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Anthropic's Claude Builder Club at USC

Anthropic’s official community for USC students who learn by building. Join hands-on workshops, share what you make, and connect with fellow Trojans. Whether you’re starting from scratch or already shipping projects, there’s a seat for you.

All are welcome, no experience needed
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Why join

  • Free API credits
  • Anthropic-led events
  • Hackathons and competitions
  • A community of builders
  • Merch, prizes, and more

Upcoming events

Workshops, build nights, and talks. All Trojans are welcome, no experience needed.

What Trojans have shipped

Projects made by club members with Claude. Share yours, and tell everyone how you built it.

The Claude library

Hand-picked guides and courses for building with Claude. Start here if you're new, come back when you're stuck.

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GuidePDF · 33 pages · Anthropic

The Complete Guide to Building Skills for Claude

Anthropic's playbook for teaching Claude your workflows once and reusing them everywhere: how SKILL.md and its frontmatter work, five proven patterns, how to test, and a checklist before you upload. Expect to build your first skill in 15 to 30 minutes.

  • Fundamentals
  • Planning and design
  • Testing and iteration
  • Distribution and sharing
  • Patterns and troubleshooting
  • Quick checklist
Read the guide Claude Skills · How-To
CoursesAnthropic Academy · Self-paced

Claude courses from Anthropic

Official courses from Anthropic, from your very first chat with Claude to shipping with the API, MCP, and agent skills. Pick one and learn at your own pace.

Start here, in order

  1. 1Claude 101Everyday Claude: core features and good habits. No coding needed.
  2. 2Claude Code in ActionBuild real projects with Claude Code: steer, automate, and verify.
See all courses anthropic.skilljar.com
VideosYouTube · @anthropic-ai

Anthropic on YouTube

Talks, demos, and deep dives from the people building Claude. The channel's Research and Developers collections cover everything from how Claude thinks to building agents with the API and MCP.

Good places to start

  • Building more effective AI agents
  • Building with MCP and the Claude API
  • Designing Claude Code
  • Claude ran a business in our office
Watch on YouTube Research · Developers
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The Claude Dispatch

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Shipped in Claude Code Changelog

Meet your co-leads

Ask me about running subagents!

Jamie Ledesma

Campus Co-Lead

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Ask me about different Claude models!

Gavin Huang

Campus Co-Lead

LinkedIn Email
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This could be you

Help run the club!

We're looking for passionate Trojans to help with events, design, and outreach. No experience running a club needed. Come attend our next Claude Builder Club (CBC) meeting for inquiries!

Questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to either of us. Our emails are right above!

2025 · The winners’ circle

The annual hackathon

Meet the top three projects from the 2025 SoCal Claude Builder Club Hackathon.

A party-hat Clawd dancing with streamers 2Second place

Vero

A multi-agent physical therapy platform that uses Claude to make personalized care more accessible.

GitHub
A crowned Clawd raising a trophy with confetti 1First place

Nucleus

Automates hospital busywork so healthcare teams can focus on personalized patient care.

GitHub
A Clawd jumping and cheering with pom-poms 3Third place

Agentic Automation on iOS

Lets blind and low-vision users control iPhone apps by voice, with Claude narrating each step.

GitHub

01 Nucleus ↗

Automates hospital busywork so healthcare teams can focus on personalized patient care.

02 Vero ↗

A multi-agent physical therapy platform that uses Claude to make personalized care more accessible.

03 Agentic Automation on iOS ↗

Lets blind and low-vision users control iPhone apps by voice, with Claude narrating each step.

Interested in joining our next hackathon? Check back here in the Spring 2027 semester for more information, including dates, tracks, and how to join.

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Claude Builder Club at USC · Last updated October 12, 2026

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