Reference

Claude Beginner Review Sheet

A compact review sheet for the beginner Claude course.

Choose

Use the smallest safe tool: Chat, file upload, Project, Cowork, or Code.

Prompt

Use context, output, and guardrails. For work outputs, add audience, source, tone, format, safety, and length.

Revise

If Claude’s answer is not useful, ask it to shorten, clarify, or reformat.

Source

Know whether Claude used general knowledge, web search, uploaded files, connectors, or code.

Review

Check facts, numbers, assumptions, and permission before using the output.

Escalate

Ask a manager or expert for payroll, tax, legal, filing, client-sensitive, or unclear-policy work.

One-sentence safety rule

If the data, action, or policy is unclear, pause and ask before using Claude.