Module 04 — Workflows & Automation
Time estimate: 3 hours total
Prerequisite: Module 01 — Getting Started
What you’ll be able to do after Module 04
Section titled “What you’ll be able to do after Module 04”- Trigger automated actions whenever Claude does something specific (auto-format, auto-test, auto-checkpoint to git)
- Run multiple Claude Code agents in parallel for tasks that benefit from specialization
- Wire Claude Code into GitHub Actions so reviews, doc updates and quality gates run automatically on every code change
- Set up a scheduled Claude job that does the same task every week without you starting it
Why this matters for executives
Section titled “Why this matters for executives”The fundamental difference between “using AI” and “having AI work for you” is the automation layer.
Anyone can prompt Claude. Few people set up systems where Claude prompts itself, runs every Sunday night, processes the week’s incoming data and emails you the summary Monday morning.
That’s the difference between $200/month of API usage and $200/month of API usage that replaces a $5,000/month part-time analyst.
Your executive builds in this module
Section titled “Your executive builds in this module”- The weekly intelligence brief — a scheduled job that every Sunday pulls news on your top 5 prospects, your top 3 competitors and your industry, summarizes everything and emails it to you Monday at 6am
- The auto-responding inbox — incoming emails matching certain criteria get a draft response generated and put in your Drafts folder ready to review and send
- The KPI-watcher — runs daily on your team’s data, flags anomalies, posts to Slack only when something needs your attention
Lessons in this module
Section titled “Lessons in this module”- The hooks system — Trigger commands automatically on Claude Code events
- Multi-agent coordination — Spawn and orchestrate parallel agents
- CI/CD integration — Claude in GitHub Actions: reviews, docs, quality gates, scheduled jobs