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Learn to work with Claude, n8n and Astro.

Step-by-step guides on the tools we build with every day. Every guide can be copied as Markdown or handed to your AI assistant with one click, so you never have to work through it alone.
Claude

Install Claude, give it the right context, build skills and work with Claude Code.
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n8n

Automate your business processes, connect n8n to Claude and run workflows reliably.
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Astro

Build, edit and grow a fast Astro website that ranks in Google and AI search.
13 guides ↗
Account Email settings, invoices, support and sharing access safely. 5 guides ↗
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# Learn to work with Claude, n8n and Astro.

> Practical guides from Viralistic on Claude, n8n automation and Astro websites. Copy any guide into your AI assistant and work through it step by step.

Every guide is available as plain Markdown at its URL plus .md. The full text of all guides: https://viralistic.nl/help/llms-full.txt

## Claude

- [Install Claude](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/install-claude.md): Get Claude running in your browser, on your computer and on your phone, sign in with one account and start your first useful chat.
- [Choose the right Claude plan](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/choose-a-plan.md): Understand the differences between Claude's Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans so you can pick the one that fits how you and your team work.
- [Brief Claude like a colleague](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/write-better-prompts.md): Write prompts that get a usable first draft by giving Claude the same context, goal and constraints you would give a smart new colleague.
- [Give Claude lasting context with Projects](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/projects.md): Set up a Claude Project with files and instructions so every chat about a client, product or topic starts with the right background.
- [Connect Claude to your tools](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/connectors.md): Use connectors and MCP servers so Claude can read from and work in tools like Google Drive, Gmail, Notion and n8n, with permissions you control.
- [Memory, privacy and your data](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/memory-and-privacy.md): Learn what Claude remembers between chats, how to view or switch off memory, and which privacy settings to check before you use Claude for client work.
- [What a skill is and when to make one](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/what-is-a-skill.md): Understand what Claude skills are, how they differ from Projects and prompts, and how to recognise work that is worth turning into a skill.
- [Create a skill](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/create-a-skill.md): Write a SKILL.md file, add reference files, test it, and install the skill in the Claude apps or in Claude Code.
- [Install and share skills](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/share-skills-with-your-team.md): Install skills you receive, roll skills out to your whole team, and keep one up-to-date version in the Claude apps and in Claude Code.
- [Install Claude Code](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/install-claude-code.md): Install Claude Code in the desktop app, the terminal or VS Code, sign in, and run your first session on a project folder.
- [Claude Code for non-developers](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/claude-code-for-non-developers.md): Use Claude Code in the desktop app to edit website text, tidy files and process data safely, without writing code or opening a terminal.
- [Write a CLAUDE.md](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/write-a-claude-md.md): Create a CLAUDE.md file so Claude Code knows your project's commands, structure and rules at the start of every session.
- [Run Claude Code in the cloud](https://viralistic.nl/help/claude/claude-code-on-the-web.md): Start Claude Code tasks from your browser or phone at claude.ai/code, let them run in the cloud on a GitHub repository, and review the result as a pull request.

## n8n

- [Get n8n: cloud or self-hosted](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/get-n8n.md): Decide between n8n Cloud and self-hosting, and get a working n8n instance with Docker, the one-line installer or npm.
- [n8n basics: nodes, triggers and executions](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/n8n-basics.md): Learn the handful of n8n concepts you need to read, build and debug any workflow, from triggers and nodes to items, expressions and executions.
- [Build your first workflow](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/first-workflow.md): Build a small, useful workflow from scratch, a contact form that stores every request in a table, and learn to test and publish it.
- [Connect your apps with credentials](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/credentials.md): Create, name, test and share n8n credentials safely, for API keys, OAuth sign-ins and email accounts.
- [Use the n8n MCP server](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/n8n-mcp.md): Connect Claude to your n8n instance through MCP so it can find, run and build workflows, and learn the MCP Server Trigger and MCP Client Tool nodes.
- [Build workflows with Claude](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/build-workflows-with-claude.md): A practical method to let Claude draft n8n workflows for you, then review, test with pinned data and publish them with confidence.
- [The AI Agent node explained](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/ai-agent-node.md): Understand how n8n's AI Agent node works, what its chat model, memory and tools do, and how to configure an agent that stays reliable.
- [Turn a business process into an agentic workflow](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/business-process-to-agentic-workflow.md): A step-by-step method to map a real business process, decide what AI should and should not do, and build a safe agentic workflow in n8n.
- [Process incoming email with the IMAP trigger](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/imap-trigger.md): Start an n8n workflow for every new email in any IMAP mailbox, with the right credentials, read status and attachment settings.
- [Receive data with webhooks](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/webhooks.md): Use the Webhook node to start n8n workflows from websites, forms and other apps, test safely, secure the URL and send a response back.
- [Run workflows on a schedule](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/schedules.md): Use the Schedule Trigger to run n8n workflows every few minutes, daily or weekly, with the right timezone and without surprises.
- [Error handling and alerts](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/error-handling.md): Make n8n workflows recover from small failures by themselves and alert you about the rest, with retries, error outputs and an error workflow.
- [Update and back up a self-hosted n8n](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/self-hosting-maintenance.md): Back up everything a self-hosted n8n needs to recover, including the encryption key, and update n8n safely with Docker.
- [Store data with Data Tables](https://viralistic.nl/help/n8n/data-tables.md): Use n8n Data Tables to keep lists, logs and lookup values inside n8n, and to stop workflows from processing the same item twice.

## Astro

- [Make an Astro site](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/make-an-astro-site.md): Create a new Astro project with pnpm, give it the Viralistic structure, and run the dev server, checks and build on your own machine.
- [How a Viralistic Astro site is organised](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/project-structure.md): Understand where content, layouts, sections and styling live in a Viralistic Astro site, so you know which file to open for any change.
- [Edit text and pages](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/edit-content.md): Change text, add pages and update the menu of your Viralistic Astro site safely, with a preview before anything goes live.
- [Edit your site with Claude Code](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/edit-your-site-with-claude-code.md): Use Claude Code to add pages, sections and fixes to your Viralistic Astro site, check the result and publish it through a pull request.
- [Use Sanity with Astro](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/sanity-for-astro.md): Decide when Sanity beats markdown, connect it to your Astro site with the official integration, and rebuild the site automatically when editors publish.
- [Images and media](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/images-and-media.md): Add images, video and downloads to your Viralistic Astro site so they look sharp, load fast and are accessible to every visitor.
- [Add forms to a static site](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/forms.md): Collect contact requests and sign-ups on a static Astro site with Netlify Forms or an n8n webhook, with spam protection and notifications.
- [Make your Astro site rank well](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/astro-seo.md): Set titles, descriptions, canonicals, sitemap, robots.txt and structured data on your Astro site, and connect it to Google Search Console.
- [Get cited by AI search](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/ai-search.md): Make your Astro site easy for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI answers to read, trust and cite, with clear content and consistent facts.
- [Score high on Lighthouse](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/performance.md): Test your Astro site with Lighthouse the right way and fix the usual causes of a low score: heavy images, layout shift, scripts and fonts.
- [Keep your rankings when you relaunch](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/redirects.md): Map every old URL to its new page with 301 redirects in netlify.toml, test them, and monitor Google after launch so you keep your traffic.
- [Deploy to Netlify](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/deploy-to-netlify.md): Put your Astro site live on Netlify with automatic deploys from Git, preview every change before it goes live, and roll back in one click.
- [Connect your domain](https://viralistic.nl/help/astro/connect-your-domain.md): Point your own domain to your Netlify site, choose between external DNS and Netlify DNS, keep your email working and get HTTPS automatically.

## Account

- [Log in to your email with IMAP](https://viralistic.nl/help/account/imap-email-login.md): Add your business mailbox to Apple Mail, Outlook, the Gmail app on Android or Thunderbird, using the right IMAP and SMTP settings.
- [Fix common email problems](https://viralistic.nl/help/account/email-troubleshooting.md): Solve the most common business email problems yourself, from login errors and wrong ports to mail in spam and devices out of sync.
- [Invoices and payments in the customer portal](https://viralistic.nl/help/account/customer-portal.md): Log in to the Viralistic customer portal to download invoices, update your payment method and billing details, and see your subscriptions.
- [Get help fast](https://viralistic.nl/help/account/get-support.md): Ask for help in a way that gets your problem solved in one go, choose the right channel, and prepare your question with Claude first.
- [Share logins and access safely](https://viralistic.nl/help/account/share-access-safely.md): Give developers, freelancers and agencies access to your accounts without sending passwords, and take that access back when the work is done.
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