
Claude Code for Business
You can already reason about a business task. Here you practise making that task explicit enough for an agent to attempt and for you to check. The course starts with terminal setup, so no programming or terminal experience is required; if those tools are familiar, use the setup lesson to confirm your environment. Five practices then use a reconciliation unit with downloadable CSVs, a local checker, report and exception-ledger exports, and a distinct transfer case. Start that unit at /practice/reconciliation if you already know the prerequisites. A renewals-tracker illustration and monthly-workbook instruction template show two further applications. The contract documents, complete tracker prompt and report exports are not supplied; those two examples need your own approved inputs before execution. You will distinguish a plausible answer from evidence that the requested work was done, and decide which actions still need your approval. The closing lessons introduce production and EU compliance questions; they do not certify a workflow or authorize use of company data. Adapted from Rod Rivera's live class at the TUM Chair for Strategy & Organization.
OutcomeYou leave with: a spreadsheet reconciliation exercise with supplied CSVs, plus renewals-tracker and monthly-workbook illustrations that require your own inputs

Rod Rivera
Professor
Desk

First lesson is free to preview.
What You'll Learn
- The difference between a chatbot and an agent, and why it matters for delegation
- How to install Claude Code and run your first command, from a completely blank start
- How tool access changes what an agent can do with business files
- Five practices for briefing, scoping, and checking an agent's work
- How to demand evidence instead of accepting an agent's word that a task is done
- How to turn a one-off win into a reusable instruction set
- Which checks and operating questions remain after a successful demo
- The GDPR, EU AI Act, and works-council questions to raise before using company data
- Which enforcement mechanisms advanced teams would need to implement and test
Prerequisites
- No programming experience required
- No prior terminal or software setup required — Lesson 02 starts from a blank machine
- Comfort delegating a task to another person — the same judgment applies here
Syllabus

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