Part 1 · Lesson 4 of 16
Your First Claude Code Conversation
Make a small webpage with Claude. No prior coding needed.
10 min
Step 1 of 5 · Open your folder
Open Terminal. Type:
cd DesktopThis means "I'm working in the Desktop folder now."
Step 2 of 5 · Launch Claude Code
Now type:
claudeClaude Code starts up and gives you a prompt. You're now in a conversation.
Step 3 of 5 · Ask for a webpage
Type, exactly as written:
Make a tiny webpage that says hello world in big letters.
Press Enter. Claude will think for a moment, then ask permission to create a file.
Step 4 of 5 · Say yes
Claude asks before touching your computer. Approve when it asks to create index.html.
You'll see Claude write the file, show you what's inside, and explain what it did.
Step 5 of 5 · See the result
Open Finder. Go to Desktop. Double-click index.html. Your browser opens a page that says "hello world" in big letters.
You just used an agent to do something real.
Recap
cd Desktopmoves you into the Desktop folder.claudelaunches Claude Code.- Claude asks permission before writing files — always.
- You can read what it did in the conversation log.