Watch the full video at davidegpt.ai/resources/claude-tutorial-video. This guide is your take-away reference.
WHAT MAKES CLAUDE DIFFERENT FROM CHATGPT
- Longer context window — Claude handles 200,000+ tokens. Paste entire books, codebases, or long reports.
- More literal instruction-following — If you say "don't add bullet points," Claude won't.
- Better at nuanced writing — More natural prose, less corporate-sounding AI text.
- Stronger document analysis — Upload PDFs and ask detailed questions.
- Refuses less — Claude will engage with more sensitive topics for legitimate purposes.
FIRST THINGS TO DO WITH CLAUDE
- Go to claude.ai and create a free account
- Start a conversation and try: "What can you do that ChatGPT can't?"
- Paste a long document and ask: "Summarise this in 5 bullet points"
- Try a writing task and compare the output to ChatGPT
YOUR FIRST 5 CLAUDE PROMPTS
- Long document: "Here's a report I need to understand: [PASTE]. Summarise it in plain English, then list the 3 most important takeaways."
- Writing coach: "Here's something I wrote: [PASTE]. What are the weakest parts and how would you improve them?"
- Research: "Explain [COMPLEX TOPIC] to me. I understand [WHAT I KNOW] but I'm confused about [WHAT I DON'T]."
- Brainstorm: "I'm working on [PROJECT]. Give me 10 ideas I probably haven't thought of yet."
- Feedback: "Review my plan for [PLAN]: [PASTE]. What are the risks and blind spots I'm not seeing?"
CLAUDE PROJECTS (PRO FEATURE)
Claude Projects let you give Claude persistent context about you, your business, or a specific project. Set it up once, use it every session.
Example project instructions: "You are helping me run my freelance copywriting business. I write for tech startups and SaaS companies. My tone is direct, confident, and jargon-free. When I ask for content, always ask who the audience is and what action I want them to take before writing."
WHEN TO USE CLAUDE INSTEAD OF CHATGPT
Use Claude when:
- You're pasting long documents (emails, reports, books, code)
- You need nuanced writing that sounds human
- You want the AI to follow complex, multi-part instructions precisely
- You're working on sensitive creative topics
Use ChatGPT when:
- You need real-time information (ChatGPT browses the web; Claude doesn't by default)
- You want to generate images (DALL-E is built into ChatGPT)
- You're using GPTs from the GPT Store
- You need code execution (ChatGPT's Advanced Data Analysis)
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