Your team doesn't need another intro to AI. They need to go deeper: into the features that actually matter: agents, skills, hooks, metaprompting, and the configuration that makes Claude Code do what your team needs instead of whatever it feels like.
Note: I'm using Claude Code as the toolset in this page, but I can adjust to whatever tool your team is using (Copilot, Gemini, Cursor, etc).
This is not an intro workshop
If your team is looking for "what is an LLM" or "how to write your first prompt," this isn't it. This workshop assumes your developers have used Claude Code (or similar tools) and they're ready to build real systems with it.
Your team will learn:
- Metaprompting: Have Claude write prompts, instructions, and configuration. Stop staring at a blank cursor.
- Custom Agents: Build specialists that know your stack, your conventions, and your team's preferences.
- Skills: One command to run entire workflows, including testing, deployment, documentation, code review.
- Hooks: Event-driven automation that runs pre-commit, post-build, on file changes without anyone thinking about it.
- Instructions architecture: Global instructions, path-based rules, and configuration that works across the team.
By the end, your team won't just understand these features—they'll have built them for your actual codebase.
Customized Presentation
I customize the content to fit the team, which is included in the price. Customization includes:
- A 30 minute pre-workshop meeting where we discuss your codebase, tooling, and team strengths.
- Identify who on the team will "own" the content presented, guiding others during post-workshop efforts and coordinating support questions. A "point person", if you will.
- The best dates and times for delivery.
- A 30 minute post-workshop followup to ensure all resources and materials are accessible, and attendees know how to get answers moving forward.
I'm not a massive training corporation. I'm someone dedicated to helping others, and I'm here for you. I can adjust on the fly easily, so let's chat.
Choose your depth
AI Pro Essentials: 3 hours
$299 per seat (10-person minimum, includes full site access as well)
A fast-paced introduction to all the advanced features. Your team will leave with a working agent, a skill, and a shared CLAUDE.md configured for your codebase.
Best for: Teams that want the core concepts without a full-day commitment. Good for distributed teams or when schedules are tight.
What's covered:
- Foundations: context over prompts, token economics, CLAUDE.md anatomy
- Metaprompting: have Claude write your instructions
- Custom agents: build a testing agent and a review agent
- Skills and hooks: automate your most common workflows
- Q&A and troubleshooting with your actual code
AI Pro Intensive: Two 3-hour sessions
$429 per seat (10-person minimum)
Time to build real configurations. Session 1 covers metaprompting, instruction architecture, and custom agents. Session 2 goes deep on skills, hooks, and putting it all together into a system your whole team can use.
Best for: Teams making a real investment in Claude Code. Enough time to work with your actual codebase and build configurations you'll use tomorrow.
Session 1: Foundations & Custom Agents
- How your AI tool actually works under the hood, and the settings to maximize your use of it
- Metaprompting deep dive
- Global instructions vs. path-based rules
- Building agents tailored to your stack
Session 2: Skills, Hooks & Production Systems
- Skills: one command to run entire workflows
- Hooks: event-driven automation
- Combining agents, skills, and hooks
- Team configuration patterns
Claude Code Masterclass: Two full days
$699 per seat (10-person minimum), plus travel expenses for on-site if required.
The whole thing. Production-grade agents, multi-step skills, hook pipelines, and patterns for ongoing iteration. This is for teams who want to build a Claude Code system that grows with them.
Best for: Teams that want maximum impact. On-site training means we work with your actual codebase, review your architecture, and build real workflows together.
Day 1: Foundations to Custom Agents
- Mental model reset: why most developers plateau
- Token economics and cost optimization
- Metaprompting mastery
- Instruction architecture (global + path-based)
- Building production-grade agents
Day 2: Skills, Hooks & Production Systems
- Skills deep dive with parameterization
- Hook pipelines and event-driven automation
- Advanced patterns: multi-agent workflows, self-improving configurations
- Building your team's complete Claude Code system
- Architecture review of one real project
What You Get
All workshops include:
- Pre-workshop team assessment
- Examples customized to your stack
- 30-day follow-up email support
- Full access to this site for all participants
For teams of 25+, let's talk. Email rob@bigmachine.io and we'll work out something that fits your procurement process.
Why Choose Me?
I spent 3 years on the VS Code team at Microsoft, specifically working on Copilot strategy. Not marketing, the actual implementation decisions about how to make these tools useful for professional developers. I know how these systems work because I helped build them.
Since leaving Microsoft last year, I've devoted my time to up-skilling and training teams of all sizes, from massive enterprises to fast-moving startups. I've had to adapt my content to fit all sorts of scenarios, and I'm very good at thinking on my feet.
I've trained thousands of developers on AI adoption. Internal engineering teams at Microsoft. Corporate teams at companies you'd recognize. The kind of developers who ask hard questions and don't accept hand-wavy answers. When someone interrupts and says "that's great but how do I handle our legacy Java codebase," I have to have a real answer. And I do.
I currently train teams on Claude Code and Copilot full-time. I wrote The Imposter's Handbook, which has helped over 20,000 developers fill in their CS knowledge gaps. I created A Curious Moon, a sci-fi novel that teaches PostgreSQL (yes, really). I co-founded Tekpub in 2009, which was acquired by Pluralsight in 2013.
Here's what I'm not: I'm not a hype machine. I'm not going to tell you AI will 10x your team overnight. I'm going to show you what actually works, help you build it, and give you a system your team can maintain and extend.
I've been doing this for 20+ years. I know how to listen. I know how to communicate. And I can help your team navigate this transition without the nonsense.
Ready to get started?
Email me at rob@bigmachine.io with your team size and which workshop you're interested in. I'll send over a detailed agenda and we can schedule a quick call to discuss customization for your stack.
No sales pitch. Just a conversation about what your team needs.
FAQ
You might have a few questions, so feel free to reach out to me at any time.
What if some team members are more experienced with AI than others?
The content on this site is for developers of all experience levels, but is best suited for people with 5+ years of experience. I have beginning AI workshops as well as advanced, with The AI Pro.
Can you customize for our specific tech stack?
For virtual workshops and in-person intensives, absolutely. I'll do a pre-workshop assessment and tailor examples to your languages, frameworks, and toolchain. The self-paced course uses broadly applicable examples but covers patterns that transfer to any stack.
What about enterprise security requirements?
Security with AI is incredibly important, and each tool has a way to limit what gets sent to the LLM. With Copilot, you would use a .copilotignore file with globs (just like a .gitignore) in order to identify what files and directories are off limits. Claude Code respects a .gitignore but you can also set up individual permissions.
There are other concerns and issues as well, and yes we get into security.
Do you offer volume licensing or enterprise agreements?
For teams of 50+, let's talk. Email rob@bigmachine.io and we'll work out something that fits your procurement process.