This guide covers the full setup from zero: installing VS Code, setting up Claude Code, connecting to the API, and the exact instructions I give Claude Code to scrape competitors and generate the report. No coding experience needed. If you can copy-paste, you can do this. What you'll build: - A system that scrapes every video from your competitors (titles, views, thumbnails, dates) - Automatic outlier detection that finds videos that got way more views than usual for that channel - Full transcript analysis of the top-performing videos - A beautiful HTML report with actionable insights, sorted by priority What you'll need: - A laptop (Mac or Windows) - ~$5/month for Apify (the scraping tool) - ~$20/month for Claude API credits (the AI that does the analysis) - 30-60 minutes of your time Let's go. STEP 1: Install VS Code VS Code is a free code editor. You won't be writing code, it's just where Claude Code lives. 1. Go to code.visualstudio.com 2. Download for your operating system (Mac / Windows / Linux) 3. Install it and open it 4. Open a terminal inside VS Code: press Ctrl+` (backtick) on Windows or Cmd+` on Mac. A terminal panel will appear at the bottom. That's it. You don't need to know how VS Code works beyond this. STEP 2: Install Claude Code Claude Code is Anthropic's CLI tool. It lets you have a conversation with Claude directly in your terminal, and Claude can read/write files, run scripts, and access APIs. On Mac: 1. Make sure you have Node.js installed. Open Terminal and run: node --version If you see a version number (like v20.x.x), you're good. If not, go to nodejs.org and install the LTS version. 2. Install Claude Code: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code 3. Verify it works: claude --version On Windows: 1. Install Node.js from nodejs.org (LTS version) 2. Open VS Code terminal and run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code 3. Verify: claude --version STEP 3: Connect to the Anthropic API Claude Code needs an API key to talk to Claude.

I built a system with Claude Code that tracks your TikTok competitors, finds their most viral videos, and generates content ideas + scripts you can film right away. No more guessing what to post. No more staring at a blank screen. You add your competitors → the system scrapes their best content → AI analyzes the patterns → you get 5-10 video concepts tailored to your niche. Each one comes with a hook, structure, and CTA. It runs as a web app on your laptop. The whole thing was built with Claude Code. 👉 GitHub repo: https://github.com/melnikoff-oleg/tiktok-ai 👉 Full step-by-step install guide attached below — covers VS Code, Claude Code, API keys, and running the pipeline. If you get stuck, drop a comment. I'll personally help you get it running.

I built a system with Claude Code that tracks your X/Twitter competitors, analyzes their top-performing tweets, and generates ready-to-publish posts — including branded infographic images. No more staring at a blank screen. No more guessing what to post. Here's how it works: You add your competitors → the system scrapes their best tweets → Gemini does deep analysis (text + images) → Claude generates new posts in your voice → Kie AI creates branded infographics in 5 different styles. The result: a mix of infographic posts (60%), personal posts with your photos (30%), and text-only posts (10%) — all based on what's already working in your niche. It runs as a web app on your laptop. The whole thing was built with Claude Code. 👉 GitHub repo: https://github.com/melnikoff-oleg/x-ai 👉 Full step-by-step install guide attached below — covers VS Code, Claude Code, API keys, and running the pipeline. If you get stuck, drop a comment. I'll personally help you get it running.