📖 Lesson content
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Describe 2-3 use-cases for claude.ai that you can try right away
- Know where to go to find additional use-case inspiration
Estimated time: 10 minutes
No matter what you do, Claude can help streamline your work. This lesson highlights practical use cases organized by role, so you can see how Claude applies to your specific work context.
Each use case below links to a detailed guide in our Use Case Gallery with step-by-step instructions you can follow.
General professional use
These use cases apply across many roles and industries.
- Generate project status reports – Keep stakeholders informed with clear, consistent updates
- Analyze patterns in user feedback – Extract insights from customer comments and survey responses
- Package your brand guidelines in a skill – Create a reusable Claude skill that applies your brand standards
Sales
Sales professionals can use Claude to accelerate deal preparation, create compelling materials, and stay on top of competitive intelligence.
- Build a battle card library – Create competitive intelligence resources that help your team win deals
- Prepare for sales deals – Research prospects and organize your talking points before important meetings
- Create sales reports – Turn your pipeline data into clear, actionable reports
Marketing
Marketers can leverage Claude to analyze performance data and efficiently repurpose content across channels.
- Analyze campaign performance – Extract insights from campaign metrics to inform your strategy
- Adapt content across platforms – Efficiently repurpose content for different channels and audiences
Finance
Finance professionals can use Claude to build models, draft documents, and make sense of complex spreadsheets.
- Build financial models – Create and refine financial projections with Claude's help
- Draft investment memos – Structure and write investment analyses more efficiently
- Understand and extend an inherited spreadsheet – Decode complex spreadsheets and add new functionality
HR
HR teams can use Claude to create better onboarding experiences and documentation.
- Create new hire onboarding guides – Develop comprehensive onboarding materials tailored to different roles
Legal
Legal professionals can use Claude to track complex timelines and manage discovery processes.
- Track discovery timelines and analyze patterns – Organize case timelines and identify key patterns in legal documents
Research
Researchers can use Claude to plan literature reviews and verify data analysis.
- Plan your literature review – Organize your approach to reviewing academic sources
- Verify statistics from raw data – Double-check calculations and statistical analyses
Explore more
These examples are just the beginning. Visit the Use Case Gallery to browse the full collection and find inspiration for how Claude can help with your specific work.
What's next
In our final module, you'll meet a few more versions of Claude including Claude Code, Claude in Chrome, Claude in Excel, and Claude in Slack — each tailored to different types of working.
Feedback
As you progress through the course, we'd love to hear from you about how you are using concepts from the course in your work and any feedback you may have. Share your feedback here.
🔁 Related lessons
- Next: Other ways to work with Claude
- Previous: Research mode for deep dives
- Same section: Other ways to work with Claude
- Part of paths: Path A · Path B
- Reference docs: Glossary · Skills atlas · By use-case
📚 Source & attribution
- Original Anthropic Academy lesson: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-101/383401
- © 2025 Anthropic. Educational fair-use only.