A complete, in-plain-language guide to Anthropic's tools — what they are, when to use them, and the exact steps to get going. Maintained by the WholeTech network.
If you can copy a sentence from a webpage and paste it into a terminal, you have everything you need to follow this guide.
There are four doorways into Claude. The web app needs zero setup. Claude Code is a terminal tool that can read, write, and run code on your computer — install paths are slightly different on Windows, Mac, and Linux/Unix, so pick yours below. Most people start with the web app, then graduate to Claude Code within a week.
Just sign up and start chatting. No install, no terminal. Use this for everyday questions, research, writing, image analysis, and quick prototypes via Artifacts.
Open claude.ai →Install the terminal app step-by-step on Windows. Once installed, Claude can read your files, edit documents, organize folders, and run code — anything you can do in a shell.
Open the Windows guide →Same idea, shorter path on macOS — no Git Bash needed, the built-in Terminal handles everything. Five steps from a fresh Mac to your first prompt.
Open the Mac guide →For Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, WSL, BSD, and friends. Install Node, run one npm command, you're in. Tailored notes for the major package managers.
Open the Linux/Unix guide →Four main sections, each one a self-contained walk-through. The Quick Start above gets you running. The pages below answer "now what?" — a tour of every Anthropic surface, how to use Claude as a design partner, and how to wire it up to the rest of your toolkit.
Ten rules for getting more out of Opus 4.7 — effort levels, XML tags, reasoning steps, and the constraints that actually move the needle. A 12-minute read that lifts the floor on every prompt you write.
The full Anthropic toolkit, top to bottom — Claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, the Agent SDK, MCP, Skills, Artifacts, Files, Memory, Computer Use, Tool Use, Batch, Citations, Managed Agents, models, and what's on the horizon. One page, every door clearly labeled.
How to use Claude as a design partner — Artifacts as a sketchbook, the frontend-design plugin, image-in to component-out, design system generation, and iteration patterns. Includes recipes for hero sections, landing pages, and full themes.
Wire Claude into Google Stitch, Figma, Vercel v0, Cursor, GitHub Actions, n8n, and the MCP servers (Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Slack, YouTube). Includes chaining recipes so each tool does what it's best at.
The WholeTech network's machine inventory and naming convention — the Mac minis, Beelinks, Windows boxes, and the wall-mounted MeLE PCG35 + TCL 98 build that runs Claude full-time.
Each chip points to a section on the products page. Solid borders are shipping today. Dashed borders are forward-looking — features that are early-access, recently announced, or on the rumored roadmap.
Read it like a manual. Quick Start → Products → Design → Integrations. About 25 minutes of reading and you'll know what every Anthropic surface does and which one fits your job.
If you already know what you want — say, "build a landing page with Claude" or "wire Claude into my Google Drive" — jump straight to /design or /integrations. Each section is self-contained.
Treat the /products page as a reference card. Whenever you hit a feature in conversation ("can Claude use my screen?"), come back, find the section, and follow the steps.