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Claude Code Reliability, Safety, and Automation
Created by James Quigley
Build a precise operating model of Claude Code as a terminal-centric agent, including its tool loop, permissions, and failure modes. You’ll engineer durable repo context with CLAUDE.md, design validation-driven workflows, apply security guardrails for secrets and hooks, and evaluate MCP integrations and unattended automation trade-offs.
Requirements
- Confident terminal and Git workflows
- Comfort reviewing diffs, tests, and logs
- Basic CI mental model (build/test gates, least privilege)
- Ability to read and edit small JSON/Markdown configs
What you'll learn
- Explain Claude Code’s terminal control loop, and correctly attribute failures to model reasoning, tool execution, or environment state.
- Engineer durable CLAUDE.md rules that are specific, testable, and updated via a lint-file mindset when the agent repeats mistakes.
- Run validation-driven workflows with explicit plan gates, context hygiene, and cost controls to reduce iteration count and rework.
Learning path
6 modules • Each builds on the previous one
1
Claude Code agent loop mechanics
Build a precise mental model of Claude Code’s agentic control loop: how it selects tools, requests permissions, maintains session state, and interacts with your repo through terminal-centric affordances.
2 videos12 min
2
CLAUDE.md context engineering patterns
Learn advanced patterns for writing and organizing CLAUDE.md so Claude Code consistently applies architecture, style, and constraints across a codebase without instruction drift or contradictions.
1 video13 min
3
Claude Code terminal workflow design
Develop high-signal interaction workflows (planning, incremental diffs, test-driven loops, and refactors) that exploit Claude Code’s terminal-native and composable design.
2 videos13 min
4
Claude Code permissions and sandboxing
Analyze Claude Code’s permission modes, sandbox boundaries, hooks surface area, and secrets-handling risks so you can safely operate it on real repositories and environments.
1 video6 min
5
Claude Code MCP tool integration
Understand how MCP connects Claude Code to external systems, what the protocol changes about context and tool trust, and how to integrate MCP servers without expanding your attack surface.
1 video9 min
6
Claude Code GitHub Actions automation
Learn how to operationalize Claude Code in CI for PR review and security review workflows, including reliability constraints, governance, and failure-mode handling.
1 video6 min
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Modules6
Duration56 min
Science-backed learning
In-video quizzes and scaffolded content to maximize retention.
Key concepts
Claude Code Terminal Agent Loop And Failure AttributionPermission Posture Design With Allowlists And ApprovalsDurable Repo Instructions With CLAUDE.Md Rules