Every Claude framework, one card.

The whole architecture of how to think about Claude — the 4 products, the 3 models, the 5-rung ladder, and Anthropic's mental model. Bookmark this. It's the map you'll come back to all boot camp.

The 4 Claudes · same brand, different doors

Claude	What it is	When to use it
Chat (Browser)	Standard Claude.ai in a web tab.	Quick one-offs. Mobile. When you don't need files or tools.
Desktop App	Claude installed on your computer.	Daily driver. Multiple chats, file access, where Cowork lives.
Cowork	A toggle inside Desktop. Claude with hands.	Multi-step work. When you need it to DO, not just draft.
Design	Visual Claude. Decks, pages, graphics. Browser only right now.	A visual deliverable from a description.

NoteThere's a 5th door — Claude Code — a terminal tool for developers. We're not teaching it in this boot camp. Ignore it unless you have someone technical.

The 3 models · match the engine to the stakes

Model	Think of it as	Grab it for
Opus 4.7	The Bentley — deepest, slowest, priciest.	High stakes. Sales pages, strategy, client deliverables, website builds, brand work.
Sonnet 4.7	The Toyota — fast, smart, the default.	80% of daily work. Content + captions, website edits, drafting, summarizing.
Haiku 4.5	The Scooter — quick, cheap, surface.	Speed jobs. Renaming, reformatting, fast lookups, one-line edits.

The cost ruleDon't drive a Bentley to the corner store. Default to Sonnet. Switch UP to Opus for stakes. Switch DOWN to Haiku for speed. This is where most people leak credits.

The ladder · pick the lowest rung that solves it

Rung	What it is	Example
1 · Prompt	One-off ask.	"Help me write this one email."
2 · Project	A place — workspace with files + instructions that persist.	"Client X for the next 3 months."
3 · Connectors	Bridges to your apps.	"Pull from Drive. Email the client. Update Notion."
4 · Skills	A move — reusable behavior you trigger by name.	"crystal-voice — rewrite this in my voice."
5 · Cowork	Autonomous multi-step work across tools.	Voice memo → carousel → schedule → log.

When to climbOnly when the rung below fails. Re-pasting context 3+ times → Project. Manually moving data between apps → Connectors. Typing the same instructions on repeat → Skill. Want it on a schedule → Cowork.

The 4 Ds + 3 Modes · Anthropic's mental model

The 4 Ds

Delegation — when to use AI at all.
Description — communicating clearly with it.
Discernment — evaluating what comes back (your QA).
Diligence — owning what it produces under your name.

The 3 Modes

Automation — AI executes a task you defined.
Augmentation — you + AI think together. Live here.
Agency — AI runs on its own.

Most CEOs skip the middle. That's where the leverage is.