Online course · self-paced

Install Claude
Put AI to Work in Your Business

A step-by-step course filmed with Ryan, walking you through every step at your own pace, no coding needed. Connect Claude to the tools you already use and it works across your whole business, one AI tailored to how you run it.

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Full course accessLifetime
$499AUD

One-time payment. Lifetime access and updates.

  • 6 modules, 25 lessons, step by step
  • A full library of skills, loaded for you
  • Connect your email, calendar, CRM and more
  • Certificate of completion
  • Lifetime updates as the tools change

Payment completes on the live site (ential.com)

Claude, connected to the tools you already run

Gmail
Outlook
Google Calendar
Notion
Slack
Telegram
Stripe
HubSpot
Salesforce
Zapier
Xero
Airtable
Dropbox
Gmail
Outlook
Google Calendar
Notion
Slack
Telegram
Stripe
HubSpot
Salesforce
Zapier
Xero
Airtable
Dropbox
Inside the course

Six Modules, Filmed Over Real Builds

Pick a module to see where the course takes you. Every lesson is filmed screen-first, the same way we build in the room.

Module 1: What you're gettingModule 2: Install everythingModule 3: Your AI infrastructureModule 4: Making Claude autonomousModule 5: Connect your softwareModule 6: Building real infrastructure
Module 1 of 6 · 2 lessons
What you're getting
~5 min
25 lessons · 3h 26m0% in
6
Modules
25
Lessons
3h 26m
Step-by-step video
Lifetime
Access and updates

Your Own AI, Working Across Your Business

Build your own AI infrastructure with Claude: the exact same setup the Ential team runs every day, installed on your computer and configured for your business.

Built for owners, not engineers

For business owners who want Claude actually working in their business. The exact setup our team uses, on your own computer.

  • No coding, no agency
  • Runs on your own machine
  • Configured for how you run

A full skill library

A library of ready-made skills, loaded and ready to use: emails, quotes, content, research and more.

Your tools, connected

Connected to the software you already run, so Claude works inside it, not beside it.

Running on its own

Real work handled on a schedule, even while you sleep.

Set It Up Once, Then Just Ask

The setup you build in the course, installed on your own computer and loaded with your skills and your tools.

Claude / your business

Your skills

EmailCopywritingSocial contentResearchSales

Connected

GmailCalendarOutlookTelegram
Install everything and connect my tools.
Done. Your skill library is loaded, and Gmail, Calendar, Outlook and Telegram are connected. I've learned how your business runs. Ready when you are.
Message Claude…

It Knows What to Do, and Where to Do It

A skill

Included

Like having a specialist for one job, built in and ready to use. You just ask for what you need.

  • Email: Replies, follow-ups, whole sequences
  • Content & social: Copy, social posts, ads, full videos with voiceover
  • Sales: Cold outreach, discovery follow-ups, paid ads
  • CRM & daily ops: CRM updates, a daily morning brief
  • Research: Competitor and market analysis
  • Strategy & growth: Ideas, sharper offers, bottlenecks

A tool

You learn how

The apps you already use. Connect them once and Claude works inside them, actually doing the work, not just drafting it.

  • Google Workspace: Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets
  • Microsoft 365: Outlook, Teams, OneDrive
  • Ential Marketing Hub: Your CRM: contacts, pipelines and leads
  • Telegram: Message Claude from your phone
  • Any web app: Through browser automation

Skills are what Claude does. Tools are where it does it.

Try a real example

Pick a Skill, Watch It Run

Three of the skills that ship with the course. Click one and watch the shape of the work.

What do I need to know today?
Working acrossGmailCalendarMarketing Hub

Done. Here’s where it landed:

  • 3 emails to reply to, one looks time-sensitive
  • 2 meetings today, first at 10:00 AM
  • 1 new lead came in overnight, ready to call

And that's three of them. Inside the course you get a full library of skills, for every part of your business.

Step by Step, at Your Own Pace

The course balances learning with doing: you watch the lessons, then build the real thing on your own computer, so by the end you have a full system installed, configured and running.

See exactly what you're building with Claude, and what it saves you.

  • A clear map of the Claude setup you'll own
  • What it replaces, and the agency fees it saves you

A step-by-step walkthrough to get Claude installed and running.

  • Your Claude account on the Max plan, set up
  • The Claude Desktop app installed, Mac or Windows
  • Claude running and ready to work

Your full Claude setup, loaded and tuned to your business.

  • Your complete kit installed in one step
  • A full library of ready-made skills: emails, quotes, content and more
  • Your business loaded into Claude's memory, so it works like you

Get Claude doing the work, not just answering.

  • Claude that completes tasks start to finish
  • A simple memory file (your CLAUDE.md) where Claude keeps everything it knows about your business
  • Build your own skills as you grow

Connect Claude to the tools you already run.

  • Gmail, Outlook and your calendar, connected
  • Your CRM (Ential Marketing Hub) and leads, connected
  • Telegram, so you can run Claude from your phone
  • The knowledge to connect the rest of your tools

Put Claude to work: automations that run in the background.

  • A full automation built end to end
  • Running on a schedule, on its own, without you

From Zero to Running It Yourself

01

No experience required

No coding or technical background needed. The course takes business owners from zero to a working AI system, step by step.

02

Flexible and self-paced

With lifetime access, you work through the lessons at your own pace and fit them around running your business.

03

Finish qualified

Complete the course and earn a certificate, plus the skills to run and grow AI in your business yourself.

Built in the Room, Now Taught Online

These are real business owners who built their AI system with us in person. The course teaches the exact same build, online, at your own pace.

Claude running live on the workshop screenA business owner building their systemBoardroom session in progressThe room at the end of a build dayWorking through the install togetherAn attendee sharing what they builtClaude running live on the workshop screenA business owner building their systemBoardroom session in progressThe room at the end of a build dayWorking through the install togetherAn attendee sharing what they built

A system I can rely on daily

“Ryan was incredibly helpful in setting up AI in a way that actually works for real life. He took the time to understand both my personal and professional needs and tailored the setup so it genuinely streamlined how I think, plan, and work. The result has been more clarity, better organisation, and a system I can rely on daily rather than another tool that gets ignored. Ryan explains things clearly, without jargon, and makes the whole process feel practical and empowering. Highly recommend if you want to use AI properly, not just experiment with it.”
Sammi Culhane
Sammi Culhane
Mother

Custom AI applications we now use with clients

“Ryan is a master of sales, marketing and automation. He helped us understand how to leverage AI to supercharge our business efficiency and create some custom applications that we can now use with clients.”
Lachlan Nicolson
Lachlan Nicolson
Business Strategist & Founder of Waymaker Finance

Developed my own app to use with clients

“I recently did an AI Deep Dive session with Ryan and it was incredible. I have now been able to develop my own app which I can use with clients which will streamline the workload for them. Thank you so much Ryan. I couldn't have done it without you.”
Lauren Lee
Lauren Lee
Financial Coach
Ryan Drake, Founder of Ential
Who's teaching

Taught by the Operator Who Runs It Every Day

I'm Ryan, founder of Ential. The system you build in this course is the same one we install for the businesses we work with, and the same one running Ential itself, every day.

I teach this build in person, in one room, in one day. The course is that build recorded: same playbook, same install, on your own computer, at your own pace. You learn the complete system directly from me, so you finish with working infrastructure in your business, not theory you still have to apply.

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The Workshop, Recorded: Yours to Keep

You're not buying videos. You're getting your own AI working across your business, the kind of thing owners pay an agency to run. Set up once, yours for good.

One seat in the in-person workshop
Same build, one day in the room
$1,500
Having us install it for you
Done-for-you, four figures and a waitlist
$$$$
This course: the full build, recorded
Lifetime access, lifetime updates, certificate
$499
Get the course

One-time payment · 14-day refund policy · payment completes on the live site (ential.com)

Frequently Asked Questions

Lifetime. One payment and the videos and updates are yours: no subscription, no expiring seat. As the toolchain evolves we re-cut affected lessons and you get them at no extra cost.
No. The course is built for business owners, not engineers. Every lesson is a follow-along walkthrough: screen on one half, your computer on the other. If you can install an app and copy a command, you can build this.
Both. The install module covers macOS and Windows side by side. Bring a computer you can install software on. If your work machine is locked down by IT, use a personal one.
Claude installed on your own computer, a full skill library loaded, your email, calendar and CRM connected, your business in its memory, and one real automation running on a schedule. A working system, not a folder of notes.
No. Each seat is per-person, because the build is shaped around your business, your memory file, your tools. We offer team pricing from the third seat; ask us at hello@ential.com.
14-day refund if you have not watched past Module 2. We make it generous because the first two modules are the foundation. If they do not click for you, the rest will not either.
Same system, different shape. The workshop is one room, one day, hands-on with Ryan. The course is the recorded build: your own computer, your own pace, for a third of the price. If you cannot make the workshop dates, this is the route in.
Yes. We show the Ential Marketing Hub flow because that is what we run on, but the connection pattern is the same for whatever CRM you use, and Module 5 teaches you how to connect the rest of your tools yourself.

Set It Up Once, Yours for Good

One payment, a working AI system across your whole business, and lifetime updates as the tools change.

$499 AUD · lifetime access · payment completes on ential.com