What The App Forge is
The App Forge is a hands-on workshop in Montréal where you learn to build your own app with AI, even if you have never written a line of code. The tool is Claude Code, Anthropic's AI that reads your project, plans, writes and runs the code, and fixes its own mistakes. You make the decisions; it does the typing.
Before the workshop, you send us your app idea. We pick the right stack for it and build its foundation by hand, with cyber safety set up first, so it is already running on your laptop the minute you sit down. That head start is the difference between watching a demo and walking out with something real.
This is not a seminar and it is not theory. Six seats, four hours, hands on the keyboard, one-on-one help the whole way.
The afternoon, hour by hour
Approximate timing. The room sets the pace.
Doors & setup
Open your laptop and your app's foundation is already there, running. We make sure everyone is live before we start.
How apps actually work
The professional stack in plain language: hosting, the database, the backend, payments, the pieces every real app is made of, so you know what you are building on.
How to drive Claude Code
The part that matters most. How the model thinks, how the agent loop works, how to plan, how to steer it, and how to fix things when it goes sideways, on your own project.
Build your core feature
The bulk of the day. You build the one thing that makes your app yours, hands on keyboard, with an expert floor-walking one-on-one.
Ship it live
We push your app to the internet on a real URL you can send to anyone that night.
Keep going, and the always-on agent
How to keep building after tonight, plus how we can set up an always-on agent that maintains your app, finds leads, and handles the busywork for you.
What you leave with
Your app, live
Your foundation running on the real internet, on a secure industry-standard stack, on a URL you own.
The skill
You know how to direct Claude Code to keep building, on your own, after you leave.
A real mental model
How software is actually put together, so you stop guessing and start deciding.
The guarantee
Leave with your foundation live, or your money back. That simple.
Questions people ask
Do I need to know how to code?
No. The App Forge is built for people with no coding background. You direct Claude Code, which writes and runs the code, while you make the calls. The instructor learned to build apps this exact way in about six months, starting from zero.
What is Claude Code?
Claude Code is Anthropic's AI coding tool. It reads your project, plans changes, writes and runs the code, and fixes its own errors from plain-language instructions. You will learn to operate it to build real software you own.
What will I actually walk out with?
Your app's foundation running live on the internet, on a real secure stack, plus the skill to keep building it yourself. If you do not leave with your foundation live, you get your money back.
What do I need to bring?
Your laptop, your app idea, and a Claude account on the Max plan (Pro chokes mid-build). Before the event you send us your idea and we build the foundation by hand so it is running the moment you sit down.
Where and when is it?
Sunday, July 12, 2026, 12:00 to 4:00 PM, at Crew Collective & Café, 360 Rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, QC H2Y 1P5. Doors at 11:45 AM.
How much is it, and how many seats?
CA$99 per seat, capped at six people so everyone gets one-on-one help. Tickets are on Eventbrite.