Claude Code Onboarding Guide

How we get people started

We onboarded every employee at Zevenue onto Claude Code. Most GTM orgs we’ve spoken to have struggled to get adoption - terminal is scary, the value is unclear, and the tools are hard to connect. At Zevenue, this is how we build everything - internal processes, client workflows, our marketing, finances, and every department funciton you can think of. After doing this enough times, we figured out the fastest path from “what is this terminal thing” to actually shipping something useful.

This is that path.

Primary reading

This article is a heavy read but a great starting point. It’s not necessary to read it all before your first build but skim through it and continue to revisit it as you get better and you will understand certain concepts in even more depth as you progress. This is an extremely helpful foundation for you.

The basics

Make sure you understand these core concepts:

Workflows vs. agents
Commands
Git
Subagents
Skills
Plugins
Hooks

Setup

Literally just watch the first 2 minutes of this video.

If you are still stuck, you can also watch this video.

First project

Do not try to do too much on your first project. Take a current task you are working on that you know how to do manually. Your goal is a single-step automation.

Then you want to do this with a single API call. Once you see the magic of doing this for a simple task, expand the scope as you get more comfortable.

What’s next

Everything here is related to Claude Code generally, but not GTM at large. We’ll be sharing all of this in a specific GTM context and in more detail on YouTube.

Suggested LinkedIn teaser: We onboard everyone at Zevenue onto Claude Code. After doing it enough times, we wrote down the fastest path from zero to actually building something. Sharing our internal onboarding guide.

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The Fastest Path Into Claude Code
Our Internal Claude Code Onboarding Guide