Customizing Claude Code for Your Projects

Overview

Learn to customize Claude Code for specific workflows. Create persistent instructions with CLAUDE.md, control what Claude sees with context management, configure settings, and handle errors effectively.

You'll work with a sales analysis project throughout this course.

Syllabus

• Unit 1: Mastering Project Instructions
Initialize Your First Project Context
Teaching Claude Your Coding Standards
Separating Team and Personal Instructions
• Unit 2: Managing Project Context
Cleaning Up Your Project Context
Excluding Dependencies and Build Artifacts
• Unit 3: Mastering Project Settings
Discovering Your Claude Baseline Settings
Creating Your First Project Configuration
Personal Overrides with Local Settings
Automating Safe Commands with Allow Patterns
• Unit 4: Mastering Error Recovery
Recovering from Ambiguous Deletion Requests
Rewinding Through a Multi Step Mistake
Clearing Context to Fix Confusion

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Subjects

Artificial Intelligence