What you’ll know by the end of this check

2-3 concrete use cases for your specific role that you can start this week
Where to go when you need more inspiration — the Use Case Gallery is the right bookmark
The mindset shift: Claude isn’t one tool with one job, it’s a surface that bends to the work

Role ≠ use case

The common mistake with Claude is treating it like a category of software — “it’s a writing tool” or “it’s for research.” The better frame: Claude is a thinking collaborator. The job changes depending on who you are and what’s in front of you.

The Use Case Gallery at claude.com/resources/use-cases organizes this by function. Each entry includes a step-by-step guide and a starter prompt. Below is a scan across roles — not a comprehensive list, a starting map.

By role

Sales

Build a battle card library that updates as competitors move
Prep for a deal by having Claude research the prospect, surface the pain points, and organize your talking points before you walk in
Turn pipeline data into a status report your manager can actually read

Marketing

Analyze campaign performance and produce insights with next-action recommendations
Adapt a piece of content for five different channels without starting each from scratch

Finance

Build and iterate on financial models
Decode a spreadsheet someone else built — understand the formulas, extend the model, find the logic errors
Draft investment memos faster by having Claude structure the argument

Create onboarding guides that are specific to the role, not generic boilerplate
Synthesize exit interview feedback to find the patterns that aren’t visible at the individual level

Legal

Track discovery timelines across a complex case
Identify patterns in document sets that would take days to read manually

Research

Plan a literature review structure before diving in
Verify statistics and calculations against raw data

General (works for everyone)

Generate project status reports stakeholders will actually read
Analyze patterns in user or customer feedback
Package your team’s brand voice into a skill that enforces consistency automatically

The honest note on this lesson

The lesson itself is short — it’s mostly a pointer to the Use Case Gallery. The gallery is the actual value. Go there, filter by your role, and find the two or three that match real work you’re doing right now. Each one has a prompt you can copy and adapt.

Two hours with the gallery will do more for your Claude fluency than ten more lessons.

Things to try right now (5 minutes)

Open claude.com/resources/use-cases. Filter to your function. Pick one use case that matches something you did in the last two weeks. Run the starter prompt against real context from your work. See how much of the output you’d actually use.

The canonical version

Full official lesson at anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-101/383401 — short lesson, big pointer. The real resource is the Use Case Gallery linked from there.

Ready to verify this check?

Finish the official lesson, then come back and mark this check verified on your flight log.