Claude Code Advanced Masterclass in Under 81 Mins

Carl Vellotti is back. His first episode hit 30,000 views. This time he shows the advanced Claude Code masterclass for PMs. MCPs, Skills, GitHub automation, and end-to-end workflows from survey → PRD → tickets → automation. My Claude Code OS: https://www.news.aakashg.com/p/pm-os Full Writeup: https://www.news.aakashg.com/p/carl-vellotti-podcast-2 Transcript: https://www.aakashg.com/advanced-claude-code-for-product-managers-from-mcps-to-github-automation/ ---- Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:14 - Why Claude Code Hit $1B ARR in 6 Months 9:35 - Ad Start 10:59 - Ad End: Setting Up MCPs 11:04 - Setting Up Linear MCP (Live Demo) 14:07 - Essential MCP Stack for PMs 21:25 - End-to-End PM Workflow Begins 28:00 - Skills Introduction 30:01 - Ad Start 30:53 - Ad End: Skills Deep Dive 38:00 - Image Generation with Gemini API 44:12 - Creating PRD from Survey Analysis 51:00 - Hooks Feature 55:30 - Creating Presentation from PRD 1:01:49 - Creating 19 Engineering Tickets in Linear 1:08:08 - GitHub Integration & Remote Worker Setup 1:19:39 - Outro ---- 🏆 Thanks to our sponsors: 1. Amplitude: The market-leader in product analytics - https://amplitude.com/session-replay?utm_campaign=session-replay-launch-2025&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_content=productgrowthpodcast 2. Pendo: The #1 software experience management platform - http://www.pendo.com/aakash 3. Jira Product Discovery: Move discovery and roadmapping out of spreadsheets - https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/product-discovery 4. Miro: The all-in-one collaboration workspace - http://miro.pxf.io/PO4WZX ---- Key Takeaways: 1. Claude Code hit $1B ARR in 6 months - fastest product ever. Anthropic optimized for power users doing deep work. Fewer users, insanely deep usage. Carl: "I spend all day in Claude Code. It gets to the point where you never really have to leave." 2. MCPs connect Claude to everything in 2 minutes - Model Context Protocol invented by Anthropic. One command to install Linear, Google Workspace, Slack. Essential stack: documents first, task management second, communication third, data sources fourth. 3. End-to-end PM workflow takes one morning instead of one week - Survey creation → analysis → PRD → presentation → 19 tickets. All through MCPs. Carl didn't use templates. Opus 4.5 handled everything. 4. Skills are pre-built templates but don't always auto-trigger yet - Solution: specify explicitly. "Create presentation using your presentation skill." Build Skills for anything you do more than twice. That's the compound effect. 5. Real Google Slides, not images - Carl's presentation skill created 19 fully editable slides from PRD. Takes a few minutes because Claude creates slides in parallel. "This is saving you hours. We used to spend entire afternoons turning PRDs into decks." 6. GitHub turns Claude into remote worker - Create issues from your phone. @mention Claude. It works while you're away. Carl's journal is a private GitHub repo. Voice transcriptions → issues → Claude updates markdown. 7. Workflows beat agents for production - Level 1 workflow: 5,000 tokens, 40 seconds. Level 3 agent: 90,000 tokens, 90 seconds. Carl's rule: "If something can be expressed as code, code it. Leave agents for cognitive work." 8. Production best practices separate hobbyists from pros - Set error workflows. Add retry logic (3 attempts, 1-second delays). Pin data during development. Use reasoning effort appropriately. Write detailed tool descriptions. 9. Real challenge is building reusable workflows - Learning basics takes a day. First workflow takes hours. But having 50 workflows built over months means everything is automated. Carl: "Because I have workflows for all these things already built, I can do it all in one shot." 10. Tools improve faster than you can learn them - Carl: "By the time you see this, there might be Claude 5." Your workflows from today will 10x when better models drop. PMs who started 6 months ago aren't just 6 months ahead, they're 100x ahead because systems compound with every improvement. ---- 👨‍💻 Where to find Carl Vellotti: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlvellotti/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/carlvellotti Newsletter: The Full-Stack PM 👨‍💻 Where to find Aakash: Twitter: https://www.x.com/aakashg0 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagupta/ Newsletter: https://www.news.aakashg.com #claudecode #aipm #productmanagement ---- 🧠 About Product Growth: The world's largest podcast focused solely on product + growth, with over 200K+ listeners. 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications to get more videos like this.

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EPISODE INFO

Released: January 12, 2026
Duration: 1h 20m
Channel: Aakash Gupta
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Carl Vellotti is back. His first episode hit 30,000 views. This time he shows the advanced Claude Code masterclass for PMs. MCPs, Skills, GitHub automation, and end-to-end workflows from survey → PRD → tickets → automation. My Claude Code OS: https://www.news.aakashg.com/p/pm-os Full Writeup: https://www.news.aakashg.com/p/carl-vellotti-podcast-2 Transcript: https://www.aakashg.com/advanced-claude-code-for-product-managers-from-mcps-to-github-automation/ ---- Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:14 - Why Claude Code Hit $1B ARR in 6 Months 9:35 - Ad Start 10:59 - Ad End: Setting Up MCPs 11:04 - Setting Up Linear MCP (Live Demo) 14:07 - Essential MCP Stack for PMs 21:25 - End-to-End PM Workflow Begins 28:00 - Skills Introduction 30:01 - Ad Start 30:53 - Ad End: Skills Deep Dive 38:00 - Image Generation with Gemini API 44:12 - Creating PRD from Survey Analysis 51:00 - Hooks Feature 55:30 - Creating Presentation from PRD 1:01:49 - Creating 19 Engineering Tickets in Linear 1:08:08 - GitHub Integration & Remote Worker Setup 1:19:39 - Outro ---- 🏆 Thanks to our sponsors:
Amplitude: The market-leader in product analytics - https://amplitude.com/session-replay?utm_campaign=session-replay-launch-2025&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_content=productgrowthpodcast
Pendo: The #1 software experience management platform - http://www.pendo.com/aakash
Jira Product Discovery: Move discovery and roadmapping out of spreadsheets - https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/product-discovery
Miro: The all-in-one collaboration workspace - http://miro.pxf.io/PO4WZX
---- Key Takeaways:
1. Claude Code hit $1B ARR in 6 months - fastest product ever. Anthropic optimized for power users doing deep work. Fewer users, insanely deep usage. Carl: "I spend all day in Claude Code. It gets to the point where you never really have to leave."
1. MCPs connect Claude to everything in 2 minutes - Model Context Protocol invented by Anthropic. One command to install Linear, Google Workspace, Slack. Essential stack: documents first, task management second, communication third, data sources fourth.
1. End-to-end PM workflow takes one morning instead of one week - Survey creation → analysis → PRD → presentation → 19 tickets. All through MCPs. Carl didn't use templates. Opus 4.5 handled everything.
1. Skills are pre-built templates but don't always auto-trigger yet - Solution: specify explicitly. "Create presentation using your presentation skill." Build Skills for anything you do more than twice. That's the compound effect.
1. Real Google Slides, not images - Carl's presentation skill created 19 fully editable slides from PRD. Takes a few minutes because Claude creates slides in parallel. "This is saving you hours. We used to spend entire afternoons turning PRDs into decks."
1. GitHub turns Claude into remote worker - Create issues from your phone. @mention Claude. It works while you're away. Carl's journal is a private GitHub repo. Voice transcriptions → issues → Claude updates markdown.
1. Workflows beat agents for production - Level 1 workflow: 5,000 tokens, 40 seconds. Level 3 agent: 90,000 tokens, 90 seconds. Carl's rule: "If something can be expressed as code, code it. Leave agents for cognitive work."
1. Production best practices separate hobbyists from pros - Set error workflows. Add retry logic (3 attempts, 1-second delays). Pin data during development. Use reasoning effort appropriately. Write detailed tool descriptions.
1. Real challenge is building reusable workflows - Learning basics takes a day. First workflow takes hours. But having 50 workflows built over months means everything is automated. Carl: "Because I have workflows for all these things already built, I can do it all in one shot."
1. Tools improve faster than you can learn them - Carl: "By the time you see this, there might be Claude 5." Your workflows from today will 10x when better models drop. PMs who started 6 months ago aren't just 6 months ahead, they're 100x ahead because systems compound with every improvement. ---- 👨‍💻 Where to find Carl Vellotti: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlvellotti/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/carlvellotti Newsletter: The Full-Stack PM 👨‍💻 Where to find Aakash: Twitter: https://www.x.com/aakashg0 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagupta/ Newsletter: https://www.news.aakashg.com #claudecode #aipm #productmanagement ---- 🧠 About Product Growth: The world's largest podcast focused solely on product + growth, with over 200K+ listeners. 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications to get more videos like this.

SPEAKERS

Carl Vellotti
guest
AI/product practitioner who teaches advanced Claude Code workflows and tool integrations for product teams.
Aakash Gupta
host
Product-focused creator and podcast host who runs the Aakash Gupta channel/newsletter and interviews guests on AI and PM workflows.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Aakash Gupta, featuring Carl Vellotti and Aakash Gupta, Claude Code Advanced Masterclass in Under 81 Mins explores advanced Claude Code for PMs: MCPs, skills, workflows automation Claude Code’s advantage is depth for “power users,” enabling long-running, tool-connected workflows that replace constant context switching across apps.

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