Free Claude courses: Anthropic consolidates its training on a new site

Anthropic has launched Claude Academy at academy.claude.com. According to the Japanese tech outlet Gihyo.jp, the site opened to the public on August 20, 2026. It replaces the earlier Anthropic Academy, which was hosted on the Skilljar platform and launched in March 2026.

All content is free. According to Vanja.io, you only need to create an account, and no credit card is required.

Four learning paths

The courses are divided into four paths: Start your journey for beginners, Learn the products, Become AI fluent and Build with the API.

The beginner path includes Claude 101 (13 lessons, 2.5 hours) and Claude Code 101 (12 lessons, 1.5 hours). It also features Introduction to Claude Cowork, Introduction to Claude Tag and Claude Platform 101.

The product path has courses on topics such as Model Context Protocol, subagents and agent skills. Most take about an hour.

The Become AI fluent path is about how to work well with AI. It includes AI Fluency: Framework and foundations (14 lessons, 4 hours) and AI capabilities and limitations (13 lessons, 3.5 hours). There are also versions for educators, creative work and small businesses, among others.

Technical readers can choose API courses. Building with the Claude API runs 67 lessons and about 9 hours. There are also courses on using Claude via Amazon Bedrock (about 8 hours) and Google Cloud (about 8.5 hours).

A credential, but not a certification

If you log in with a Claude account, your progress is saved. On the courses that offer it, you can take a final test and receive a certificate of completion (badge).

According to Vanja.io, the credential only shows that you have completed the course and passed the quiz. It is not the same as Claude Certification, a separate, paid program with four proctored exams costing $99-$175. According to Vanja.io, it is open only to employees of partner organizations.

In addition to courses, the Academy offers tutorials and role-based examples that can be filtered by job, such as marketing, sales, finance and HR.

Check the license at work

The content of the AI Fluency courses is released under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. According to Vanja.io, commercial internal use at companies therefore requires checking the terms and obtaining permission.

The sources disagree on how many courses the catalog contains. The figures range from 22 to 40, and the durations of individual courses have not been checked against each course.