The Abingdon
AI Handbook
A shared resource for getting genuinely useful with AI at work. Three doors in, pick the one that fits.
This handbook is currently built around Claude, our primary AI tool. The prompting principles, habits, and role guides apply to any LLM you use. Only the Tools and Resources sections are Claude-specific. Guides for ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and others are coming.
Start with the basics
The Beginner guide has everything you need in one read: a five-minute primer, the big idea that makes Claude actually work, the four elements of a good prompt, and six habits that will take you from curious to useful.
Open the Beginner guide →Pick your role
Eleven role pages, each with concrete use cases from the work that role actually does all week. Three workflows with before-and-after, ready-to-steal prompts, and a short list of things to try this week.
Open the prompt library
Every prompt in the handbook in one place, filterable by level and role, searchable by free text. One click to copy and paste into Claude.
Open the library →Take the 90-second quiz and the handbook will point you at the best starting place based on how you work.
Follow the curated 5-step onboarding track. From "never opened Claude" to "I have done one useful thing with it" in your next half hour.
What's inside
Six sections, each built for a different way into AI at work.
Levels
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced. Pick your depth and work through it at your own pace.
Roles
Eleven role pages with worked examples, prompts, and workflows from work you actually do.
Tools
Projects, Artifacts, Connectors, Skills, Cowork, Chrome extension, and more. Nine features explained.
Claude Code
Claude as an autonomous coding partner. Getting started, patterns, configuration, IDE integration.
Resources
Cheat sheet, glossary, case studies, failure recovery, model guide, and the prompt library.
Your baseline
A short questionnaire that shapes where the handbook starts you and what training we plan next.
Start here
Five pages worth reading first, wherever you are on the journey.
Your first 30 minutes
From "never opened Claude" to "I did one useful thing" in half an hour.
The cheat sheet
One page, every shortcut and pattern. Print it, pin it, come back to it.
Getting started with Claude Code
Install to first real task in fifteen minutes. For developers and technical ops.
When not to use Claude
Six situations where Claude is the wrong tool. Know the boundaries before you push them.
Prompt library
Every prompt in the handbook, filterable and searchable. Copy, paste, adapt.