How to set up a Claude workshop for your engineering team
A step-by-step guide to running a Claude workshop for an engineering team, with formats, group sizes, and what teams leave with.
To set up a Claude workshop for your engineering team, pick a format (onsite, virtual, or offsite), scope it around your real repositories and review habits, and run hands-on labs that end with a shared playbook. Most teams book a half-day to two-day session for eight to twenty engineers.
What a Claude workshop covers
A good session is built around how your team already works, not a generic demo. The core areas:
- Safer AI coding: prompting, context, and when to trust generated code
- Review habits for generated code, so pull requests stay small and readable
- Shared agent workflows, rules, and MCP setup the whole team uses
- Practical adoption, so the habits survive after the trainer leaves
How to set one up, step by step
- Define the outcome. Pick one or two changes you want to see in pull requests within a month.
- Choose the format. Match it to where your team is and how much focused time they have.
- Share your stack. Send repositories, languages, and current review rules ahead of time.
- Run hands-on labs. Engineers work in their own repos, not toy examples.
- Leave with a playbook. Write down the rules, prompts, and review steps the team agreed on.
Onsite, virtual, or offsite: which format fits
| Format | Best for | Group size | Travel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onsite | One team in one place | 8 to 20 | Trainer travels to you |
| Virtual | Distributed teams across time zones | 8 to 30 | None |
| Offsite | Leadership alignment and deep focus | 10 to 25 | Team travels |
US teams often run virtual cohorts across time zones, then a single onsite day to lock in the playbook.
What changes after the workshop
Teams report shorter pull requests, more consistent review of generated code, and fewer one-off agent setups. The point is a shared standard, so a new hire reads one playbook instead of guessing.
For the methodology behind these sessions, see our research library.
Frequently asked questions
How long does a Claude workshop take? Most run from a half day to two days, depending on team size and depth.
How many engineers should attend? Eight to twenty works well for hands-on labs. Larger groups split into cohorts.
Do you run sessions across US time zones? Yes. Virtual cohorts are scheduled around your team's hours, and onsite dates are booked to your calendar.
Book a session
Tell us your stack and your time zone and we will scope a workshop that fits. Get in touch.
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