AI Techathon 2026
Master Claude. Build Solutions. Transform Your Work.
Deep dive into Claude Pro — Projects, Skills, CoWork, Connectors, and more. Each participant gets a Claude Pro account.
Hosted by Niraj Modak — CTO, OffiNeeds
Claude's Full Ecosystem
One AI, ten powerful capabilities. Learn how each feature transforms the way you work — from writing to analysis to automation.
Projects
Your personal AI workspace. Upload product catalogs, brand guidelines, or pricing sheets once — Claude remembers everything and references it in every conversation.
Skills
Teach Claude repeatable workflows — your report format, email tone, pricing rules. Run them anytime with one click instead of re-explaining every time.
CoWork
Claude works alongside you in real-time — browsing the web, reading files, filling forms, and completing multi-step tasks autonomously on your screen.
Connectors
Link your Google Drive, Gmail, and other tools directly to Claude. Pull files, read emails, and analyze spreadsheets without ever leaving the chat.
Artifacts
Claude creates interactive content right in the chat — editable documents, working calculators, data tables, flowcharts, and code you can download instantly.
Extended Thinking
For complex problems, Claude thinks step-by-step before answering — like giving it time to reason. You see its thought process, building trust in the output.
Claude Design
Create stunning landing pages, pitch decks, dashboards, and mockups just by describing what you want. Real interactive output — not just images. Export to PDF, PPTX, or HTML.
Prompt Craft
The art of talking to AI effectively. Learn structured prompting, role-setting, few-shot examples, and chain-of-thought techniques to 10x your results.
Event Schedule
From hands-on learning to building something useful — here's how the 9 days unfold.
Deep Dive into Claude
Three hands-on sessions covering Claude's full capabilities — from basic conversations to advanced features. No prior experience needed.
- May 18 (Mon): Kickoff + Claude Basics — Projects, Artifacts, Claude Design & Prompt Craft
- May 19 (Tue): Power Features — Skills, Memory, Extended Thinking & Connectors
- May 20 (Wed): Advanced — CoWork, Claude Design deep-dive & hands-on project practice
Pick Your Project
Form teams with colleagues (mix of departments encouraged!), pick a real work problem, and plan how Claude can solve it.
- Form teams of 3–5 people from any department
- Choose a real problem from your daily work to solve with Claude
- Mentors available to help shape your idea
Create Your Solution
Use Claude's features to build something useful for your team. Set up Projects, create Skills, connect your data, and let Claude CoWork with you.
- Build your project using Claude (no coding needed!)
- Quick 15-min daily check-ins with your team
- Sunday May 24 is a break — recharge for the final stretch!
Prepare Your Demo
Put the finishing touches on your project and prepare a short presentation to show what you built and why it matters.
- Finalize and test your solution
- Prepare a 5-minute presentation
- Practice with peers and get feedback
Showcase & Awards
Present your project to the whole company! Everyone votes for their favorites, and top teams win exciting prizes.
- 5-min team presentations + 3-min Q&A
- Live voting by all employees
- Award ceremony & celebration
Project Ideas by Department
Not sure what to work on? Here are some everyday problems you could solve — or bring your own!
Sales
- Build a Claude Project with all pricing & product info — generate personalized proposals instantly
- Create a 'Client Follow-up' Skill that writes stage-appropriate emails in your brand voice
- Use Claude Design to create stunning client pitch decks and proposals in minutes
- Set up a competitor analysis workflow using Extended Thinking for deep market insights
Accounts
- Upload expense reports to a Project — Claude spots anomalies and summarizes monthly trends
- Build an invoice reminder Skill that generates context-aware emails for each scenario
- Use Artifacts to create interactive financial dashboards from spreadsheet data
- Connect Claude to Sheets via Connectors to auto-categorize and reconcile transactions
Operations
- Create an Operations Project with SOPs, vendor contacts & templates — instant answers for the team
- Build a vendor communication Skill that drafts professional emails for common scenarios
- Use CoWork to batch-process shipping data and generate weekly status reports automatically
- Create Artifacts with interactive tracking dashboards for real-time operational visibility
Production
- Upload quality standards to a Project — Claude generates checklists and inspection guides
- Use Extended Thinking to analyze production bottlenecks and suggest optimizations
- Build a supplier performance Skill that generates summary scorecards from raw data
- Use Claude Design to build interactive production dashboards and timeline trackers
Design
- Build a brand guidelines Project — Claude references fonts, colors & style in every output
- Use Claude Design to generate product mockup pages, catalog layouts & social media visuals
- Create a 'Client Brief' Skill that extracts design requirements from messy email threads
- Connect Claude to your Drive folders via Connectors — review designs without switching apps
Management
- Build a weekly reporting Project — upload past reports and Claude generates new ones in your style
- Build a strategic planning Project with Extended Thinking for data-driven decision making
- Create team performance review Skills that turn rough notes into structured feedback
- Use CoWork to research market trends, compile findings, and draft executive summaries
Marketing
- Build a Content Calendar Skill that generates a month of social media posts from product launches & events
- Use Claude Design to create landing pages, email campaigns & ad creatives in minutes — no designer needed
- Create a Project with brand voice guidelines & past campaigns — Claude writes on-brand copy every time
- Use CoWork to research trending topics, competitor campaigns & hashtags, then draft content briefs
Judging Criteria & Awards
Projects are judged on how useful they are — not how technical. The best everyday solution wins!
Usefulness
Does it solve a real everyday problem at work?
Smart Use of AI
How well did the team use AI tools to get results?
Quality of Output
Does the final result look polished and professional?
Presentation
Can the team clearly explain what they built and why?
Team Learning
What new skills did the team pick up along the way?
Surprise Awards
Top projects will receive exciting prizes! Categories include Best Overall, Most Innovative, Best Cross-Department Collaboration, and People's Choice.
Register Now
Secure your spot in the AI Techathon 2026. All departments welcome!