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2026 Edition 50+ Chapters 11 Parts 11 Appendices Claude 4.6

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Part I Foundations 3 chapters

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01What Is Claude, Really? — A clear mental model of the system you're working withFree sample

02Getting Started: Setup, Interface & First Steps — From opening the app to your first productive session

03The Art of Prompting — The Master SkillCore chapter

Part II Core Skills 4 chapters

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04Writing with Claude — Full workflow from brief to finished draft

05Research & Analysis — Systematic approaches to knowledge work

06Coding with Claude — From non-programmers to senior engineers

07Summarization & Document Intelligence — Processing, extracting, synthesizing

Part III Power Features 5 chapters

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08Files, Images & Multimodal Work — Beyond text input

09Web Search & Real-Time Information — Grounding Claude in the present

10Artifacts: Documents, Spreadsheets & Interactives — Generating outputs that do things

11Memory, Projects & Continuity — Making Claude remember what matters

12Connectors, MCP & App Integrations — Claude inside your tools

Part IV Professional Playbooks 5 chapters

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13Claude for Marketers & Content Creators — Strategy, copy, campaigns, content systems

14Claude for Developers & Engineers — Deep technical workflows

15Claude for Business & Executives — Organizational deployment and ROI

16Claude for Researchers & Academics — Scholarly workflows and standards

17Claude for Educators & Trainers — Course design, student support, curriculum

Part V Advanced & Agentic 4 chapters

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18Agentic Workflows & Automation — Claude doing work, not just answering questionsAdvanced

19Claude Code — The Complete Deep Dive — Autonomous engineering agent, full coverageAdvanced

20The Anthropic API — Building with Claude programmaticallyAdvanced

21Limits, Ethics & Using Claude Responsibly — The honest chapter

Parts VI–XI Deep Dives & Mastery 30+ chapters

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22–29Part VI: Claude Code Mastery — 8 chapters of deep Claude Code workflows, patterns, and production useAdvanced

30–38Part VII: Industry Applications — Healthcare, legal, finance, education, creative, and more

39–40Part VIII: Multi-Agent Systems — Orchestrating Claude with other AI systemsAdvanced

41–46Part IX: Ethics, Safety & Governance — Responsible deployment at scale

47Part X: The Future of Agentic AI — Where the field is going and how to stay current

48–50Part XI: Reference & Synthesis — Master patterns, frameworks, and a practitioner's manifesto

Reference Material

Eleven appendices.
Everything you need at hand.

Master Prompt Template Library

60+ ready-to-use templates across every professional use case, organized by goal

Quick Reference Card

Essential commands, syntax, and prompt patterns at a glance

Claude Code Command Reference

Complete command reference for Claude Code CLI

D–E

Skill Templates & Code Skills

Reusable skill frameworks and Claude Code skill patterns

Industry Prompt Collections

Curated prompt sets for 10+ professional domains

Glossary of Key Terms

Definitions for every technical term used in the book

Resources & Further Reading

Curated research papers, docs, and external resources

I–K

Model Reference & Corrections

2026 model specs, updated command reference, errata

The Book.All of it.

Eleven appendices.Everything you need at hand.

The Book.
All of it.

Eleven appendices.
Everything you need at hand.