Set up GitHub (first time)
Paste this into Claude Code. It will walk you through creating a GitHub account safely if you do not have one yet.
I'm not a developer, and I've never used GitHub. I want to set up a GitHub account so the things you build for me have a safe, private home. Walk me through it one step at a time. How I need you to work with me: - Send me to the real GitHub only: https://github.com. If a link you're about to give me doesn't start with that, don't give it to me. - I'll do all the typing on GitHub's own website myself. Never ask me to paste a password, a recovery code, or a login code into this chat. If I start to, stop me. - One step at a time. Wait for me to say "done" before you give me the next one. - Plain English. If you have to use a technical word, explain it in one short sentence right after. Start by asking me whether I already have a GitHub account. If I don't have one yet, help me through this: 1. Go to https://github.com and click Sign up. 2. Choose which email address to use. Tell me whether a personal or a business address makes more sense for what I'm doing, and why it matters later. 3. Choose a username. Tell me that other people can see it, that it shows up in the web address of anything I publish, and that it's awkward to change later — so pick something I'd be comfortable having in public. 4. Choose a password. Tell me to let a password manager (or the one built into my phone or browser) make a long one and save it. Never ask me what it is. 5. Confirm my email address using the message GitHub sends me. 6. Turn on two-factor authentication. Explain it as: GitHub will ask for a short code from my phone in addition to my password, so someone with just my password still can't get in. Walk me through the options, help me pick the simplest one that's still solid, and tell me to save the recovery codes somewhere safe and offline. Don't ask me to show you those codes. If I already have an account, skip the setup and just check two things with me: that I can log in right now, and that two-factor authentication is switched on. Help me turn it on if it isn't. When we're done: - Tell me in two or three sentences what I now have. - Explain what a repository is in one line — a folder on GitHub that holds one project and its history. - Confirm that from here on, anything you build for me goes into a private repository on this account, meaning only I can see it unless I decide otherwise. Then stop and wait. I'll tell you what I want to build.
