Master advanced functionalities of the Claude Agent SDK to build robust, secure, and context-aware AI agents. This course covers implementing hooks for agent lifecycle management, utilizing source attribution and CLAUDE.md files for enhanced contextual understanding, and integrating Agent Skills to equip Claude with specialized capabilities.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Intercepting Agent Execution with Hooks
- Building a Startup Notification Hook
- Blocking Unsafe Prompts with a User Prompt Hook
- Logging Tool Usage with a PreToolUse Hook
- Building a Bash Safety Guardrail with PreToolUse Hooks
- Unit 2: Project Configuration with Source Files
- Building a Helper Agent with CLAUDE.md
- Understanding CLAUDE.md Precedence in Nested Project Folders
- Loading Personal Overrides from Local Settings
- Overriding Project Instructions with Runtime System Prompt
- Unit 3: Extending Claude with Skills
- Trigger the slack-gif-creator Skill with a Simple Prompt
- Rename a Skill and Update the Prompt
- Automatic Skill Discovery from Natural Language Prompts
- Create a Text Case Converter Skill
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