Micro course
8 lessons
Beginner

Getting Started with Claude Design

Learn how to use Claude Design with notes, brand assets, design systems, GitHub repos, prototype codebases, and coding agents to create reviewable visual drafts and front-end designs.

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7 days free, then a monthly or yearly plan. Cancel anytime.

Taught by Grant Harvey

What you'll learn

How to turn notes, documents, and brand assets into reviewable visual drafts.
Why design systems help create more consistent, brand-aligned visuals.
How to use GitHub repositories and prototype codebases in the design process.
How to create and refine front-end concepts before implementation.
How to hand off approved designs to coding agents for further development.

Curriculum

The shape of the course

One mark for every step, in the order you take them. 8 videos, 1 exercise and a certificate of completion.

01
Getting Started with Claude Design

Discover how Claude Design can help you move past the blank page by turning a plain-language workplace idea into a visual draft you can review, refine, and improve.
1. Getting Started with Claude Design: Turn an Idea Into a Visual Draft
02
What Claude Design Is

Learn what Claude Design is, how its chat and canvas work together, and why the visuals it generates should be treated as starting points rather than finished assets.
1. What Claude Design Is
03
How It Works at a High Level

Explore the basic Claude Design workflow: provide your message and context, request a specific visual format, review the first draft, and refine the result using chat, comments, or direct canvas edits.
1. How It Works at a High Level
04
Who Should Use It and When

See which professionals and workplace tasks are a good fit for Claude Design, including one-page summaries, diagrams, visual frameworks, presentations, prototypes, and early layout ideas.
1. Who Should Use It and When
05
When Not to Use Claude Design

Learn when Claude Design may not be the right choice, especially for sensitive messages, exact data visualizations, brand-critical assets, or work that will not receive human review.
1. When Not to Use Claude Design
06
Screenshare Walkthrough: Weekly Team Update

Follow a step-by-step demonstration of turning a dense weekly team update into a clear, one-page visual summary. You will also see how to write a focused prompt, evaluate the first draft, and request useful revisions.
1. Screenshare Walkthrough: Weekly Team Update
07
Limitations and Best Practices

Review the most important limitations of AI-generated visuals and learn how to check drafts for accuracy, missing information, audience fit, brand alignment, accessibility, and overall clarity.
1. Limitations and Best Practices
08
Wrap-Up
- 1 video
- 1 exercise
Use a practical decision checklist to determine when Claude Design can improve a workplace message and when a paragraph, table, checklist, or another format may be more effective.
1. Wrap-Up
2. Exercise : Lesson Feedback
09
Certificate of Completion

Congratulations on completing "Getting Started with Claude Design"! Download your completion certificate and prepare to share your new AI superpowers.
1. Certificate of completion

Your instructor

Grant Harvey

Questions about this course

How long is this course?

It's a micro course of 8 lessons. Inside: 8 videos, 1 exercise and a certificate of completion.

Who teaches this course?

Grant Harvey. Grant is the voice of The Neuron, the daily newsletter delivering no-hype insights on how AI is changing the world around us, and co-hosts The Neuron’s weekly podcast.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes. Finish the course and you get a certificate of completion from The Neuron Academy.

Do I need to know how to code?

No, though you'll work hands-on with coding tools. The course walks you through them step by step, and like everything in the Academy it assumes no coding background.

How do I get access?

This course is included in a The Neuron Academy membership. Start with a 7-day free trial, then choose a monthly or yearly plan. Cancel anytime. New lessons are added every week.

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Getting Started with Claude Design

What you'll learn

The shape of the course