Do I need to know how to code?
No, not to start: this whole site was built by a doctor who never trained as a developer. What you cannot skip is verifying what the model builds, and that is the difference this session is about.
This is the first worry most people have, and it is the one that most often stops them starting: I am not a programmer, so is this even for me? It is. I had that exact doubt myself, and what settled it was not a pep talk but seeing what I could actually build. So let me show you, rather than simply reassure you.
So what can I actually build without code?
Yes, absolutely, to begin with. Interacting with models such as Claude Cowork and Claude Code is for people who understand a problem but have never learnt the syntax of programming: you describe the change you want, and the model writes it. The proof is close to hand. I built this site, and before it a working personal dashboard, as a doctor with a decade in the NHS and no formal training as a developer. The dashboard was planned in an evening and built the next morning; work that once took months took a weekend. None of that needed knowing how to write a line of code.
Then what do you actually need?
Three things, and none of them is syntax. First, the ability to say clearly what you want, a good brief, which the primer teaches. Second, the judgment to read a result honestly: to look at what the model produced and tell whether it does what you asked, the way a doctor reads a test they did not run and still knows what looks wrong. Third, the discipline to keep a record of what changed and why, so you can stand behind it. The model supplies the code. You supply the decision.
Where can I see this on the site?
The clearest evidence is the site you are reading. Its whole story is mine: I am a doctor, not a developer, and it runs from medicine and teaching and broadcast to building with AI. The set-up session shows the three rooms you actually work in, none of which asks you to write code to start, and the primer turns a plain-language brief into a repeatable habit. Between them they are most of what you need on day one.
So, do I need to know how to code?
No, not to start, and not for a surprisingly long way after. You need to understand your problem, say what you want plainly, and check what comes back with an honest eye. Learning some code later will help, and you may absorb it as you go, but it is not the entry ticket. The syntax is the model’s job. Knowing whether the result is right stays yours.