Events for April 30, 2026

[]You've been using Claude like a search engine with manners. It's time to use it like an operating system. Agents. MCPs. Skills. Claude Code. This is where one-person companies start — and where entire industries <a href="http://shift.Most" target="_blank" title="shift.Most">shift.Most people discover Claude through the chat interface. They ask questions. They get answers. They think: "Nice. It's like a smarter Google." Then they close the tab and move <a href="http://on.They" target="_blank" title="on.They">on.They never find out that Claude can autonomously browse the web, write and execute code, manage files, connect to any app or database on the planet, coordinate multi-step workflows across tools, and operate for hours without a single human <a href="http://keystroke.They" target="_blank" title="keystroke.They">keystroke.They never find out about Claude Code — a CLI agent that can build entire products from a description. Or MCPs — a universal protocol that plugs Claude into Slack, GitHub, Notion, Figma, PostgreSQL, and thousands more. Or Skills — reusable, markdown-based "playbooks" that teach Claude any repeatable workflow you can <a href="http://describe."Claude" target="_blank" title="describe."Claude">describe."Claude Code is, with hindsight, poorly named. It's not purely a coding tool: it's a tool for general computer automation. Anything you can achieve by typing commands into a computer can now be <a href="http://automated."—" target="_blank" title="automated."—">automated."— Simon Willison, software engineer & researcherThis course gives you the full picture — from the concepts down to the commands. By the end, you will see Claude not as a chatbot, but as a platform for building the future of <a href="http://work.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="work.Speaker(s):">work.Speaker(s): Younes, Agenda: Module 01Claude Is Not a ChatbotReframe everything you know. Understand the architecture: Claude as a reasoning engine, an action-taker, and an autonomous agent — not a Q&A machine. The mental model that unlocks everything <a href="http://else.Virtual:" target="_blank" title="else.Virtual:">else.Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/553617

The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group – Hamilton Section meets on the last Thursday of each month. We are pleased to invite you to our next monthly meeting, to be held on April 30, 2026. We warmly look forward to your participation and hope you can join <a href="http://us.Agenda:" target="_blank" title="us.Agenda:">us.Agenda: - Opening and welcome- Update on the drawing competition- Update on collaboration with the student branch- Discussion on WIE Day event and activities- Volunteer recruitment: sources and strategies- Update on the drawing competition- Planning upcoming activities- Closing RemarksVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/551067