A short, hands-on training booklet for the
curious and the not-so-technical. Five
guided exercises, one friendly mascot, zero
buzzwords.
Duration ~90 minutes
Audience Everyone, no code
required
Outcome 5 exercises shipped
01
Section one · the warm-up
Claw what?
Start here. We open with the big picture —
what this thing is, why it has a lobster on
the box, and how to walk around without
bumping into furniture.
1.1What is
ToqanClaw and its superpowers
Most assistants give you answers. ToqanClaw
gives you outcomes.
Describe what you want in plain language — a
dashboard, mini app, game, tracker, summary, or
workflow — and ToqanClaw builds it for you. Not
instructions. Not a tutorial. The actual working
thing, ready to use.
What once needed developers, meetings, and weeks
of work can now start with a simple prompt. Ask
for changes naturally — "make the buttons
bigger," "add a total," "use orange" — and
ToqanClaw updates it instantly. No code. No
setup. Just results. With a lobster on the box.
Tip
Read this section once without trying
anything. The exercises later will give
you plenty of room to play — for now,
just get the lay of the land.
Some of its superpowers
From building mini apps and dashboards to
writing content, connecting with your tools, and
organizing messy information, ToqanClaw helps
turn ideas into action in seconds.
1.2Overview:
navigating ToqanClaw
Before you begin, take a quick tour of the
workspace. The interface is simple, but labels
like tabs, boards,
skills, and MCPs will appear
throughout your journey.
The next sections explain the basics:
how conversations work
what each tab does
how to move around confidently
Start a new conversation
ToqanClaw works like a browser. Every
conversation opens in its own tab, and the small
+ beside the current tab starts a
new one.
Each tab is independent, so you can work on
multiple projects side by side without mixing
them together.
A new tab is always a fresh start — nothing
carries over automatically. If you want to keep
something across chats, you'll need to save it
intentionally.
Heads-up
The larger button in the left sidebar
opens Toqan Flamingo,
not a new ToqanClaw chat. To start a new
conversation in ToqanClaw, use the small
+ next to the "New chat"
tab.
If you only remember one thing, remember: every new tab starts from zero
— past chats won't follow you in.
Understanding the Tabs
ToqanClaw has a handful of tabs across the top.
Five are worth knowing — click any tab below to
see what it's for.
Chat tab
Where you talk
Type a question or request, get an
answer back. Quick back-and-forth —
this is where every conversation
begins.
Files tab
Where files live
Every document in the conversation —
the ones you drag in and the ones
ToqanClaw creates — lands here.
Apps tab
Where things you built live
Open something you've built, run it
again, or share the link with a
colleague.
Skills tab
Helpers you switch on
Compact instructions you flip on for
a specific job — drafting an email,
summarising a meeting, briefing a
topic.
MCP tab
Bridges to your other apps
Plug-ins that let ToqanClaw reach
into your inbox, calendar, drive,
and other tools you already use.
EX01
First exercise · 10 min
Onboarding me
Answer five quick questions about your role
and goals. ToqanClaw saves the result as a
my_persona skill that loads
before every future chat.
Goal
Save your work context as a
my_persona skill so
ToqanClaw consults it before
answering anything — every task,
every chat.
Open a fresh conversation.
Click the small + next to
the "New chat" tab. A blank tab slides
in — that's where you'll work.
Paste the prompt below.
Hit the Copy button in the prompt's
top-right corner, then paste it into the
message box and send.
Answer the five questions.
ToqanClaw will ask you about your role,
your day-to-day work, your goals, your
biggest problems, and your company /
team — one question at a time. Be
honest, be short.
Let it create the
my_persona
skill.
At the end, ToqanClaw will package your
answers into a skill that auto-loads
before any future task — no copy-paste
needed next time.
prompt · onboarding
Hi! I want you to get to know me at work so every future chat is
already grounded in my context. Ask me five short questions, one at a
time, covering:
1. What is your role / job title?
2. What do you actually do day-to-day?
3. What are your current goals (this quarter / this year)?
4. What are the biggest problems or blockers you keep running into?
5. What company / team are you part of?
Wait for my answer before moving to the next question. Once I've
answered all five, create a skill called my_persona that captures
this context. The skill must:
• Be loaded and consulted before any task in any future chat.
• Be used to tailor every answer to my role, goals, and problems.
• Be easy to update later as my context changes.
Finish by showing me the saved my_persona skill so I can confirm it.
Info · what just happened
What you just did has a name: you taught
ToqanClaw a
skill. Skills are small
sets of saved instructions it can pull
off the shelf when needed — like the
tools in a workshop, each one shaped for
a particular job. The full toolbox gets
unpacked in Section 3.
02
Section two · hands on
To start, feel the claws
Three short exercises that push you straight
into the deep end of the kiddie pool. Build
something tiny, build something playful,
build something useful.
EX2.1
Build · 15 min
Snake game
Build the classic snake game from a single
prompt. No code, no setup — ToqanClaw
constructs it and deploys it to a real link
you can play.
Goal
Have a working, playable snake game
running in your browser within
fifteen minutes — without touching a
single line of code by hand.
Open a new conversation.
Same drill as Exercise 1 — the small
+ next to the "New chat"
tab gives you a fresh blank slate.
Paste the starter prompt.
Copy the block below, drop it into the
message box, send. Then sit back —
building takes a minute or two.
Play the result.
When ToqanClaw is done deploying, head
to the Apps
tab in the side panel — your new snake
game sits there. Click it to play.
Ask for a twist.
Don't like the speed? Hate the colors?
Want a high score in the corner?
Describe the change in the same chat and
watch it update.
prompt · snake
Make me a playable snake game I can run in a browser.
- One single HTML file, no setup steps.
- Arrow keys to move, food appears at random.
- Game over when the snake bites itself.
- Use a warm orange palette on a cream background.
Once the game works, use the deploying-with-claw-apps skill
to deploy it as a new app. I'll open it from the Apps tab.
Tip
If the first version isn't quite
right, don't start over — just
describe the change. "Make it
faster," "make the snake blue," "add
a score in the corner." Small
nudges, one at a time.
Info · what just happened
You turned a chat into an app. The magic
phrase is
"deploy with Claw Apps"
— when you ask for that, ToqanClaw
packages what you just built into a
real, live app and parks it in the
Apps tab — open it from
there any time, or share it with a
colleague. Every build exercise from
here uses the same trick: build first,
then ask to deploy with Claw Apps.
EX2.2
Build · 20 min
Catch the Lobster
Different game, same trick. Describe a
chase-the-lobster game and watch how a small
change in the prompt produces a completely
different result.
Goal
Build a chase game from scratch —
human sprite, WASD controls, a
lobster with a mind of its own — and
learn how a small change to the
description produces a completely
different kind of game.
Open a new conversation.
Same drill — the small +
next to the "New chat" tab gives you a
fresh blank slate.
Paste the prompt.
Copy the block below, send it. ToqanClaw
builds the playfield, the sprite, and
the wandering lobster — give it a minute
or two.
Play the chase.
Open the Apps tab in
the side panel and click your new app to
launch it. WASD to move, score goes up
every time you tag the lobster.
Make it yours.
Want the lobster faster? A timer?
Confetti when you catch one? Describe
the change in the same chat — same
pattern as Snake.
prompt · catch the lobster
Build a one-page mini-game called "Catch the Lobster".
- The player is a small human sprite running around a cream-coloured
playfield. They move with WASD keys — smooth movement, not grid steps.
- A lobster wanders the playfield in random directions, changing course
every second or two. Keep it fast enough to be tricky to catch.
- When the player touches the lobster, the score goes up by 1 and the
lobster teleports somewhere else on the field.
- Show the score in the top-right, in big chunky type.
- Use chunky, friendly shapes — no thin lines. Orange for the lobster,
a friendly brown for the human.
One HTML file. Once the game works, use the deploying-with-claw-apps
skill to deploy it as a new app. I'll open it from the Apps tab.
EX2.3
Build · 25 min
Visualize your data — Your first
dashboard
Pick a spreadsheet below, attach it, paste
the prompt. ToqanClaw turns rows of data
into a polished dashboard you'd happily show
a colleague.
Goal
Turn a small spreadsheet into a
clean, presentable dashboard you can
keep open in a browser tab.
Open a new conversation.
Same drill — the small +
next to the "New chat" tab.
Download one of the CSVs.
Three options sit just below — pick
whichever feels closest to your day job
and click
Download CSV. The file
lands in your downloads folder.
Drag the file into the
chat.
Drop it straight onto the message box —
ToqanClaw picks it up as an attachment.
The filename will appear just below the
box once it's in.
Paste the prompt.
Copy the block under the cards, drop it
in, send. ToqanClaw reads the file,
builds the dashboard, and deploys it.
Open the dashboard.
Head to the Apps
tab in the side panel — your dashboard
sits there, click to open it in a new
tab. Share the link with a colleague
from there.
Pick one — whichever feels closest to your
day job.
🍕
Food delivery
12 months of orders across 5 cities.
What's the busiest cuisine? Which
one is slowest?
I've attached a spreadsheet to this conversation.
First, take a quick look and tell me in one sentence
what this data is about.
Then build me a single-page dashboard:
- Three big numbers at the top — the ones a busy
person would want to know first.
- Two small charts below that tell the story of the data.
- A short paragraph at the bottom called "What stands out",
written like a friendly note from a colleague.
Use the ToqanClaw palette: orange accents on cream,
with a touch of pink. Friendly labels, no jargon.
Once the dashboard works, use the deploying-with-claw-apps skill
to deploy it as a new app. I'll open it from the Apps tab.
Warning
Never upload a spreadsheet you
wouldn't be comfortable sharing with
your manager. If a column contains
private information, remove or
redact it first.
03
Section three · the toolkit
Meet your toolbox
A skill is a small set of saved instructions
ToqanClaw can pick up when it needs them —
for writing in a particular voice, building
a particular artifact, or sticking to a
particular workflow. You already taught it
one in Exercise 1. This section is about
what else they unlock.
3.1Skills
A skill is a reusable set of instructions that
helps ToqanClaw perform a task in a specific way
— whether that's writing in a certain tone,
following a workflow, or creating a particular
type of output. Instead of repeating the same
prompts every time, skills make results faster,
sharper, and more consistent.
Skills also help teams work better together.
Once someone discovers a great workflow, it can
be saved, reused, and shared across the team.
Complex tasks become simple prompts, and
everyone works from the same playbook.
3.2Share the
skills
Skills become even more powerful when shared.
The Skills marketplace lets you
browse and install skills created by others, or
publish your own for the wider team to use.
This makes great workflows easy to spread. A
skill that creates polished meeting notes,
decks, or updates can be shared in one click —
and improved over time so everyone benefits from
the latest version automatically.
04
Section four · level up
More claws
Three more exercises that lean on the skills
you just met. Use the toolbox, ship
something a little more grown-up.
EX3.1
Build · 25 min · uses skill:
Rock your slides
Rock your slides
Bring three bullet points of any
presentation you owe someone. Install the
pre-built Rock your slides
skill and ToqanClaw turns it into a polished
Prosus-styled deck.
Goal
Take a rough outline and turn it
into a polished short deck with
clear titles, a consistent look, and
one good closing slide.
Download the skill.
Click the
Download skill
button above. The
.zip file lands in your
downloads folder.
Install it in ToqanClaw.
Open the Skills
tab in the side panel. At the
bottom-left, click
Upload skill and pick
the .zip you just
downloaded. It'll show up in the skill
list a second later.
Open a new conversation.
Small + next to the "New
chat" tab — same as every other
exercise.
Paste the prompt.
Copy the block below, drop your outline
into the highlighted spot, and send.
ToqanClaw will pick the skill up
automatically and build the deck.
Iterate on the deck.
Don't love a slide? Say so. Want a
punchier closing? Describe it. Same
one-message-per-change rhythm as before.
prompt · slides
Use the create-prosus-presentation skill.
Here's my rough outline:
[paste your bullet points]
Give me a 4-slide deck. Confident tone, no jargon, one big idea
per slide, a strong closing slide that tells me what to do next.
Where the deck lands
When ToqanClaw finishes building,
the
.pptx file ends up in
the Files tab
(usually under /data/).
ToqanClaw will tell you the exact
path in its reply — head to the
Files tab, open
that folder, and download the deck
from there.
EX4.2
Build · 10 min · creates skill:
my_voice
Write like you
Answer a few quick questions about how you
write — channels, tone, the words you live
in. ToqanClaw saves the result as a
my_voice skill it picks up
whenever you ask it to draft or rewrite a
message.
Goal
Save your writing voice as a
my_voice skill so
ToqanClaw can rewrite future drafts
— emails, Slack, anything — and have
them sound genuinely like you.
Open a fresh conversation.
Click the small + next to
the "New chat" tab. A blank tab slides
in — that's where you'll work.
Paste the prompt below.
Hit the Copy button in the prompt's
top-right corner, then paste it into the
message box and send.
Answer the interview.
ToqanClaw will ask up to five short
questions about how you write — one at a
time. It'll also ask for two or three
real messages you sent recently so it
can pick up the rhythm. Paste them in
as-is.
Let it create the
my_voice
skill.
ToqanClaw packages your answers and
samples into a skill that loads whenever
you ask for a draft or rewrite — no
copy-paste needed next time.
prompt · build my_voice
Hi! I want you to learn how I write so future drafts can sound
like me. Interview me with at most five short questions, one at a
time, covering things like:
1. What I write most — email, Slack, docs?
2. How I'd describe my tone (formal / casual / warm / dry)?
3. Openings, sign-offs, or phrases I always — or never — use.
4. Things I want to avoid (emoji, exclamation marks, jargon).
5. Two or three short samples of real emails or Slack
messages I sent recently, so you can pick up the rhythm.
Wait for my answer before moving to the next question. Once I've
answered, create a skill called my_voice that captures my style.
The skill must:
• Be loaded whenever I ask you to draft or rewrite a message.
• Rewrite drafts in my voice while preserving the meaning.
• Be easy to update later as my style evolves.
Finish by showing me the saved my_voice skill so I can confirm it.
★
Next steps · the encore
What's next
You've onboarded ToqanClaw, built two games,
shipped a dashboard, deployed three apps,
and dropped two skills into your toolbox.
The booklet officially ends here. Two last
nudges before you close the tab — one opens
a doorway, one closes the loop with your
team.
BONUS★
Bonus · 15 min · uses MCPs:
Google Workspace
Your daily morning briefing
Connect ToqanClaw to Google Workspace. A
fresh briefing of today's meetings — with
the relevant emails pulled in — lands in
your chat at 8:30 every morning.
Goal
Get a short briefing for the day
ahead, with relevant email context
pulled in automatically — and set it
to land in your chat at 8:30 every
morning.
Heads-up · IT permissions
If
Connect
or
Authorize
fails for either MCP, your IT team
is blocking third-party access. Ping
them to allow ToqanClaw, and skip
this one in the meantime.
Open the MCPs tab.
Right side of the screen.
Open the marketplace.
Click the
purple shop icon
at the top of the panel.
Connect Google Workspace.
Find each one in the list, click
Connect, and authorize
when prompted. Same flow for both.
Open a new conversation.
Small + next to the "New
chat" tab.
Paste the prompt.
ToqanClaw writes the briefing and
schedules itself for tomorrow.
prompt · daily briefing
Look at my calendar for today. For each meeting:
- Who I'm meeting and what the meeting is about.
- Recent context from Gmail — emails and threads
with those people that connect to the topic (anything unread,
unanswered, or discussed in the last week).
- A short "what I should prep" — one or two bullets, concrete.
Stitch it all into a short briefing with the meetings in
chronological order. Friendly tone, no jargon. Show it right
here in the chat — easy to scan, no file needed.
Then make this a recurring task at 8:30 every morning, so I get
a fresh briefing for that day's meetings waiting for me when I
open ToqanClaw.
What just happened
The
MCPs tab is how
ToqanClaw reaches into your other
apps. Same trick works for Slack,
Linear, Monday, Miro, and more —
browse the marketplace any time you
catch yourself copy-pasting.
Info · scheduled sessions
That last line is a quiet superpower:
ToqanClaw can run
scheduled sessions. If
a task could be a habit — daily
briefing, Friday recap, monthly
portfolio scan — just ask once and say
when to repeat.
LAST✦
Challenge · 5 min
Share your tool
Pick the thing you're proudest of from this
session and drop it in
#toqanclaw-reimagined on
Slack. That's how good workflows spread
across the team.
Goal
Share one thing you made with the
team, so other people see what's
possible — and so you find out how
to make yours better.
Pick one.
Game, dashboard, deck, briefing, rewrite
— whichever made you smile (or surprised
you most).
Grab the link or file.
From the Apps tab if
it's a deployed app, or the
Files tab if it's a
deck or briefing.
Drop it in
#toqanclaw-reimagined.
One-line message: what it is, what
surprised you, what you'd do differently
next time. That's the whole challenge.
The first questions everyone asks before
they get comfortable. If yours isn't here,
the "Get help" button at the bottom-right is
real.
No. You describe what you want in plain
language. Coding is something you can
ask for — not something you need to
bring.
Each new conversation starts from a
blank page. If you want it to remember
something, save a short profile (the
first exercise teaches you how) and
paste it in next time.
Treat ToqanClaw like a smart colleague —
you wouldn't hand them a sealed
envelope, but you also wouldn't whisper
company secrets to them in an elevator.
Use common sense, and never paste
anything you wouldn't share with a
co-worker.
It happens, especially on numbers and
recent events. Treat answers like a
colleague's first draft — useful, but
worth a quick gut-check before you
forward it on.
Regular chat is the all-purpose mode. A
skill is the same brain, but with a
particular outfit on — tuned to be
especially good at one thing, like
slides or research.
Yes — that's what the MCP tab is for.
Think of it as the hallway between
ToqanClaw and the other apps you already
use. You decide which doors are
unlocked.
Because the name is ToqanClaw, and we
wouldn't dream of putting a generic
robot on the box. Friendly tools deserve
friendly mascots.
Drop a message in our Slack channel —
#toqanclaw-reimagined on Prosus
Slack
(the "Get help" button in the
bottom-right corner of this page takes
you straight there). Someone will pick
it up. Stuck-ness is usually a
five-minute fix — don't sit with it for
an hour.