I have to admit something. My bookmarks folder is basically a graveyard. It’s full of saved Claude threads, guides, and “must-read” posts, and I’ve opened maybe five of them. So a LinkedIn post calling out that exact habit hit a little close to home.
The author keeps it simple. There are only 2 months left until 2027. Don’t be the one who has 100+ saved guides on Claude but knows nothing about it when it comes to actually using it. Their fix is to remove them from bookmarks, open Claude, and start reading the guides one by one.
The best part is that every guide on the list takes under 8 minutes to read. The creator sorted them into three levels, from first steps to advanced builds. Below is the full roadmap, plus my take on what to get out of each one.
🧭 Level 1: Get Your Footing
This is the foundation. If you’re new to Claude, or you’ve only used it like a fancy search bar, start here. Don’t skip it, even if you think you know the basics.
- Claude 101: The natural starting point. Get to know the core features and how a good conversation flows before you try anything clever.
- One Claude: A big-picture read. Use it to see how Claude’s different parts fit together, so you stop treating each feature like a separate tool.
- Be Claude Certified: Good if you like a clear learning path with a finish line. Proof of skill is a nice bonus, but the structure is the real win.
- My mother & Claude: A reminder that this isn’t only for tech people. Watching a non-technical person use Claude can spark everyday ideas you’d never think of yourself.
- How to set up Claude: Settings matter more than people think. Sort out your setup once, and every future chat starts on the right foot.
- The new Claude Opus 5.5: Catch up on the latest model. Know what Claude can handle today, not what it could do a year ago.
- Prompt Engineering 101: How to ask clearly. Better inputs mean better outputs, and this skill makes every other guide on the list pay off.
⚙️ Level 2: Work Smarter
Once the basics feel natural, Level 2 moves you from casual chats to real, repeatable workflows. This is where Claude starts saving you serious time.
- Claude skills: Skills let Claude pull in reusable instructions for specific tasks. Learn these and you stop repeating yourself in every chat.
- 27 Claude Tips: A grab bag of quick wins. My advice is to skim it, pick three tips, and test them the same day.
- Claude for Legal: A great example of using Claude in careful, high-stakes work. Even if you’re not a lawyer, the approach carries over to any detail-heavy field.
- Privacy with Claude: Read this before you paste in client data or anything sensitive. Knowing what to share, and what to hold back, is a must.
- Do not hit Claude limits: Nothing kills momentum like getting cut off mid-project. This one helps you work efficiently so your usage lasts.
- Switch Claude <> ChatGPT: Handy if you bounce between tools. Moving smoothly between them, without losing context, is a real skill.
- Never ask Claude for Taste: A mindset check. AI can give you lots of options, but deciding what’s actually good is still your job.
🚀 Level 3: Build, Create, and Polish
Level 3 is where things get fun. These guides are about making real things and keeping your output sharp, human, and useful.
- Claude to make any website: Go from idea to a working site. A strong way to see how far plain-language instructions can take you.
- AI brain rot: A reality check about handing over too much of your thinking. Use AI to boost your brain, not replace it.
- Claude Fable 5: Another model worth knowing. Understanding the lineup helps you pick the right tool for each job.
- Detect AI Content: Learn the telltale signs of AI writing. It helps you judge other people’s content and clean up your own.
- Claude + Linkedin: Practical help for anyone building a presence on the platform. Think drafting, editing, and shaping ideas into posts.
- My personal AI Tool list: A look at the creator’s own toolkit. Seeing how an expert puts tools together is often more useful than any single tip.
- Deslop Claude in 2 words: “Slop” is generic, robotic-sounding AI text. A tiny tweak that makes outputs sound more human is worth its weight in gold.
- Claude Motion & Dashboards: Turn data and ideas into visuals. Perfect for anyone who wants to present work in a way people actually remember.
💡 The Pro Tip That Makes It Work
A reading list alone won’t change anything. That’s why the post’s closing advice is my favorite part.
Pro tip: Don’t binge it. Do one level per sitting. Actually apply each guide before moving to the next.
This is the difference between collecting knowledge and actually having it. Reading 22 guides in one night feels productive, but most of it disappears by morning. Putting each idea to work right away makes it stick.
🗓️ How I’d Run This Plan
Here’s a simple way to put the author’s advice into practice over the next few weeks:
- Keep Claude open while you read: Try each idea the moment you learn it, on a real task from your week.
- One level per sitting: Block out an hour or so for each level, and don’t rush to the next one.
- Write one takeaway per guide: A single sentence is enough. It forces you to pull out what matters.
- Turn wins into habits: If a tip saves you ten minutes, save it as a reusable prompt or workflow.
- Leave gaps between levels: A few days of real use before Level 2 or 3 helps everything sink in.
🎯 Why This Matters
AI tools are moving fast, and the gap between people who save content and people who use it keeps growing. I love this list because it’s honest about the real problem. Most of us don’t need more information. We need a short, ordered path and the discipline to follow it.
With two months left in the year, working through these levels one sitting at a time is a very doable goal. You’d go into 2027 actually knowing how to use Claude, not just owning a pile of bookmarks about it. That’s a much better place to be!
Check out the full LinkedIn post to find every guide and start with Level 1 today.