The old way of learning things (online courses, watching videos, etc.) is completely broken.

I learn by doing, and I don’t think that’s unique.

Here’s how I’m using Claude to improve my HubSpot skills using fake user & campaign data Claude created for me via HubSpot MCP.

  1. Create Claude Project (HubSpot). Give it whatever context is useful (for me I said I’m more familiar w/ Pardot and Salesforce than HubSpot).
  2. Load Project with transcripts from HubSpot Academy videos (available for most videos)
  3. Choose whatever lesson you want to do, eg Key Marketing Reporting Features
  4. Start new chat in Project

Here’s the prompt I use in that first chat:

  1. summarize the transcript for lesson “key reporting features” and call out any important concepts. Highlight what’s different/the same between HubSpot and Pardot
  2. load HubSpot w/ any relevant sample data directly (or ask me to do it if a good part of the lesson)

Claude then creates a short lesson, loads HubSpot w/ placeholder data, and generates a quiz.

I ask followup questions, answer the quiz, etc. right in the chat.

This has been working for me for a few reasons: It’s interactive so it holds my attention, it’s super tailored to me and the skills I already have, and it uses a HubSpot instance w/ realistic data.

Anyone else using AI tools to learn new things like this? What am I missing?