Resources

The 30-day plan

1. Week 1

   Run one real analysis from your research using Claude Code.

   Refine your CLAUDE.md based on what surprises you. The first project is the messiest, and the most informative.

2. Week 2

   Build one new custom command for a task you do repeatedly.

   If you find yourself re-typing a 5-line prompt three times, that's the command. Encode it; reuse it.

3. Week 3

   Try Claude Code on a task type you haven't attempted yet: an API call, figure styling, paper compilation.

   Stretch the surface area of your usage. Tools you don't reach for atrophy.

4. Week 4

   Share your CLAUDE.md and one command with a colleague or student. Teach someone else.

   Teaching surfaces what you actually understand. Make this the moment your workflow becomes legible to others.

Researcher-built resources

The strongest material is by other researchers who built workflows for their own labs. Start here.

• Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna: Claude Code Academic Workflow

  Econometrician's setup adopted by 15+ research groups. Project layout, CLAUDE.md conventions, replication-package patterns.

• Patrick Mineault: Claude Code for Scientists

  The canonical short-form essay on habits: Plan-Execute-Evaluate, Shift+Tab, ESC-with-abandon. Required reading for Day 1.

• Lee Crawfurd: Claude Code Skills for Academic Research

  Reusable skills for paper review, code review, and computational reproducibility audits. Drop-in for any researcher.

• Yiqing Xu & Leo Yang: Scaling Reproducibility

  Multi-agent reproducibility framework tested on real replication packages.

• Andrew Hall (with Eli Straus): Claude replication audit

  Concrete case study of Claude replicating and extending a published paper. Where it succeeds, where it drifts.

Official Anthropic courses

• Anthropic Academy: Claude Code in Action

  The authoritative free course. ~3 hours.

• Anthropic Academy: Claude Code 101

  Lighter-weight intro for newer users.

• DeepLearning.AI: Claude Code: A Highly Agentic Coding Assistant

  Built with Anthropic. Three-project structure.

Community plugins & skills

• Superpowers (community plugin)

  Skills that operationalize plan-driven, test-driven, verification-first workflows. We install this together on Day 3.

• Awesome Claude Code

  Community-curated list of skills, hooks, commands, and plugins. Shop here when you have a specific itch to scratch.

Cost management

• Pro ($20/mo): occasional use; will rate-limit on heavy days.
• Max ($100/mo): recommended for regular research use.
• Max ($200/mo): heavy daily use.
• Use /cost to track session spend; /clear to reduce token consumption.