CLAUDE CODE PRE-FLIGHT CHECKLIST

Hands on the yoke.
Learn to fly it.

Eleven checks. Claude Code is the CLI that edits your files, runs your commands, and verifies its own work. This is where leverage actually starts. Run the checks in order — by the last one you'll have a CLAUDE.md committed, an Explore → Plan → Code → Commit loop burned in, and at least one hook guarding your repo.

SYSTEMS NOMINAL
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THE HINGE · based on Anthropic Academy's Claude Code 101
  1. 01
    CHECK 01 · PREVIEW

    What is Claude Code?

    10 MIN · VIDEO
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  2. 02
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    Installing Claude Code

    8 MIN · HANDS-ON
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  3. 03
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    Your first prompt

    10 MIN · HANDS-ON
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  4. 04
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    How Claude Code works

    10 MIN · DIAGRAMMED
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  5. 05
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    The CLAUDE.md file

    12 MIN · HANDS-ON
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  6. 06
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    Explore → Plan → Code → Commit

    15 MIN · HANDS-ON
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  7. 07
    CHECK 07 · PREVIEW

    Context management

    12 MIN · HANDS-ON
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  8. 08
    CHECK 08 · PREVIEW

    MCP (Model Context Protocol)

    15 MIN · HANDS-ON
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  9. 09
    CHECK 09 · PREVIEW

    Subagents

    12 MIN · HANDS-ON
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  10. 10
    CHECK 10 · PREVIEW

    Skills

    10 MIN · VIDEO
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  11. 11
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    Hooks

    15 MIN · HANDS-ON
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  12. 12
    CHECK 12 · PREVIEW

    Pick up where you left off — sessions, logs, and Claude in parallel

    15 MIN · HANDS-ON
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