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Claude Code 201

Study Method
In-class
Locations
Edinburgh, London, Manchester
Institution
AI First Training
Start Date
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Course overview

A two-day advanced course for those who can already build with Claude Code and want to go further. The focus is on connecting tools to external services and building custom integrations the standard Connectors do not cover.

You will design and build a custom MCP server, work with APIs, and leave able to produce tools robust enough to hand to a developer if needed.

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Who's It For?

  1. Graduates of Claude Code 101
    who are ready to go beyond simple builds and into connected, integrated tools

  2. Operators and freelancers who build regularly
    and want to connect their Claude Code projects to the services they actually use

  3. Technical staff and AI-curious professionals
    who want to create custom integrations their business cannot get from standard Connectors

  4. Anyone preparing a project for developer handoff
    who needs to produce documentation clear enough for another team to pick up

Job outcomes

  • Claude Specialist
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What you'll learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to connect Claude Code builds to external services and create more robust custom integrations. Expect to work with APIs, build compound tools, design a working custom MCP server, debug more confidently, and prepare cleaner handoff documentation for larger technical projects.

Working with APIs
connect your tools to external services like email, Slack and spreadsheets

Building compound tools
combine multiple steps and services into a single, reliable tool

Custom MCP servers
design and build a connection to a service the standard Connectors do not cover

Debugging with confidence
apply a structured method to find and fix issues in what you build

Developer handoff
produce clear documentation for projects that need to go further than you can take them

Study method

  • In-class
  • Blended
  • Online
  • Virtual

Locations

  • Scotland
    • Edinburgh
  • England
    • London
    • Manchester
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Duration study load

  • 2 Days

Delivery

Course outline

For confident builders ready to move into APIs, integrations and custom connections. You will build more capable tools, learn to harden them, and create documentation that makes future development easier.

Day 1

APIs and connections

  1. What APIs are and how they work in plain English

  2. Connecting to Gmail, Slack and Google Sheets

  3. Building a compound tool that spans two or more services

Custom MCP servers

  1. How MCP works and what a custom server makes possible

  2. Designing a server before you build it

  3. Building, connecting and testing it live in the room

Day 2

Debugging and hardening

  1. A structured debugging method that works under pressure

  2. Security and reliability basics for tools people depend on

  3. Testing at depth, not just surface checks

Handoff

  1. Documenting your build so someone else can run it

  2. Writing a developer handoff document on your own project

  3. Where to take it next and what Claude Code cannot do alone

Entry requirements

  1. Completed Claude Code 101
    or equivalent hands-on experience directing Claude Code to build tools

  2. An active Claude account
    Pro plan recommended

  3. A working laptop
    with access to your own projects and files

  4. A service you want to connect to
    having a real use case in mind will make both build days significantly more productive

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Course features

By Day 5 you leave with a working custom MCP server, at least one compound tool connected to an external service, and documentation clear enough to hand to a developer without a briefing call.

A working custom MCP server
designed, built and connected to a service of your choice

At least one compound tool
combining multiple services or steps into a single reliable build

API connections tested in the room
Gmail, Slack or Sheets linked and verified against a real task

A structured debugging method
a repeatable approach to finding and fixing problems in what you build

A developer handoff document
clear enough that someone else can pick it up without you explaining it

Payment options

Payment in full before the class begins

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About AI First Training

AI First Training is the UK's dedicated Claude training company. We teach one tool, and we teach it properly. Most AI training spreads thin across many tools and leaves teams dabbling. We go deep on Claude, because depth is what changes how people actually work. Our flagship is Claude in 3 Days: a three-day, hands-on intensive capped at ten people, run in person in London and live online. Day one covers Claude, prompting, and system prompts.Day two covers Memory, Projects and Skills. Day three is Cowork and a Build Day, where each delegate builds working tools of their own. We also run one-day courses built around specific roles, including Claude for Sales, Marketing, Design and small business owners, plus bespoke in-house training shaped around a team's own work. The approach comes from a long training background. Founder Mark Young spent more than a decade running one of the UK's leading creative and software training companies, delivering classroom training to large brands and in-house teams across the country. AI First Training brings that same classroom-led, hands-on method to Claude. The focus is always on the outcome your business needs, with the depth of a single tool underneath. Delegates leave able to use Claude in their day-to-day work.