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Claude Connections: CLI, MCP & APIs

FREEBeginner20mUpdated 2026-05-01
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About this course

The 5th free lead-magnet course. Covers CLI basics, MCP (the 2026 hot one), when to use APIs vs MCP, and the workflow connectors (n8n, Zapier) that handle the gaps. The natural follow-up to Intro to APIs — leads into Claude Code Fundamentals.

What you'll learn

What the CLI is + the 5 commands you'll use daily
What MCP is and how to wire Claude/Cursor to it
When to use APIs vs MCP vs visual workflow tools
When n8n wins vs Zapier vs raw code

Course curriculum

6 modules·10 lessons·Total 20m
01What CLI, MCP, APIs, and Connectors actually doPreview2m
01What the command line is1m
02The 5 CLI commands you'll use daily1m
03When to use CLI vs the web dashboard1m
01What MCP is and why it mattersPreview2m
02Connecting Claude / Cursor to MCP servers2m
03Live example — Claude talking to Supabase via MCPPreview1m
01Quick decision tree2m
01When n8n wins vs Zapier vs raw code2m
01Your upgrade path — CCF + Foundations Bundle + the rest1m

What you take home

2 downloadable artifacts

Every course ships with the methodology AND the working assets. Drop them straight into your stack — they're AI-feedable, so you can paste them into Claude / Cursor / ChatGPT as a system prompt.

CLI · MCP · API quick reference

Cheatsheet

When to use each. The 1-page decision card for Claude's three connection types.

n8n + Zapier starter flows

Starter

Two ready-to-import flows you can paste in and edit — gap-fillers when MCP doesn't exist yet.

Meet your instructor

Allen Seavert — in residence

Founder · SetupBots · Phoenix, AZ

13+ years building. Shipped marketplaces, CRMs, lead engines, and content pipelines for clients from solo founders to 8-figure companies. Built a production experiences marketplace from scratch — scraped 13,706 leads with AI, wired a seat-race booking system, and automated cold email at scale. Now teaching the methodology.

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No. This course is built for non-developers. Foundations like Claude Code, Supabase, Vercel, and GitHub are taught from zero. By the end you'll be shipping real apps without writing code yourself.
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Yes — completion certificates are issued automatically when you finish all course modules. They're shareable on LinkedIn.
Yes. Many operators buy a course first then book a consulting engagement to apply it to their specific business. Email growth@setupbots.com for details.

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