Beyond the Chat Box: Unlocking the Potential of Claude
You've been using Claude like a search engine with manners. It's time to use it like an operating system. Agents. MCPs. Skills. Claude Code. This is where one-person companies start — and where entire industries shift.
In plain terms: you've been using a Ferrari to drive to the mailbox. Claude isn't a better search engine — it's a tireless team member that works while you sleep. Most people will never figure this out. You will. Most people discover Claude through the chat interface. They ask questions. They get answers. They think: "Nice. It's like a smarter Google." Then they close the tab and move on.
They never find out that Claude can autonomously browse the web, write and execute code, manage files, connect to any app or database on the planet, coordinate multi-step workflows across tools, and operate for hours without a single human keystroke.
They never find out about Claude Code — a CLI agent that can build entire products from a description. Or MCPs — a universal protocol that plugs Claude into Slack, GitHub, Notion, Figma, PostgreSQL, and thousands more. Or Skills — reusable, markdown-based "playbooks" that teach Claude any repeatable workflow you can describe. Think of MCP as a universal remote. One sentence to Claude — "update Notion, message the team in Slack, pull last quarter's numbers from the database" — and it happens. No tab-switching. No copy-paste. No "let me get back to you on that."
— Simon Willison, software engineer & researcher
This course gives you the full picture — from the concepts down to the commands. By the end, you will see Claude not as a chatbot, but as a platform for building the future of work.
For more information, please visit out event website: https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/claude/
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- Starts 25 May 2026 04:00 PM UTC
- Ends 08 June 2026 10:00 PM UTC
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Dr. Younes Sadat-Nejad is the co-founder of Veebar Tech, a Toronto-based company focused on providing AI, automation, and product engineering solutions to small and medium-sized businesses in non-tech industries. Through his work, he helps organizations integrate AI into their operations across sectors such as construction, automotive, and beyond.
He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Toronto, with a focus on artificial intelligence, where his research involved using graph neural networks to cluster and analyze brain data.
Dr. Sadat-Nejad has over five years of experience as an engineering instructor at Humber College, where he taught electronics courses and led engineering capstone projects, guiding students through hands-on design and implementation.
He has been actively involved with IEEE since 2019, delivering and instructing a series of workshops in artificial intelligence and related technologies. His work also includes scientific publications across multiple fields, including artificial intelligence and eVTOL systems, as well as patented innovations developed through Veebar Tech.
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Monday, June 8 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Module 01 - Claude Is Not a Chatbot
Reframe everything you know. Understand the architecture: Claude as a reasoning engine, an action-taker, and an autonomous agent — not a Q&A machine. The mental model that unlocks everything else.
Module 02 - Claude Interfaces & Use Cases
Web app, desktop app, command line, VS Code, and Antigravity. We'll also cover Claude Co-Work, plugins, and how to pick the right interface for the job.
Module 03 - Claude Code in the Terminal
Set up and master terminal-based Claude. Explore subagents, loops, Claude management, and routines. Everything Anthropic has just added to the harness that's worth knowing.
Thursday, June 11 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Module 04 - Memory & Context Windows
How Claude remembers. Context window limits, memory optimization techniques, and the difference between global and local memories. Learn to make Claude remember what matters.
Module 05 - MCP: The Universal Plugin System
Model Context Protocol is the USB-C of AI. A universal standard that connects Claude to any tool: GitHub, Slack, Notion, Postgres, Figma, Google Drive, Shopify, and thousands more. One integration, everywhere.
Module 06 - Skills: Reusable Playbooks
What Skills are, where to find them, and which ones are actually useful. Learn how to install, reuse, and build your own Markdown based Skills so Claude knows how you work.
Module 07 - The Claude Ecosystem & What Comes Next
Beyond the basics: token optimization, planning, harnessing, security guardrails, which tools to call (and when), best practices for memory files and orchestration. The foundation that leads to building something like OpenClaw and beyond.