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5 Free Claude
Resources

Most people don’t know these exist. Here are 5 free Claude resources with direct links to each one.

All 5 of these cost nothing and work on the free plan. Start with whichever one matches what you’re stuck on right now.

The 5 Resources

01

The use cases library

A library of real examples of what Claude can do, filtered by job, like marketing, sales, finance or HR. Each one takes about 10 to 15 minutes to try. Browse by your role, then paste this to make one fit your job.

Open the use cases →

Adapt This Use Case
I just found this Claude use case and I want to adapt it to my actual job. The use case: [paste the title and steps from the Claude Academy use cases page] My role: [job title and what a normal week looks like] The tools and files I use for this kind of work: [e.g. Gmail, a weekly spreadsheet, Slack] Please: 1. Explain in 2 sentences how this use case would save me time specifically. 2. Rewrite it as a step-by-step workflow for my job, with the exact prompt I should paste at each step. 3. Tell me which files to attach or which connectors to turn on first. 4. Flag anything in my week where this would NOT help, so I don't force it. Keep it practical. If you need more detail about my work, ask me up to 3 questions first.

02

Claude Academy

Anthropic’s free courses (it used to be called Anthropic Academy). There are 28 right now, from Claude 101 and AI Fluency to Claude Code and Cowork, plus versions of AI Fluency for small businesses, students and educators. Most of them, including Claude 101 and AI Fluency, end with a completion badge. No paid plan needed.

Browse the courses →

03

The skills directory

Ready-made skills you add in one click. The Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF skills are already built in, and the directory has many more. Turn on Code execution and file creation (called Create and edit files in the newer layout) in Settings, then Capabilities first. Then click Customize in the left sidebar (renamed Plugins on newer accounts), go to Skills, click +, then Browse skills, and click Add on the ones you want.

How the directory works →

04

Connectors

Connect Claude to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Slack and more, so it reads your real email, files and calendar instead of whatever you copy-paste. The Google ones are free on every plan. In a chat, click +, hover over Connectors, and switch on the apps you want, or go to Customize (or Plugins), then Connectors. Claude asks before it sends an email or changes a file. (Google connectors help)

How connectors work →

Prep Me For Tomorrow
You have access to my Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive. Help me get ready for tomorrow. 1. Calendar: list every meeting tomorrow with the time, who's attending and what it's about. 2. Gmail: for each meeting, find the most recent email thread with those people and summarize where things stand in 2 bullets. 3. Drive: find any doc that was shared for or mentioned in those threads and link it. 4. Then list anything in my inbox from the last 3 days that still needs a reply from me, most urgent first. Format: one short section per meeting, then the reply list. Only read, don't send or change anything. If you can't find something, say so instead of guessing.

05

Claude Design

Describe what you need and Claude designs it, from pitch decks and one-pagers to landing pages and marketing graphics. It’s on every plan now, Free included, and it lives inside regular Claude. Ask for a design in any chat, pick Design in the message box, or start from a Design template in the Artifacts tab. You can export to PDF, PowerPoint, Google Slides or HTML.

Get started with Claude Design →

Heads Up

The old standalone Claude Design site at claude.ai/design closes on December 14, 2026. Everything it did now works right inside Claude.