🚀 New Video: I've Used Claude Every Day for 2 Years — Here's My Entire Setup (Beginner's Guide 2026)

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Jun 15 • Youtube

Most people use about 5% of Claude. It quietly stopped being a chatbot and turned into a coworker that remembers you, does research, builds real apps, and runs work while you do something else. This is the complete beginner's setup, fully up to date.

The reframe. Stop treating it like a smarter search box. Hand it real jobs: write this, research that, build me this, go through these files.
Plans, simply. Free to learn (now includes memory), Pro at $20 for almost everyone (every model, research, plugins, connectors), Max only if you live in it. Start on Pro.
Make it know you. Projects are folders that hold your files + instructions across chats; Memory auto-remembers you (and you can edit, wipe, or import it from another assistant). Set one up and stop re-explaining yourself.
Reach + build. Research mode returns cited reports; connectors plug in your apps (start read-only); Artifacts build real docs, calculators, and apps you can publish — and shared apps run on the other person's account, not your limits.
Teach it your way. Skills are reusable recipes (free, call with /); Plugins bundle skills + connectors for a whole role (Pro). Plus Cowork (does work in your folders, on a schedule) and Code (ships software).

My take: if you do one thing tonight, set up a Project and drop in a page about yourself. Everything else works better once Claude actually knows you.

📎 Full beginner's setup guide PDF pinned below — every level, every prompt, and a first-10-minutes checklist.

👉 What would you hand Claude as your first real job? Drop it in the comments.

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🚀 New Video: I've Used Claude Every Day for 2 Years — Here's My Entire Setup (Beginner's Guide 2026)