Claude Code and Codex: coding and automating with agents
From your first terminal command to a system that works on its own, safely: Claude Code, Codex CLI, Git, hooks, MCP, subagents.
Who it is for: Anyone who wants to build things with AI. Start with no coding; by the end you code with an agent at your side.
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Claude Code and Codex trail
Seven themed steps that point to the lessons that already exist. Each step has three stars: lessons completed, tasks done and quiz right.
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Using the terminal and the agent
★★★- The terminal without fear · Level 0
- Folders, files and an editor (Windows, Mac and Linux) · Level 0
- Reading code, the minimum: variables, functions and errors · Level 0
- What a coding agent is (and why it is not a chat) · Level 1
- Install and sign in: Claude Code and Codex on Windows, Mac and Linux · Level 1
- Your first task: plan, diff and permissions · Level 1
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Asking well and testing
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Tools, context and MCP
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Subagents and models
★★★- Subagents, models and costs · Level 2
- Multi-agent and orchestration · Level 3
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Skills, Git and GitHub
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Security
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Autonomy
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Level 0: Foundations
Three short lessons for anyone who never opened a terminal: the terminal, folders and editor, reading minimal code.
Level 1: Beginner
Install, give the first task, read the diff, recover when it goes wrong, Git, secrets and permissions, context, and a site online.
- 1What a coding agent is (and why it is not a chat) · 12 min
- 2Install and sign in: Claude Code and Codex on Windows, Mac and Linux · 15 min
- 3Your first task: plan, diff and permissions · 15 min
- 4When it goes wrong: undo, restart and understand the error · 14 min
- 5Essential Git with the agent at your side · 15 min
- 6Secrets, permissions and spending caps · 15 min
- 7CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md: giving the agent context · 12 min
- 8Project: a personal site, from zero to online · 15 min
Level 2: Intermediate
Asking well and testing, commands and skills, hooks, MCP and prompt injection, context and memory, subagents and costs. Project with API, database, tests and deploy.
- 1Asking an agent well: small tasks, done criteria and what a test is · 15 min
- 2Commands, skills and repeatable tasks · 13 min
- 3Hooks: automatic checks the agent cannot skip · 15 min
- 4MCP: connecting external tools (and prompt injection) · 15 min
- 5Context, compaction and memory · 14 min
- 6Subagents, models and costs · 15 min
- 7Project: an API with database, tests and deploy · 15 min
Level 3: Advanced
Agent SDK, CI/CD with agents, security in depth, multi-agent, and an autonomous system with a sandbox, spending cap and stop button.
- 1Agent SDK: building your own agent · 15 min
- 2CI/CD with agents: GitHub Actions and PR review · 15 min
- 3Security in depth: sandbox, supply chain and auditing · 15 min
- 4Multi-agent and orchestration · 15 min
- 5Final project: a system that works alone, with brakes · 15 min
- 6Appendix: cross-auditing between two model families · 12 min