💭 The Challenge
You've decided to learn Claude Code. You've heard it can build things—real things that work. But when you look at the installation instructions, they start with "open your terminal." And that's where most people stop.
Before Claude Code, you need to speak your computer's language
You've decided to learn Claude Code. You've heard it can build things—real things that work. But when you look at the installation instructions, they start with "open your terminal." And that's where most people stop.
Find and launch Terminal on your Mac without anxiety
Move around your file system using simple commands
List files and folders so you know where you are
Always know how to get back home
These five commands will cover 90% of what you do in the terminal when working with Claude Code. Master these, and you're ready.
pwd
Where am I?
ls
What's here?
cd
Go somewhere
mkdir
Make a folder
cd ~
Go home
You'll be able to:
This module takes about 45 minutes. By the end, you'll have the foundation for everything that comes next.
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