What Claude Code Actually Is

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Claude Code isn't just for developers - it’s actually one of the most underrated AI tools for non-technical people.

In this episode, I share 50 ways to use it: decluttering your hard drive, enhancing images, synthesizing customer calls, drafting presentations, and more, all collected from 500+ stories shared by this community. If you've been sleeping on Claude Code, then this episode is your wake-up call.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Exactly how to install and launch Claude Code on Mac and Windows

• Five ways I used it this month

• 45 creative non-technical workflows, from file organization, to lead discovery, roadmap support, and social listening

• Ten more detailed advanced Claude Code use cases

References:

• Adobe: https://www.adobe.com/

• Apple: https://www.apple.com/

• arXiv: https://arxiv.org/

• Asana: https://asana.com/

• Brex: https://www.brex.com/

• ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/

• Claude Code: https://www.claude.com/product/claude-code

• Clay: https://clay.com/

• Cursor: https://cursor.sh/

• Dan Shipper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danshipper/

• Docker: https://www.docker.com/

• Fireflies: https://fireflies.ai/

• Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/

• Git: https://git-scm.com/

• GitHub: https://github.com/

• Gmail: https://mail.google.com/

• Homebrew: https://brew.sh/

• Intercom: https://www.intercom.com/

• Jira: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira

• Linear: https://linear.app/

• Mercury: https://mercury.com/

• Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/

• Notion: https://www.notion.com/

• OpenAI: https://openai.com/

• Playwright: https://playwright.dev/

• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/

• Slack: https://slack.com/

• VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/

• Warp: https://www.warp.dev/

• X (Twitter): https://x.com/

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