Automation Track

Stop doing repetitive tasks manually. Let Claude help you automate them!

What You'll Automate

• 📁 File organization and renaming
• Report generation
• 📧 Email processing
• 🔄 Data pipeline automation
• ⏰ Scheduled tasks
• VS Code tasks

Prerequisites

• Completed Start Here
• Python or Bash basics (or let Claude teach you!)

Example Automations

1. File Organizer

Problem: Downloads folder is a mess.

Ask Claude:

1Write a Python script to organize my Downloads folder:
2- Move images to Pictures/
3- Move PDFs to Documents/
4- Move videos to Videos/
5- Create dated subfolders
6- Log what was moved

2. Weekly Report Generator

Problem: Generate same report every week.

Ask Claude:

1Automate my weekly sales report:
21. Read sales.csv
32. Calculate KPIs
43. Generate visualizations
54. Create PDF report
65. Email to team
7 
8Use Python. Walk me through it.

3. Batch File Renaming

Problem: 100 files need systematic renaming.

Ask Claude:

1Rename files in format:
2OLD: IMG_1234.jpg
3NEW: 2024-01-15_photo_001.jpg
4 
5Write a safe script with preview mode.

Automation Best Practices

Test First

• Run on copies
• Add preview/dry-run mode
• Log all actions

Use Git

Version control your scripts!

Document

Ask Claude to add comments and README.

VS Code Tasks

Automate common workflows in VS Code.

Ask Claude:

1Create VS Code tasks for:
21. Run Python script with one key
32. Format all code
43. Run tests
54. Deploy to server
6 
7Create .vscode/tasks.json

Scheduled Automation

Mac (cron)

1# Edit crontab
2crontab -e
3 
4# Run script daily at 9 AM
50 9 * * * /path/to/script.py

Windows (Task Scheduler)

Ask Claude:

How do I schedule a Python script on Windows
to run daily at 9 AM?
 
Step by step instructions.

Coming Soon

Detailed tutorials for:

• Web scraping automation
• API integration scripts
• Database backup automation
• Cloud storage sync
• And more!

Start automating! Identify a repetitive task and ask Claude to help you automate it.