Anthropic Academy

A topic-first knowledge base for studying Claude, agent systems, MCP, prompting, API workflows, and Claude Code.

Start Here

1. Begin with Topics for the main concept map.
2. Use Foundations and Prompting to build the core mental model.
3. Move into API & Tools and Agents & MCP for implementation patterns.
4. Finish with Claude Code and Ethics & Safety for product workflows and safeguards.

Explore by Concept

• Foundations - models, tokens, lifecycle, artifacts, and AI fluency
• Prompting - prompt design, structure, and reasoning patterns
• API & Tools - Claude API, caching, tool use, evals, SDKs, and skills
• Agents & MCP - agent patterns, MCP internals, Cowork, and retrieval
• Claude Code - setup, architecture, context handling, and integrations
• Ethics & Safety - alignment, bias, responsible use, and security

Explore by Course

• Courses - all course landing pages
• L1 Foundations
• L2 Workflow
• L3 Agentic & MCP
• L4 Claude Code
• Bonus Cloud

Source Data

The original Notion database exports are preserved in Data:

• Topics Index
• Lessons Log