The library
Guides
Practical, workflow-based, kept current. Start with the cornerstone path — build your business website, blank screen to live site.
Cornerstone path
Build your business website with Claude
01 What a Claude-built website actually isBefore you build anything: a plain-English map of what a Claude-built website actually is, what each part does, and an honest, no-jargon look at what it costs versus a monthly website builder. 02 Set up Claude the right wayCreate your Claude account, choose the right plan without overpaying, and set up your first Project so your entire website build stays in one organized place — no technical setup required. 03 How to brief Claude for your websiteThe single biggest lever on how good your site turns out is the brief. What to tell Claude about your business, which pages to ask for, how to describe the look without design jargon, and how to hand over your logo and photos — with a paste-ready brief template. 04 Build the site with ClaudeThe payoff: paste your brief, watch the first draft of your website appear in a live preview, then shape it by describing changes in plain language. The build-and-iterate workflow, the mobile check, and how to know when it's done enough to move on. 05 Get your website files out of ClaudeYour finished site lives inside Claude — this guide gets it onto your own computer as a real file you own. How to download it, what the file actually is, why you rename it to index.html, and how to organize one tidy folder that makes GitHub and Netlify painless. 06 GitHub for beginners: no coding neededThe step most beginners brace for, made painless. What GitHub actually is in plain English, how to create a free account, make your first repository, and upload your website folder through the web — no command line, no Git jargon, just clicking. 07 Publish with NetlifyThe moment your site goes live. Connect your GitHub repo to Netlify, deploy with one click, get a real web address with automatic HTTPS, and set up the loop where changing a file updates your live site on its own — plus an honest read on what 'free hosting' actually covers. 08 Point your custom domain to your siteThe finale: replace that netlify.app address with your own yourbusiness.com. Buying a domain, what DNS actually is, connecting it in Netlify, and copying the right records into your registrar — without breaking your email — plus the wait and the automatic padlock. The step everyone stalls on, made calm.
Claude, explained
Understanding Claude
What is Claude? A plain-English guide New to AI? A plain-English, no-hype picture of what Claude actually is, what it's genuinely good at for a small business, and — just as honest — what it can't do. The orientation to read before you build anything. 10 mistakes beginners make with Claude Claude is forgiving, but a handful of habits quietly make it worse — and newcomers hit the same ones over and over. The ten that cost the most time, and the simple fix for each. No technical skill required; it's all about how you work with it. Claude Projects for your business If you keep re-explaining your business to Claude at the start of every chat, you're missing its most useful feature. What a Project is, what a small business should actually use one for, how to set one up in five minutes, and the one quirk that trips everyone up. Claude vs. Wix and Squarespace Wondering how building a site with Claude really stacks up against Wix or Squarespace? A genuinely honest, no-spin comparison — cost, ease, ownership, and control — including the cases where a website builder is the better choice. What to do when Claude gets stuck When Claude stalls, repeats the same mistake, ignores you, or breaks something that was working, here's how to get it back on track — in plain English, no code required. Do Claude commands like /TLDR work? Seen the '99 Claude commands' lists — /TLDR, /ELI10, /STEPS? Here's what typing those actually does, which Claude commands are genuinely real, and the honest version: a few good prompts in your own words. Is the Claude certification real? Two different things are both called a 'Claude certification' — Anthropic's free course certificates and a paid professional exam. Here's which is which, who each one is actually for, and where to get the real ones without anyone's funnel.
Workflows
Put Claude to work
Claude copy that doesn't sound like AI AI-written copy has a smell — vague, inflated, oddly enthusiastic about nothing. Here's how to get Claude to write your Home, About, and Services pages so they sound like a real person — you — instead of every other faceless brand online. Keep your website updated after launch Your site's live — so what happens when your hours change, you add a service, or you spot a typo? You don't call a developer and you don't rebuild from scratch. You change one file and republish, and the site updates itself in about a minute. Here's the loop, plus the one habit that prevents disaster. Claude prompts for building a website A copy-ready library of Claude prompts for building your website — for briefing Claude, shaping the design, writing the words, adding the practical bits, and fixing what's off. Find the one you need, fill in the brackets, and paste it in.