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Intro to Claude Desktop

New to Claude Desktop, or just not sure where to click first? This track covers Chat, Cowork, and Code from absolute zero. No assumptions, no jargon. We demystify and declaw Claude so you can play with it undaunted.

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Episodes in this track

  1. Claude Desktop Tour: Chat, Cowork, and CodeThe Claude Desktop app is really three tools: Chat, Cowork, and Code. Jason walks through what each one does, which two matter for business owners, and the one you can safely ignore.
  2. New UI Updates in Claude DesktopThe interface moved Chat and Cowork into the chat box. Sixty seconds on what changed, so nothing in the rest of the track catches you off guard.
  3. Claude in Chrome: AI in Your BrowserJason installs the Claude in Chrome extension and hands it a real task: find a flight from San Antonio to Puerto Vallarta. Watch Claude click, type, and search on its own, then hear the honest take on when this saves time and when it doesn't.
  4. Tour the Cowork Tab: Tasks, Schedules, Skills, and ConnectorsA guided tour of Claude's Cowork tab: tasks, folders, scheduled jobs, skills, connectors, and plugins, with a live flight-search example along the way.
  5. Connect Claude to Your Gmail ProConnect Claude to Gmail and stop being the courier between your inbox and AI. Jason walks through setup, permissions, and a draft-first workflow where Claude prepares and you pull the trigger.
  6. Your First Claude Skill: Email Triage in One Prompt ProTired of typing the same email instructions every morning? Build a reusable Claude skill once and trigger your whole triage routine with a single prompt. No code required.
  7. Lock Down Your Privacy Settings in ClaudeBefore you put comp talk, deal terms, or client data into Claude, spend two minutes in Settings. This episode walks the exact privacy and memory toggles that decide whether your conversations get used for training.
  8. Automate Email Triage with Scheduled Tasks ProYou built the email triage skill. Now stop running it. In this episode, Jason schedules it to run at 5:30 every morning so your sorted inbox is waiting before your first coffee.