Rich Shea

Rich Shea - Go Dukes - @HiBallEvents producer of @BigNightDC New Year's Eve, @usasianfest @ShamrockFest and more! IG: rich_shea

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@PaulCubbage23 He's showing up today

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@ameliahazelai @maria_wats8492 Thank you for sharing!

[Amelia hazel @ameliahazelai]

How to Learn Claude in 12 Days

(This will save you 2+ hours every day)

Most people use Claude like a chatbot.

Ask a question. Get an answer. Repeat.

Big mistake.

Claude is becoming an operating system for knowledge work.

Here's a 12-day roadmap based on real Claude workflows:

☀️ DAY 1: Build CLI Tools

Goal: Turn ideas into working tools.

→ Open Claude Code
→ Describe a tool in plain English
→ Let Claude generate and run it

No frameworks. No boilerplate. Just describe → build.

☀️ DAY 2: Create an MCP Server

Goal: Give Claude new capabilities.

→ Pick a tool or API you use often
→ Define endpoints and authentication
→ Let Claude generate the server

Now Claude can interact with your systems directly.

☀️ DAY 3: Build a Personal RAG

Goal: Make Claude remember your knowledge.

→ Upload notes, docs, and PDFs
→ Connect Google Drive, Notion, or Gmail
→ Ask questions across everything

Your second brain becomes searchable.

☀️ DAY 4: Understand Any Codebase

Goal: Learn unfamiliar code fast.

→ Drop in a GitHub repo
→ Ask for architecture breakdowns
→ Follow guided walkthroughs

Hours of reading become minutes.

☀️ DAY 5: Practice Interviews

Goal: Improve faster than studying alone.

→ Pick a role
→ Choose an interview type
→ Let Claude act as interviewer

Get feedback after every answer.

☀️ DAY 6: Automate the Browser

Goal: Stop doing repetitive web tasks.

→ Tell Claude what you need
→ Let it navigate websites
→ Complete tasks automatically

Research becomes delegation.

☀️ DAY 7: Tailor Every Resume

Goal: Apply smarter.

→ Paste a job description
→ Upload your resume
→ Ask Claude to optimize for ATS

Customized applications in minutes.

☀️ DAY 8: Schedule Cloud Routines

Goal: Work while you sleep.

→ Create recurring tasks
→ Schedule reports or research
→ Wake up to completed work

Productivity without active effort.

☀️ DAY 9: Design Faster

Goal: Go from idea to visual.

→ Describe a landing page
→ Describe a pitch deck
→ Let Claude generate drafts

Blank-page syndrome disappears.

☀️ DAY 10: Run Multi-Agent Reviews

Goal: Get multiple perspectives.

→ Assign different review roles
→ Let agents inspect code independently
→ Compare recommendations

One review becomes many.

☀️ DAY 11: Use Auto Mode

Goal: Delegate entire workflows.

→ Give Claude a specification
→ Let it plan, code, test, and review
→ Ship end-to-end

You manage outcomes, not steps.

☀️ DAY 12: Build Custom Skills

Goal: Create reusable expertise.

→ Save recurring workflows
→ Turn prompts into commands
→ Reuse them forever

Your best workflows become one-click actions.

Most people use Claude for answers.

Power users use Claude for systems.

The difference isn't intelligence.

It's setup.

Do this instead of scrolling:

→ Save this post
→ Start Day 1 today (10 minutes)
→ Complete one day at a time
→ Come back in 12 days

You'll never use AI the same way again. 🚀

Follow @ameliahazelai for more info

[Rich Shea @richshea]

This stack would be a great STARTING point for a hackathon for our Claude Meetup group:

[Vaibhav Sisinty @VaibhavSisinty]

This guy absolutely cooked. Won the Anthropic hackathon solo then open-sourced everything. 🤯

Built a product in 8 hours. The repo now has 153,000+ stars on GitHub.

It's called Everything Claude Code. And it turns Claude Code from a single agent into a full engineering team.

38 specialized agents. 156 skills. 72 commands. And a security scanner with 1,282 tests.

Here's what actually matters inside it:

The planner agent takes a task, breaks it down, and routes each piece to a specialist a security reviewer, a typescript reviewer, a debugger, a code reviewer running 5 parallel checks.

Skills load on demand. You don't carry all 156 in context. You pick your stack, drop the rest.

AgentShield is the part most people skip. It runs three Opus agents an attacker, a defender, and an auditor against your setup and hands you a prioritized risk report.

And the learning layer is what makes it stick. Claude starts blank every session.

ECC watches your patterns across sessions and builds confidence over time. By session 10, it writes in your conventions, not generic defaults.

The repo is free. The stack is open-source. On GitHub right now.

[Rich Shea @richshea]

Getting my steps in today 🫢 @hazalnhr #freerunning #parkour #givesyou... https://t.co/4GDVAmyPan via @YouTube

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@Steve_Brown84 @JMUFootball Could be. I also can see JMU running the ball more.

[Rich Shea @richshea]

Thanks to @mintchap for making this photo available on @unsplash 🎁 https://t.co/Yrx5uMNilh

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@Tobi_Altizer This is pretty good

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@alifcoder Need

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@mermaidtaile @AnthropicAI @claudeai @Meetup My pleasure

[Rich Shea @richshea]

DC builders working with Claude — let's meet IRL 👋

Just launched the DC Area Claude Meetup Group for AI/AGI, MLOps, app dev & startup folks across the DMV.

cc @AnthropicAI @claudeai

https://t.co/8wvru5jBhL

#ClaudeAI #AI #DCTech via @Meetup

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@cyrilXBT Claude

[Rich Shea @richshea]

First meetup announcement coming soon — drop a 🙌 if you want a notification.

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@maria_wats8492 claude

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@CatieHarper @Michael_2Clutch He's going to be a star in the NFL

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@GrantPaulsen I like how this is trending.

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@klwoodjr It has been great following you and this community. I just love the discourse here and I appreciate all of your effort!

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@DMVAdventures Awesome!

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@jrey1985 @SawyerMerritt We just got one for this very reason!

[Rich Shea @richshea]

@KevinG8d @klwoodjr Sure, why not?