Preparing for Philip Rusev’s Workshop

The Build and Orchestrate Your AI Product Design Teamworkshop is 4 hours long and fully hands-on. To get the most out of it, we recommend completing the necessary setup and spending about 2 hours reviewing the basic materials before attending. During the workshop itself, we will skip the theory and go straight into practice.

1. Mandatory Setup (about 15 minutes)

No coding experience needed! Although Claude Code looks like a tool for developers, everything you will be doing during the workshop involves writing instructions in plain text.

  • Claude Pro plan: You need to have an active Claude Pro subscription. If you do not have one, please inform the conference organizers.
  • Install the Claude Desktop app (for Mac or Windows) from https://claude.ai/download аnd log in with your Pro profile.
  • Test your setup:
    1. Create an empty folder named ux-sofia-workshop on your computer.
    2. Open Claude Code inside the Claude Desktop app and point it to that folder.
    3. Enter the following prompt: “Create a file called hello.md that says hello.”
    4. If the file appears in the folder – you’re ready!
  • On the day of the event: Bring your laptop and charger.

2. Core Theory (2 hours – recommended)

All lessons are free and available on Anthropic Academy:

What an LLM is and how it “thinks” (about 45 min)

What Claude is and how to get good results (about 30 min)

  • Course: Claude 101
  • Watch only these lessons: What is Claude?, Getting better results, How you’ll work with Claude on your desktop.

What Claude Code is and the files that shape it (about 50 min)

  • Course: Claude Code 101
  • Watch only these lessons: What is Claude Code?, How Claude Code works, Installing Claude Code, Your first prompt, The CLAUDE.md file, Subagents, Skills.
  • (You can skip the coding workflow lessons – you won’t need them).

A note on.mdfiles: Throughout the workshop, you will see files ending in .md everywhere. These are plain text files with very light formatting (headings, bullet points) that are easy for both humans and AI agents to read. Everything we build will be a set of these files (instructions, roles, and rules for your AI team). You don’t need to learn the formatting – Claude will write it for you.

3. Optional (if you want a head start)

If you want to get ahead before the workshop: