How to Create a Study Plan Using Claude Sonnet 4

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For freelancers or career changers, upskilling is the first hurdle they should clear. However, you may need to learn skills in a short time. To effectively address this problem, personalized learning is crucial. In this article, I go through how to create a tailored study plan for any skills using Claude Sonnet 4 and Notion.

Step-by-Step Guide

Preparation: Create Claude and Notion accounts

Before getting started, you need free Claude and Notion accounts for editability. If you have one, please skip to the next section.

How to sign up for Claude AI

  1. Visit https://claude.ai/login.
  2. Enter your email address in the textbox.
    Source: https://claude.ai/login
  3. Click "Continue with email."
  4. A verification link will be sent to your email's inbox. Please check your inbox.
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  5. Click "Sign in to Claude.ai."
  6. The verification link will be opened. Agree to the Consumer Terms and Acceptable Policy, and put a tick in the first button.
    Source: https://claude.ai/onboarding
  7. Click "Continue."
  8. After that, the phone number verification page will be opened. Make sure that the country code is your country.
    Source: https://claude.ai/onboarding
  9. Type your phone number.
    Source: https://claude.ai/onboarding
  10. Click "Send verification code."
  11. The phone number verification page will be opened. Type your phone number in the textbox.
    Source: https://claude.ai/onboarding
  12. Click "Verify code."
  13. The plan page will be opened. Click "Use Claude for free."
    Source: https://claude.ai/onboarding
  14. You will be asked your name. Enter your name.
    Source: https://claude.ai/onboarding
  15. Click "."
  16. You will be asked your interests. Choose at least 3 interests.
    Source: https://claude.ai/onboarding
  17. Click "Let's go."
  18. You will be asked your starter idea based on your interests. Click "I have my own topic."
    Source: https://claude.ai/onboarding
  19. Sign-up to Claude is completed.
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How to sign up for Notion

  1. Visit https://www.notion.com
  2. Click "Get Notion free."
    Source: https://notion.com
  3. You will see multiple sign-in options. In this case, let's sign in with your email. Enter your email address into the textbox.
    Source: https://www.notion.so/login
  4. Click "Continue."
  5. Go to the inbox of the email. You will see your email address verification email in your inbox as shown in this image. Click "Sign in with Magic Link."
    Source: Notion
  6. Your account initial setting page will be opened. Enter your name into the textbox.
    Source: https://www.notion.so/onboarding
  7. You will need to choose your purpose for using Notion. Choose "For personal life."
    Source: https://www.notion.so/onboarding
  8. You will be asked about your interest. Click "Skip for now."
    Source: https://www.notion.so/onboarding
  9. You will be asked if you want to install Notion on your computer. Click "Skip."
    Source: https://www.notion.so/onboarding
  10. Sign-up to Notion is completed.
    Source: https://www.notion.so/

Generate a Study Plan

Once the signup is done, let's generate a study plan in markdown format.

  1. Go to https://claude.ai. If you did the signup in the previous step, skip to the next step.
  2. Type this prompt template in the textbox.
  3. [Task]: Create a study plan to master (describe your target skill).
    [Workflow]:
      1. Create a study roadmap tailored to me.
      2. Suggest the best free online learning resources for this purpose.
      3. Choose one resource.
      4. Generate a markdown study plan table in these constraints.
        - For each lesson (row), include the lesson URL, exact deadline, and goal (column).
        - Include the markdown code in a copyable code block.
        - Ensure that each lesson URL provided is accessible.
        - Choose one lesson URL from the chosen resource per lesson.
    [Start Date]: (describe when your study starts)
    [Duration]: (describe the study period)
    [Level]: (describe your level. If you haven't, type "Complete beginner.")
    [Available Time]: (describe spare time)
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  4. Complete the bold placeholders, which are eenclosed with "(" and ")."
  5. Click "."
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  6. Study plan generation will start.
  7. After your study plan is generated, click the copy button.
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  8. Visit https://notion.so.
  9. Click the "+" button in the side menu to create a new Notion page.
    Source: https://notion.so
  10. Click "New Page" to name the created page if necessary.
  11. Paste the copied code.
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  12. The study plan is created!
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Advanced Option: Export the study plan as a PDF

If you want to export it as a PDF, you can use a built-in export function.

  1. Click "..." in the top right corner.
    Source: https://notion.so
  2. Click "Export."
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  3. The pop-up will be opened. Click "Markdown & CSV."
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  4. Click "PDF."
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  5. Click "Export."
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  6. Here's the example.


Use Cases

For Software Engineers: New Framework or Programming Language Study Plan

In this digital era, technology is evolving faster than one software engineer can adapt, increasing learning cost per person. This poses software engineers challenges in that they can't learn the latest technologies at a lower cost. Furthermore, traditional learning style isn't always personalized to individuals. To address these 2 problems, you can use this AI use case. Claude Sonnet 4 does everything from structuring a tailored learning roadmap, finding personalized courses, choosing the best course from the list, and creating a study plan meeting your requirements. Here's the prompt example.

Example

[Task]: Create a study plan to master JavaScript programming for web development.
[Workflow]:
  1. Create a study roadmap tailored to me.
  2. Suggest the best free online learning resources for this purpose.
  3. Choose one resource.
  4. Generate a markdown study plan table in these constraints.
    - For each lesson (row), include the lesson URL, exact deadline, and goal (column).
    - Include the markdown code in a copyable code block.
    - Ensure that each lesson URL provided is accessible.
    - Choose one lesson URL from the chosen resource per lesson.
[Start Date]: October 1, 2025
[Duration]: 3 months
[Level]: Complete beginner with basic HTML/CSS knowledge
[Available Time]: 2 hours per day, 5 days a week

Here's the result when I executed the prompt.

For Career Changers: New Skill Learning Plan

According to some Reddit forums, some career changers had financial and time constraints in skill acquisition. For example, one person claimed that retraining was expensive, time-consuming, and stressful, but there was no pay for it. Another person said that they had no energy to learn skills after a long workday. In fact, their problems can be solved simultaneously by learning skills with free courses in a shorter learning time because you may be able to complete one lesson if it's short, and Claude can find short YouTube video courses. Here's the example prompt if a target skill is graphic design and learning time is 30 minutes, which is short.

[Task]: Create a study plan to master graphic design.
[Workflow]:
  1. Create a study roadmap tailored to me.
  2. Suggest the best free online learning resources for this purpose.
  3. Choose one resource.
  4. Generate a markdown study plan table in these constraints.
    - For each lesson (row), include the lesson URL, exact deadline, and goal (column).
    - Include the markdown code in a copyable code block.
    - Ensure that each lesson URL provided is accessible.
    - Choose one lesson URL from the chosen resource per lesson.
[Start Date]: December 1, 2025
[Duration]: 9 months
[Level]: Complete beginner.
[Available Time]: 30 minutes on Sunday and Saturday

Here's the result when I executed the prompt.

For Side Hustle: Side Hustle Skill Learning Plan

If you're looking for a way to change your job by starting your business, you don't want to spend your money and time on skill acquisition and want to pour more of them into the execution. Many redditors said that most of businesses require more than one skill. For example, if you want to start selling digital products, you not only need creative skills but also marketing. In such a case, starting small elevates your proficiency while making money. Here's the example prompt to learn social media marketing if you want to become a solo SaaS founder.

[Task]: Create a study plan to master social media marketing.
[Workflow]:
  1. Create a study roadmap tailored to me.
  2. Suggest the best free online learning resources for this purpose.
  3. Choose one resource.
  4. Generate a markdown study plan table in these constraints.
    - For each lesson (row), include the lesson URL, exact deadline, and goal (column).
    - Include the markdown code in a copyable code block.
    - Ensure that each lesson URL provided is accessible.
    - Choose one lesson URL from the chosen resource per lesson.
[Start Date]: October 15, 2025
[Duration]: 6 months
[Level]: Complete beginner.
[Available Time]: 1 hour during lunch break, 2 hours in the evening.

Here's the result when I executed the prompt.


Troubleshooting

A provided lesson URL isn't accessible.

If a lesson URL provided by Claude isn't accessible, ask Claude with this prompt below.

[(the URL here)]((the URL here)) isn't accessible. Replace it with the correct URL or update the study plan with the alternative.

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