--- title: Beginner To Pro - Using Claude AI (Complete Guide) description: A walkthrough of Claude's main interfaces and tools for subscribers looking to maximize their usage. Covers the desktop app's chat, co-work, and Claude Code... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/beginner-to-pro---using-claude-ai-complete-guide--3mezcrw2u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Beginner To Pro - Using Claude AI (Complete Guide) | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of Claude's main interfaces and tools for subscribers looking to maximize their usage. Covers the desktop app's chat, co-work, and Claude Code... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/beginner-to-pro---using-claude-ai-complete-guide--3mezcrw2u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3MeZcRw2u.png og:image:alt: Beginner To Pro - Using Claude AI (Complete Guide) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Beginner To Pro - Using Claude AI (Complete Guide) **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 17 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of Claude's main interfaces and tools for subscribers looking to maximize their usage. Covers the desktop app's chat, co-work, and Claude Code modes. Key Claude Code tips include: using Opus 4.6 with high effort, plan mode before large changes, the 'ultra think' keyword, 'by the way' for mid-task questions, remote control via session URLs, multi-directory context, MCP connectors, Telegram/Discord channels integration, and session resume via exit command. Also briefly covers connectors (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Chrome) and usage limits. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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