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Purpose
This repository is an educational crash course designed to teach developers how to use Claude Code. It uses a branch-based structure to provide hands-on lessons covering MCP integration, subagents, hooks, and task automation.

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The overall risk is Low. The automated scanner did not identify any dangerous permissions, hardcoded secrets, or malicious network requests. However, a complete source code scan could not be performed, meaning an unscanned risk remains. Users should be aware that as an educational tool, specific branches might contain example scripts that execute shell commands or make network requests as part of the learning exercises. It is always best to manually review the code within each branch before executing example scripts.

Quality Assessment
The project demonstrates strong community interest and excellent maintenance, having been updated very recently. It has garnered over 140 GitHub stars, reflecting solid community trust. While the automated scan flagged a missing license, the README documentation explicitly references an Apache 2.0 license, which is permissive and highly favorable for open-source use.

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Safe to use, though users should manually review specific lesson branches for hidden complexities before executing example scripts.
SUMMARY

Hands-on crash course for Claude Code with branch-based projects on MCP, subagents, hooks, and automation.

README.md

Claude Code Crash Course 🚀

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Welcome to the Claude Code Crash Course! This repository is designed to teach you the fundamentals and advanced concepts of Claude Code, Anthropic's official CLI for AI-powered software development, in a hands-on way.

What is Claude Code? 💡

Claude Code is an interactive command-line interface that brings Claude's AI capabilities directly to your development workflow. It helps with code analysis, bug fixing, feature development, refactoring, and workflow automation - all from your terminal.

How it Works 🤔

This repository uses a unique branch-based structure for learning:

  1. Each project/* branch covers a specific Claude Code feature or concept.
  2. Within each branch, commits are ordered chronologically. Follow the commits one by one to learn the topic step-by-step.

Simply check out the branch for the topic you want to learn and walk through the commits!

Available Topics (Branches) 📚

Here are the topics currently available:

Branch Topic Description
project/custom-commands 🔧 Custom Commands Learn to extend Claude Code with custom functionality like dad joke generators and automated commits
project/mcp 🔗 MCP Integration Master Model Context Protocol integration with Context7 MCP server
project/context-engineering-mcp ⚡ Fine-Grained MCP Configuration Optimize context tokens with task-specific MCP configurations using --mcp-config flag
project/subagents 🤖 Subagents Build specialized AI agents within Claude Code like Code Comedy Carl
project/hooks-notifications 🎣 Hooks & Notifications Automate your workflow with sound notifications and event triggers
project/hookhub 🏢 Hook Hub Advanced hook management and organization systems

More topics might be added, so keep an eye out!

Prerequisites 🛠️

Before you start, make sure you have the following installed:

  • 🤖 Claude Code CLI
  • 📦 Git
  • 🐍 Python (version 3.8 or higher)
  • 📝 Your favorite text editor/IDE

Getting Started ▶️

  1. Clone the repository:
    git clone https://github.com/emarco177/claude-code-crash-course.git
cd claude-code-crash-course
  2. Choose a topic and check out the branch:
    # Example for the custom commands topic
git checkout project/custom-commands
  3. Follow the commits: Use git log --oneline --reverse to see the chronological list of commits for the branch. Then, use git checkout <commit_hash> or your Git client to step through the history and learn.

Contributing 🤝

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to add a new topic or improve an existing one:

  1. Fork the repository.
  2. Create a new branch for your feature following the naming convention: project/your-claude-code-feature-name.
  3. Make your changes, ensuring each commit represents a logical step in the learning process.
  4. Open a Pull Request against the main branch.

License 📄

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Happy learning! 🎉

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