Free Live Interactive Workshop

Claude Code Deep Dive

April 21, 2026 - 9:30am to 4:30pm Central Daylight Time

Dive deep into Claude Code to improve your coding workflow with advanced agentic techniques.

Claude Code Deep Dive
Meet Your Instructor

Claude Code Deep Dive

Lydia Hallie is on the Claude Code team at Anthropic, where she focuses on developer experience and technical education. Previously, she was Head of Developer Experience at Bun and DX engineer at Vercel.

Claude Code Deep Dive

Claude Code works best when it’s configured for your codebase. This workshop starts with the one mental model that makes everything else click โ€” what the harness does versus what the model does โ€” then spends the day in a single demo project, adding configuration one layer at a time and watching each one change how Claude behaves. You’ll write a CLAUDE.md, set up plan mode and permissions, build a skill, and write a custom MCP server from scratch. We close with advanced patterns for real codebases: hooks, subagents, worktrees, and how to tell when your setup is actually working.

What You Will Master

The Senior Engineer Toolkit
  • Build a working mental model of harness vs. model โ€” so when something goes wrong, you know which layer to fix
  • Use CLAUDE.md to visibly changes Claude’s behavior
  • Code a custom MCP server from scratch and watch Claude use it
  • Use skills that encode your workflows so they run without re-prompting every session
  • Learn the signals that tell you a setup is working โ€” and what to change when it isn’t

Prerequisites

  • Comfortable in a terminal and with git
  • Claude Code CLI or Claude Code Desktop installed
  • Node.js or Python set up locally

Who is this for?

Developers who use Claude Code regularly, and developers who want to adopt AI tools in their workflow.

RSVP to Attend Online

Replay coming soon.

The Blueprint

Claude Code Deep Dive

Go beyond the defaults. Learn what happens between your prompt and Claude's response, then spend the day configuring a demo project layer by layer โ€” CLAUDE.md, permissions, skills, and a custom MCP server you build from scratch.

Warning: High intensity learning environment.

9:30AM
Setup & Configuration
10:00AM
What is Claude Code really?
11:00AM
CLAUDE.md, plan mode and permissions
12:00PM
Lunch Break
1:00PM
Skills and slash commands
2:00PM
Build a custom MCP server
3:00PM
Advanced patterns
4:00PM
Wrap-up and Q&A
Prefer to attend in-person?
Join us in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Limited seats available.