AI for Dealerships · Hands-On Workshop

Get your laptop ready
before the workshop

In about 15 minutes you'll install Claude Code, sign in, and run your first prompt — so when the workshop starts, you're building instead of installing.

15–20 min one time
Your own laptop (Windows or Mac)
Claude Pro — $20/mo
No coding experience needed
I'm on:
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Tip: Do this before you arrive. If you get stuck on any step, that's fine — bring your laptop and we'll get you unstuck in the first few minutes of the workshop. Every step has a Stuck? box at the bottom of this page.

1 Get a Claude account

Claude Code runs on a paid Claude plan. The $20/month Pro plan is all you need.

  • Go to claude.com/pricing
  • Choose Claude Pro — $20/month and click Subscribe.
  • Pay with your own card and finish checkout. You'll get a confirmation email.
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Already have a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, or Team)? You're set — skip to Step 2. A free account won't work with Claude Code.

2 Open your command window

This is the black window where you'll paste one install command. Don't worry — you only type a little.

  • Click the Start menu and type PowerShell.
  • Click Windows PowerShell (not the one that says "x86").
  • You should see a prompt starting with PS C:\. If it's missing the PS, you opened the wrong app — close it and open PowerShell.
  • Press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, and press Return.
  • A window opens with a text prompt. That's it — leave it open.

3 Install Claude Code

Copy the command below, paste it into the window from Step 2, and press Enter. Then wait.

irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
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Wait for the message "Claude Code installed successfully." Then close the window and open a new one (this lets your computer find the new claude command).

To paste in PowerShellTerminal, use Ctrl + VCmd + V or right-click.

4 Start it & sign in

In your fresh window, start Claude Code by typing one word:

claude
  • A browser window opens asking you to log in. Sign in with the Claude account from Step 1.
  • If no browser opens, press the c key to copy the link, then paste it into your browser.
  • If the browser shows a code after you sign in, copy it and paste it back into the window when it asks.
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When you see Claude's welcome screen and a prompt waiting for you to type, you're signed in.

5 Prove it works

Type this exactly and press Enter:

what can you do?

✅ You're ready for the workshop

If Claude writes back a paragraph explaining what it can do — that's it. You're done. Leave everything installed and bring your laptop. See you there.

★ Optional: your first real win

Want a taste of what's coming? Ask Claude to build something. Type this and watch:

Build a simple one-page website for a car dealership and open it in my browser.

Claude will write the file, ask your permission, and open a real web page. That's the whole workshop in one prompt — and you just did it yourself.

Stuck? Common fixes
"claude is not recognized" / "command not found" ›

First, the easy fix: close the window completely and open a new one, then try claude again. The new command isn't found until you restart the window.

Still stuck on Windows? Paste this into PowerShell, then close & reopen it:

$p=[Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH','User')
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PATH',"$p;$env:USERPROFILE\.local\bin",'User')

Still stuck on Mac? Paste this into Terminal, then close & reopen it:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
"irm is not recognized" or a "&& is not valid" error ›

You're in the old CMD window, not PowerShell. Close it, search the Start menu for PowerShell, make sure the title says "Windows PowerShell," and run the install command again.

The login browser never opened ›

In the window, press the c key to copy the login link, paste it into your web browser, and sign in there. If it shows a code afterward, copy that code and paste it back into the window.

"403 Forbidden" or "no active subscription" after login ›

Your Claude plan isn't active yet. Go to claude.ai/settings and confirm you have a paid plan (Pro, Max, or Team). If it says no subscription, finish Step 1.

Login code says "Invalid code" ›

Press Enter to retry, then complete the browser login quickly. If the code wrapped across two lines when you copied it, press c instead to copy the full link and open it in your browser.

I'm on a work laptop / VPN and the download fails ›

A corporate firewall may be blocking it. Try again on a personal network (or your phone's hotspot), or ask your IT team for help. If you can't get past it, bring your laptop to the workshop and we'll sort it out — or use the browser version at claude.ai/code as a backup (same login, nothing to install).

Nothing works and I'm frustrated ›

Totally fine. Stop here and bring your laptop — getting you running is the first thing we do in the room. You can also try the no-install browser version at claude.ai/code (sign in with the same account).

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