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Claude Code Without Coding · Section 9

Giving the Brain Hands, Complete Resource Pack

Follow the source, method and connected action, then inspect the result in the destination app.

Arun Nagarathanam · 6 Oct 2026 Guide · 59 of 72 in this course

Lecture 9.1

What Can Claude Code Do With Your Apps?

Follow the feedback from Notion into a report and editable Canva designs.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01Start with the job you want done, then choose a connection that supplies the actions.
  2. 02Willow Desk and its 12 comments are fictional practice material.
  3. 03Inspect the saved report and designs in their destination apps.

Follow along

  1. Extract the practice ZIP and open START-HERE.md.
  2. Keep your customer-feedback-analyzer Skill from the earlier Skills section.
  3. Choose a practice page and accounts you can access.

Files and links

START-HERE.mdsection-09-connected-apps-practice.zip

Lecture 9.2

What Does a Tool Add to Claude?

Separate the requested result, the saved method and the connected action.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01A prompt describes the result you want.
  2. 02A Skill supplies a reusable method.
  3. 03A tool performs a particular action and returns its result.

Follow along

  1. Follow the exact-page request in the recording.
  2. Identify the returned text and its feedback IDs.
  3. Name the method that will analyze those comments.

Lecture 9.3

How Does Claude Reach Another App?

Follow an action from Claude Code through an MCP server into an app.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01An API is the interface a program can use to request supported app operations.
  2. 02MCP describes tools and their inputs and results in a common format.
  3. 03A connector provides a setup surface. A plugin can package Skills, an MCP server or other helpers.

Follow along

  1. Identify the app action your job needs.
  2. Check whether its setup uses a local program or a remote service.
  3. Check what an installed plugin actually contains.

Files and links

Lecture 9.4

How Does Claude Choose a Tool?

Choose a supported route and understand the Tool Search context display.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01The directory is one discovery route; the provider may document another.
  2. 02A CLI accepts terminal commands that Claude Code can run.
  3. 03Deferred tool definitions are available to find. Returned content still takes active context.
  4. 04The token figures shown belong to the instructor’s recorded session.

Follow along

  1. Check publisher, supported actions and setup instructions.
  2. Choose the documented route that fits the job.
  3. Answer Check A in knowledge-checks.md.

Files and links

knowledge-checks.md

Lecture 9.5

How Do You Give Claude Access to Notion?

Connect Notion and verify the exact source page.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01Account sign-in and page access affect what the tool can retrieve.
  2. 02Read the returned comments before asking for analysis.
  3. 03Troubleshoot connection availability, sign-in, page permission and returned material.

Follow along

  1. Put the fictional comments in a Notion practice page, preserving F01 through F12.
  2. Connect the account that can open the page.
  3. Request the page by its own URL and check the returned count and IDs.
Claude Code · Read the exact practice page 
Use Notion to read this exact practice page: [paste your practice page URL].
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project
Claude Code · Find the page by name 
Find the Willow Desk customer feedback page and read the comments.
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project

Files and links

inputs/customer-feedback.md

Lecture 9.6

Can Your Skill Use Data From Other Apps?

Use the existing feedback method and save the checked report beneath its source.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01Keep all 12 feedback IDs and the quotations supporting each theme.
  2. 02F09 is a possible tray-edge problem to investigate, not proof of a widespread defect.
  3. 03Open the saved report in Notion to verify the destination.

Follow along

  1. Run customer-feedback-analyzer on the returned page text.
  2. Compare coverage, theme evidence and F09 with the source.
  3. Ask for a subpage and open its returned link.
Claude Code · Analyze the returned comments 
Use this Notion page as the input and invoke the customer-feedback-analyzer Skill to analyze the comments.
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project
Claude Code · Save beneath the source 
I want to save this report as a subpage in the source Notion page. Can you do that?
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project

Files and links

customer-feedback-analyzer/SKILL.mdcustomer-feedback-analyzer/references/evidence-checks.md

Lecture 9.7

How Can Claude Reuse a Tutorial?

Inspect tutorials with Watch and save their useful method as a Canva Skill.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01Watch prepares captions and selected frames for inspection.
  2. 02The recording uses Local, Efficient and None for additional transcription.
  3. 03Read the saved sources reference to see what Claude actually inspected.
  4. 04The new Skill is used in the same conversation; independent discovery is not tested.

Follow along

  1. Check Watch’s current setup instructions and install it using the Plugins route shown in the lecture.
  2. Choose the two linked tutorials, run the Watch request, read the saved Skill and sources, then try the reuse request.
Claude Code · Create the baseline deck 
Can you create a feedback presentation in Canva for this report using the Canva connector?
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project
Claude Code · Inspect tutorials and save a method 
/watch:watch
[Phil Waknell talk URL] [Canva tutorial URL]
Use the installed Watch Skill to inspect both tutorials. Use Skill Creator to save their useful lessons as a project Skill for designing presentations in Canva.
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project
Claude Code · Reuse the saved design Skill 
Use the Canva Presentation Designer Skill to create a revised presentation from the feedback report in this conversation.
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project

Files and links

Lecture 9.8

How Can Claude Use a Saved Design Method?

Reuse the saved method for a short deck and one-page action brief.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01Audience and purpose guide the format and content.
  2. 02The recording creates a 5-slide deck and a portrait one-page brief.
  3. 03Feedback IDs and quotations support proposed investigations. The final priority remains yours.

Follow along

  1. Request both outputs using your saved Canva Skill.
  2. Read the proposed outline and approve or revise its direction.
  3. Open the brief in Canva and select the editable text and table.
  4. Answer Check B in knowledge-checks.md.
Claude Code · Request both Canva outputs 
Use the same Canva Skill, but this time I want a short feedback decision deck and a one-page feedback action brief.
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project

Lecture 9.9

Connect an MCP That Is Not in the Directory

Follow the official Meta route outside the connector directory.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01The lesson shows a desktop custom connector and a local project MCP.
  2. 02The instructor performs authentication himself.
  3. 03The recording reaches tool availability, then stops before an account or campaign read.
  4. 04Optional account practice requires an actual read and comparison in Ads Manager.

Follow along

  1. Open META-RECORDING-WORKSHEET.md and verify the official setup instructions.
  2. Choose a route, complete your own sign-in and check a fresh conversation.
  3. For optional account reads, compare the returned IDs in Ads Manager.
Claude Code · Find official Meta documentation 
Find Meta’s official Ads MCP documentation and show it to me first.
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project
Claude Code · Configure without signing in 
Can you add that MCP by yourself? Configure it and don't log in. I will log in myself.
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project
Claude Code · Check tool availability 
Can you access the Meta Ads MCP?
Paste into: Claude Code, in your connected-app practice project

Files and links

META-RECORDING-WORKSHEET.md

Lecture 9.10

Workflows You Can Run With Connected Apps

Adapt a connected workflow to creative work, research, coordination or production.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01Name the starting material, connected actions and useful result.
  2. 02Check the route each provider currently recommends.
  3. 03Browser MCP, Browser Use and computer use refer to different approaches.
  4. 04Public workflow examples illustrate possibilities; they are not your own completed runs.

Follow along

  1. Open SOURCE-EXAMPLES.md for the credited examples and their evidence boundaries.
  2. Choose one example with a source and result similar to your job.
  3. Answer Check C in knowledge-checks.md.

Files and links

SOURCE-EXAMPLES.md

Lecture 9.11

Which Workflow Will You Connect?

Choose one small connected action you can verify.

Ideas to keep

  1. 01Begin with a repeated job you already understand.
  2. 02Research the official actions and setup before extending the workflow.
  3. 03Inspect the result in the destination app.
  4. 04A helper can own one part of a larger job and return useful findings.

Follow along

  1. Describe where the information starts, what you repeat and what you need at the end.
  2. Use the workflow-discovery prompt in START-HERE.md.
  3. Try one useful action and compare its destination result with your request.

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