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Claude Code from Zero

Set up, drive and trust Claude Code on a real codebase.

Claude Code from Zero is a self-paced online course: 10.5 hours of recorded sessions across 8 modules, with 7 graded by Nova, Square 1's AI tutor. The founding price is A$45, down from A$90. Start any time and keep your own pace.

Taught with
ClaudeGitHubTypeScriptPython
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Module by module
  1. Module 1Install, authenticate, first task60 min · graded
  2. Module 2CLAUDE.md and project context60 min · graded
  3. Module 3Plans, reviews and when to say no90 min · graded
  4. Module 4Tests as the contract90 min · graded
  5. Module 5Hooks, skills and subagents90 min · graded
  6. Module 6MCP tools in the loop60 min · graded
  7. Module 7Worktrees and parallel work60 min
  8. Module 8Project: a feature from issue to merge120 min · graded
recorded hours
10.5
modules, in order
8
deployed projects
3
graded checkpoints
7

Who it is for, and what you receive.

Software engineers in any language who want a daily Claude Code workflow they can defend, from install to a merged feature.

Before you start

You write software in any language.

Skills
Claude Codecode reviewtestingMCP
  1. 1

    The recorded sessions

    Taught by an instructor, taken in order at your own pace, yours for twelve months.

  2. 2

    Graded work after every module

    Exercises and projects marked by Nova against a rubric you can read, with what you did well and what to fix.

  3. 3

    The projects

    Deployed and graded, each one on your record with its repository.

  4. 4

    Your hiring plan

    The same six-part plan the bootcamps use, run with the career agent.

  5. 5

    The record and the certificate

    Every grade at square1ai.com/u/{handle}; a credential ID that resolves at square1ai.com/verify.

  6. 6

    Nova as your tutor

    Help that is about your actual work, because it has read all of it.

The content plan, module by module.

10.5 recorded hours from an instructor, taken in order at your own pace. Nova grades the work at the end of each module.

  1. Installing and signing in

    Permissions and what the agent may touch

    A first bounded task

    Reading the diff before you accept it

The projects.

Each is deployed and graded by Nova against a rubric you can read before you start.

  1. Project 1

    A reviewed feature

    Take an open issue from your own repository or a mid-sized open-source project and ship it through Claude Code, from plan to merge. You read every diff before accepting it and log each change you kept, changed or refused.

    You hand in
    • Merged pull request
    • Plan the agent proposed
    • Review log per change
    • Deployed feature URL
    The rubric requires

    Every change in the diff is explained in your own words in the review log.

  2. Project 2

    A workflow on your repo

    A small team shares a repository where agent edits keep skipping the formatter and touching generated files. You add a CLAUDE.md, a hook that runs on every edit and a packaged skill, so a teammate would keep all three.

    You hand in
    • Hook in the repository
    • Packaged skill
    • CLAUDE.md with conventions
    • Short setup documentation
    The rubric requires

    The hook stops a seeded bad change before it lands.

  3. Project 3

    A refactor with tests

    You inherit a tangled module from an open-source project you did not write. Before the agent changes a line, you have it write tests, you own the assertions, then refactor with Claude Code while behaviour stays fixed.

    You hand in
    • Tests written before refactor
    • Refactor pull request
    • Coverage before and after
    • Notes on edited assertions
    The rubric requires

    Coverage rises and the tests written before the refactor still pass unchanged.

What you can do at the end.

A daily Claude Code workflow you can defend, and three graded projects on your record that show it.

  1. 1

    Install and authenticate Claude Code and ship a first change with a review log.

  2. 2

    Write a CLAUDE.md that measurably improves the agent's work on your repository.

  3. 3

    Drive multi-file changes through plans and reviews and know when to refuse.

  4. 4

    Use tests as the contract for agent-written code.

  5. 5

    Build hooks, skills and subagents that stop a bad change, and wire in MCP tools.

  6. 6

    Run parallel work in worktrees and take a feature from issue to merge.

Roles this prepares you for
Software engineer (AI-assisted)Tech lead

No placement rate is shown, because there are no graduates to count yet. The roles above are what the projects are built for.

Your record at the end.

Every exercise and project is graded by Nova against a rubric you can read, and every grade is kept on one page an employer can open and run. This is what the programme writes to it.

Graded, line by line
Nova reads every submission against the brief and the rubric and returns a score, what you did well and what to fix.
Module by module
Each module ends in graded work; the next opens when you are ready, on your own schedule.
Nova remembers
Help is about your actual work, because the tutor has every submission and every failed exercise of yours.
One page an employer can run
Every grade and project at /verify. An employer opens it and runs the code.
Record, Claude Code from ZeroExample
  1. Project

    A reviewed feature

    Every change in the diff is explained in your own words in the review log.

    Graded
  2. Project

    A workflow on your repo

    The hook stops a seeded bad change before it lands.

    Graded
  3. Project

    A refactor with tests

    Coverage rises and the tests written before the refactor still pass unchanged.

    Graded
  4. Every module

    7 graded checkpoints

    Each module ends in work Nova grades line by line against a rubric you can read.

    Graded

The entries, not the grades: those are yours to earn. The page lives at /verify and an employer needs no account to open it.

5 entries, at your own pace. Reserving a spot holds the founding price.

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How we help you find a job.

Proof, not a certificate: the projects you deployed are the thing you show, and the tools below are yours to use.

The course booklet

The whole plan on a few pages: the parts, the projects, the gates and the price. We email it to you.

Get the booklet
  1. 1

    Your hiring plan

    The same six-part plan the bootcamps use: target roles, the gap map, the proof to send, weekly actions, an interview log, the outcome. You run it with the career agent.

  2. 2

    A record an employer can run

    Your graded projects on /verify. An employer opens it and runs the code.

  3. 3

    The career agent

    Paste a real job posting at /career and it maps the role to your graded work and what to do next.

  4. 4

    The roles directory

    Every role we prepare people for, what it pays and what it asks, at /roles.

  5. 5

    A path to the live cohort

    If you want the instructor, the gates and the hiring sprint, the bootcamp on the same subject is one waitlist away.

Questions people ask.

About Claude Code from Zero, answered from the plan on this page.

Further reading
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  • Three graded projects on your record
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