🀯 Claude Code is Worth the Hype


Hi Reader,

As always I appreciate you being here! Here's what you'll find in today's email:

  • Why Claude Code is Worth the Hype
  • Is ClawdBot (Moltbot) Worth the Hype?
  • Trending Videos
  • Top AI News This Week
  • My Bookmarks

πŸ›‘ Have You Joined My AI Community Yet?

My AI community now has over 430 members! I'll be releasing my Claude Skills soon for Annual community members. Everyone else can purchase separately.

My Claude Skills are the exact markdown files I use daily for copywriting, SEO, emails, social media, thumbnails, and more 🀫

🀯 Why Claude Code is Worth the Hype

I'll be honest with you. The term "Claude Code" is deceiving.

It sounds like you need some coding or technical background. But that's not true at all.

I'm now using Claude Code every day for real-world marketing tasks. Copywriting, social media, emails, AI image generation, and more.

So I made a full tutorial showing non-technical users exactly how to set up Claude Code from scratch.

β€‹β€‹πŸ‘‰ ​Watch Here: Beginners Guide to Claude Code​

What You'll Learn:

  • How to install VS Code and the Claude Code extension (takes 5 minutes)
  • Why the Claude Max plan ($100/month) is worth it for serious users
  • My exact folder structure for marketing, YouTube, and client work
  • How to create and use "Skills" that improve your outputs over time

*I do offer 1:1 AI Consulting if you or your employees need help setting up Claude Code. Email subscribers and community members get 40% off consulting.

🀫 Claude Skills = The Secret Sauce

Here's where things get interesting.

Skills are markdown files that give Claude Code specific instructions for different tasks. Social media writing, thumbnail creation, anti-slop formatting, whatever you need.

The real magic is instant feedback loops.

When Claude makes a mistake, I tell it to update the skill file so it never makes that mistake again. The skill evolves with every task.

Think about how different this is than using a Custom GPT or ChatGPT Project. Skills are WAY more efficient than GPTs.

Each time you want to update a GPT or Project you have to manually update instructions and add/remove knowledge.

Pro Tip: Like everything else in AI, the more context and examples you provide the better your Skills will be.

I briefly cover Skills in my Claude Code tutorial but I will be creating a Claude Skills video sometime in the near future.

πŸ€” Is ClawdBot (Moltbot) Worth the Hype?

ClawdBot (now called MoltBot) has been all over my feed this week on YouTube and X (Twitter).

And of course all the AI hype grifters try to convince you how "insane" ClawdBot is...

My Honest Take: For 99% of people, this is another shiny AI object.

ClawdBot is an open-source AI agent that controls your computer via messaging apps like Telegram or WhatsApp.

Infinite memory. Zero guardrails. And that's the problem.

Giving it access to your email, device files, and accounts without oversight is risky. Prompt injection attacks could let someone steal your personal data remotely.

The smarter starting point is using Claude Code with a strong skills setup. You get oversight instead of full autonomy. You monitor workflows instead of hoping nothing breaks.

I am excited for Anthropic and Google to draw inspiration from ClawdBot's ideas, but for most people the risk of installing ClawdBot outweighs the reward.

πŸ€– But Here's What ClawdBot Got Right

ClawdBot showed us something bigger than one tool. It was a preview of demand that's about to explode for local AI setups.

Open-source models are improving by the day, and running locally with no monthly fees or big tech guardrails.

​Mac Minis are flying off shelves and some predictions have them at $1,800 by 2027.

If you believe this trend continues (and I do), own your compute before it becomes a luxury.

Are you using Claude Code yet? Hit reply and let me know your experience!

Until next time 🫑

Ryan

P.S. My Claude Skills are dropping soon inside my community for Annual members. These are the exact Skills I use daily in my business. Annual members get them free, and I'll sell them separately for everyone else. Reply to this email if interested!

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This sums up everything wrong with AI hype on the Internet...

My friend Gael said it best about ClawdBot lol:

Another honest take on ClawdBot:

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So another rebrand?! ClawdBot > Moltbot > OpenClaw after 48 hours lol

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A lot of truth to what Navel says here:

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I'm not sure about 90% of softwares but a lot of validity to this:

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