has been trained to do. Our reporter has two: fetch the data, and render it as a card.

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The Training Manual

Think of it like this

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When to Turn Something Into a Skill

Tip from Boris Cherny (creator of Claude Code) — Feb 1, 2026

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Why Separate Agents and Skills?

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How to Create Your Own Skill

Skills are plain markdown files. If you can write a recipe, you can write a skill.

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Skill Config Fields

The small config block at the top of a SKILL.md (the "frontmatter") controls how the skill behaves:

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🧠 Context — The Reporter's Brain

Now that you've met the reporter and know their skills, let's understand what they can actually hold in mind at once. Every agent — including the weather reporter — gets its own fresh brain.

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Claude's Brain

Think of it like this

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What Loads at Session Start

The moment you open Claude Code, certain things land in Claude's brain before you've typed a word. The rest waits in the wings — only loaded when you actually need it. This is called progressive disclosure.

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Keep the Brain Clear

The more stuff crammed into Claude's brain, the harder it is to focus on what matters. This is called context rot — performance drops as the brain gets crowded.

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How to Manage Your Context

You can't create the context — it's just there, the moment you open a chat. But you can see how full it is, trim it down, or wipe it clean. Three commands give you full control.

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📋 CLAUDE.md — The Reporter's Pocket Rulebook

The weather reporter consults this at the start of every shift — even though their brain resets overnight. It's the standing instructions pinned in that brain before you've said a word.

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The Employee Handbook

Think of it like this

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How to Create Your CLAUDE.md

You don't need to write CLAUDE.md by hand. Claude can look at your project and draft one for you.

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Grow CLAUDE.md With Every Mistake

Tip from Boris Cherny (creator of Claude Code) — Feb 1, 2026

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What Goes in CLAUDE.md

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How CLAUDE.md Loads

Claude Code uses two mechanisms to find CLAUDE.md files:

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⚡ Commands — The Trigger

One word kicks off the whole chain. /weather-orchestrator → agent → skill → SVG card. Commands are the entry point into any workflow.

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Commands — The Entry Point

Think of it like this

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How to Create Your Own Command

Commands are markdown files too. If you can write a recipe, you can write a command.

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Putting It All Together

🎼 Workflow — All Five Pieces Together

Watch the weather reporter example run from one keystroke to SVG card output. Five concepts, one orchestrated flow.

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Command → Agent → Skill

This is the core architecture pattern of Claude Code workflows — demonstrated in this very repo by the weather example:

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Two Ways Skills Are Used

The weather workflow demonstrates both skill patterns in a single flow:

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How to Wire Your Own Workflow

A workflow isn't a separate file type. It emerges when one command calls agents and skills in sequence.

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Journey So Far

Five concepts, one running example

From meeting the weather reporter to wiring the full Command → Agent → Skill chain. The same five pieces compose every workflow you'll ever build.