< Day 6 — Complete >
From Chat to Agent
Transition to Week 2. Students brainstormed specialty app ideas, committed to concepts, learned the Chat → Agent paradigm shift, and started solo builds.
What Happened
Day 6 marked the paradigm shift. Morning brainstorming produced eight distinct specialty app concepts. The Claude Code introduction reframed AI from conversation partner to deployed worker. By afternoon, every student had a personal Masterplan PRD and a first solo build underway. The energy shifted from team collaboration to individual ownership.
Key Moments
- Round-robin sharing surfaced diverse specialty interests across the cohort
- Claude Code demo — 'from conversation to deployment' — clicked immediately
- Every student committed to a solo app idea by end of morning session
Student Highlights
“Going from pasting a PRD into Lovable to watching Claude Code read my actual codebase — that's a completely different thing.”
— Christopher
Learning Targets (as planned)
Knowledge
- Chat → Agent paradigm shift
- Claude Code capabilities — commits, branches, PRs, codebase reading
- Difference between generating from scratch vs. interacting with real code
Skills
- Brainstorming specialty app ideas with Claude
- Narrowing from 2–3 ideas to one committed concept
- Drafting a personal Masterplan PRD
Mindset
- From conversation to deployment
- What would I build for my future residency self?
Schedule (as planned)
| Time | Block | What Happens |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Morning Exercise | “Your Specialty App” posted in Slack |
| By 9:30 AM | Exercise Due | Post in #hds-general |
| 10:00–10:45 AM | Group Session | Reconnect as full group. Round-robin: share specialty and app ideas. Cross-pollination and light feedback. Everyone commits to one app idea by end of session. |
| 10:45–11:00 AM | Break | |
| 11:00 AM–12:00 PM | Chat → Agent Didactic | Introduce Claude Code. Key framing: “You’ve been having conversations with AI. Now you deploy AI as a worker.” Live demo: natural language interaction, real code, GitHub integration, codebase context, parallel agents. |
| 12:00–1:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00–3:00 PM | First Solo Build | Students start personal Masterplan PRD + first build. Matt available for Claude Code walkthroughs. Students choose their Week 2 path: Lovable, Claude Code, or both. |
| 3:00 PM | Deliverable | Post personal app idea + Masterplan PRD + first build in Slack. Push to GitHub. |
| 3:30–4:30 PM | Group Debrief | Share first solo builds. Chat vs. Agent reactions. Week 2 rhythm preview. |
Up Next
Tomorrow: Justin Massa on jigs and reliability. Build with hardening in mind.