CLAUDE CODE · ENGINEERING TEAMS · DUBAI · UPDATED OCTOBER 2026
Claude Code Training in Dubai: agentic coding on your own repositories, safely
Hitesh Motwani
Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer · Author, Generative AI 360°
Claude Code is not autocomplete. It reads your codebase, plans a change across many files, runs your tests and opens the pull request. That is a big jump in leverage, and a big jump in risk if nobody has set the rules. Teams that skip the setup get impressive demos and messy diffs; teams that do the setup get a reliable second pair of hands.
I ran a three-day Claude Code intensive for 30 engineers at Excelacom Technologies (Java, JavaScript, Python, DevOps, product and UI/UX) that ended in a working TaskMaster app built by the group. I also ran the Claude 101 and Vibe Coding workshops for Anthropic’s community in India, and a 50-hour generative AI app-building programme for HP’s ML engineers.
- Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer
- 3-day Claude Code intensive for 30 engineers at Excelacom
- Hands-on with GitHub Copilot, LangChain, LlamaIndex and MCP
- Skillopedia FZC LLC, a registered UAE company
Trusted by leadership teams at
- Al Ghurair Group
- Transworld Group
- Landmark Group
- Emirates NBD
- Khadamat & Co (Umm Al Quwain)
- Jeebly
- Nakheel
- Microsoft
- Tata Group
- Siemens
- Pfizer
600+ organisations · 200,000+ professionals · 16+ countries · 4.8/5 average rating
Short answer
Claude Code training in Dubai teaches engineering teams to use Anthropic’s agentic coding tool on their own repositories, safely and measurably. Hitesh Motwani, an Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer, covers CLAUDE.md project memory, permission modes, plan mode, hooks, subagents, MCP and headless CI runs, plus how to review AI-written code before it merges.
Key facts
- Trainer: Hitesh Motwani, Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer and author of Generative AI 360° (ZebraLearn, 2025)
- Company: Skillopedia FZC LLC, a registered UAE company (licence 2623220140888)
- Delivery: on-site across Dubai and the UAE, or live online on Gulf Standard Time
- Contact: call +971 54 714 3634, WhatsApp +91 98924 14313, hitesh@skillopediagroup.com
- Track record: 600+ organisations, 200,000+ professionals, 16+ countries, 17+ years
PROGRAMMES
Claude Code programmes, durations and formats
Every programme is private to your organisation and built on your own work. Durations are typical; we adjust them to your team.
| Programme | For | Duration | Level | Format | You leave with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code for Engineering Leaders | CTOs, heads of engineering, engineering managers | 2 hours | Executive | Private briefing, on-site or online | A clear view of what Claude Code can and cannot do, the guardrails to set first, and a pilot plan with success measures. |
| Claude Code Foundations | Developers, QA and DevOps engineers | 7 hours | Intermediate | On-site full day on your repositories | Every engineer installed, configured and shipping a small reviewed change, with a shared CLAUDE.md and permission settings committed to the repo. |
| Claude Code Intensive | Mixed engineering, product and design teams of up to 30 | 21 hours | Intermediate to advanced | Three days, on-site | A working application built end to end by the team, the format used for 30 engineers at Excelacom Technologies. |
| Claude Code in CI and Automation | Platform, DevOps and tech leads | 7 hours | Advanced | One day, on-site or online | Headless runs in your pipeline, hooks that enforce your standards, and MCP servers connected to approved internal tools. |
| Secure AI Coding for Regulated Teams | Engineering, security and compliance at banks, fintechs and DIFC firms | 3.5 hours | Intermediate | Half day, on-site | A written policy for permissions, secrets, data handling and review that your security team has seen and signed off. |
WHAT YOU LEARN
What your engineers learn in Claude Code training
Eight modules, practised on your own codebase or a realistic sample repo. The one-day foundations cover modules 1 to 5; the three-day intensive covers all eight.
Module 01: Setup and the agentic loop
Installing Claude Code, choosing models, and how it reads files, plans, edits, runs commands and checks results. Where it is strong and where it guesses.
Module 02: CLAUDE.md project memory
Writing the project file that tells Claude your stack, conventions, commands and no-go areas, so every session starts with the same context. Team, project and personal memory compared.
Module 03: Permission modes and safe defaults
Default, accept-edits and plan modes, allow and deny lists for commands, and why bypassing permissions is reserved for sandboxes. Settings committed to the repo so the whole team inherits them.
Module 04: Plan mode and ticket to pull request
Turning a ticket into a reviewed plan before any code changes, then into small commits, passing tests and a pull request with a readable description.
Module 05: Reviewing AI-written code
A review checklist for AI diffs: scope creep, invented APIs, weakened tests, silent error handling and security smells. Who owns the merge, always a human.
Module 06: Hooks, slash commands and skills
Hooks that run formatters, linters and tests automatically, custom slash commands for repeat tasks, and skills that package your team's know-how.
Module 07: Subagents and MCP
Delegating research, testing and review to subagents, and connecting MCP servers for your issue tracker, docs or databases with the least access needed.
Module 08: Headless mode and CI
Running Claude Code non-interactively in pipelines for triage, test generation and review comments, with logs, limits and a human approval step.
HANDS-ON, NOT A DEMO
What a hands-on Claude Code day in Dubai looks like
Engineers work in their own environment from the first hour. We set the guardrails first, then take real tickets from plan to merged pull request, and finish by measuring what changed.
YOU BRING
- Laptops with your approved Claude plan or API access
- A repository (or a safe sample) and three to five real tickets
- Your coding standards, test commands and review rules
WE BUILD IN THE ROOM
- A team CLAUDE.md and shared permission settings in the repo
- Tickets taken from plan mode to reviewed pull request
- At least one hook and one custom slash command your team keeps
YOU LEAVE WITH
- A configured repository the whole team can use tomorrow
- An AI code-review checklist
- A short security and data-handling policy
- A 30-day pilot plan with the measures to track
BEFORE AND AFTER
What changes in an engineering team's week
Patterns from Claude Code workshops. The gains come from setup and habits, not from typing less.
| Task | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Onboarding to a codebase | New joiners spend weeks finding their way around a legacy service. | They ask Claude Code to map the modules, trace a request and explain decisions, guided by the team’s CLAUDE.md. |
| Ticket to pull request | Small tickets wait days because nobody has time to start them. | Plan mode produces a reviewed plan, then small commits and a pull request a human reviews and merges. |
| Tests and coverage | Tests are written last, if at all. | Claude writes tests first from the acceptance criteria, and a hook refuses changes that break the suite. |
| Refactoring and upgrades | Framework and library upgrades are postponed for quarters. | Subagents work through the upgrade module by module while engineers review each step. |
| Code review load | Senior engineers are the bottleneck for every review. | A headless review pass flags issues first, so human reviewers spend time on design and risk. |
| Documentation | READMEs and runbooks are out of date. | Docs are regenerated from the code and checked by the owning engineer as part of the pull request. |
Hitesh Motwani
Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer · Author, Generative AI 360°
EXPERIENCE
Why engineering teams in Dubai learn Claude Code from Hitesh Motwani
I teach Claude Code as someone who builds with it, alongside GitHub Copilot, LangChain, LlamaIndex and MCP, and as an Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer.
Credentials
- Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer
- Author, Generative AI 360° (ZebraLearn, 2025)
- Guest faculty at 9 IIMs, the University of London and Sheikh Zayed University
- Trained the Google Bard (now Gemini) support team in India
- Speaker at Informa (Dubai), HR Summit and Digital Engage Summit
- 17+ years: Twitter (X) India launch, Ogilvy, Rediffusion Y&R, Head of Marketing & Lead AI at Coverfox
Technical stack
- ChatGPT
- Claude & Claude Code
- Microsoft Copilot
- Gemini
- GitHub Copilot
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- MCP
- Agentic AI
Technical AI programmes I have delivered
Excelacom Technologies
A three-day Claude Code intensive for 30 engineers across Java, JavaScript, Python, DevOps, product and UI/UX, ending in a working TaskMaster app.
Anthropic community, India
The Claude 101 Workshop and the Vibe Coding Workshop for Anthropic's developer and builder community.
HP
A 50-hour programme for ML engineers on building generative AI applications.
CNH Industrial
A multi-day generative AI app-build programme, from idea to working prototype.
CarDekho (GirnarSoft)
Applied generative AI and Claude for 50 product, marketing and engineering staff.
e-intelligence and upGrad
Agentic AI and MCP programmes for technical learners.
CLAUDE CODE IN DUBAI
Why Dubai engineering teams need training, not just licences
Buying seats is the easy part. Without a shared CLAUDE.md, agreed permission settings and a review habit, every engineer uses Claude Code differently, and the results range from brilliant to risky. Training puts the same guardrails and workflow in every terminal.
Regulation raises the stakes in Dubai. Fintechs and banks in DIFC work under the DIFC Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020 and Regulation 10, and most other private companies under the federal PDPL (Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021). That shapes which repositories, logs and test data Claude Code may see, how secrets are kept out of context, and what is recorded.
The talent pressure is real too. The UAE is training public servants in agentic AI at scale, and private engineering teams are expected to keep pace. A structured programme gets a whole team productive in days rather than leaving each engineer to learn alone.
Claude Code, Codex and GitHub Copilot
- Claude Code: an agentic tool that works across your repo from the terminal or IDE, with CLAUDE.md, hooks, subagents and MCP
- GitHub Copilot: strongest inside the editor and GitHub workflow, with chat and agent features
- Codex: OpenAI's coding agent, for teams already standardised on ChatGPT
- Many teams use two. The training shows where each fits
- Whichever you choose, the same review and security rules apply
HOW THIS COMPARES
Claude Code training: this programme vs a catalogue course
Catalogue courses walk through features on a demo repo. This programme sets up your repository, your rules and your pipeline.
| Hitesh Motwani (Skillopedia FZC LLC) | Typical catalogue course | Self-paced online course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ✓ Your repositories and real tickets, or a realistic sample | Demo repository | Demo videos |
| Guardrails | ✓ CLAUDE.md, permissions and hooks committed to your repo | Explained, not set up | Not covered |
| Security and data | ✓ DIFC and PDPL rules built into the policy | Rarely covered | Not covered |
| Proof | ✓ Excelacom: 30 engineers, three days, a working app | Generic syllabus | Completion badge |
| Tool comparison | ✓ Claude Code with Codex and GitHub Copilot, honestly compared | One tool only | One tool only |
| Trainer | ✓ Hitesh Motwani, Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer | Assigned trainer | None |
FAQ
Claude Code training questions
What is Claude Code?
Claude Code is Anthropic’s agentic coding tool. It runs in the terminal or your IDE, reads your codebase, plans changes, edits files, runs commands and tests, and can open pull requests, all within the permissions you set.
Who is Claude Code training for?
Software engineers, QA and DevOps engineers, tech leads and engineering managers. Product and design colleagues can join the intensive, as they did at Excelacom. Business users are better served by Claude AI training.
What is CLAUDE.md?
CLAUDE.md is a project memory file that Claude Code reads at the start of every session. It holds your stack, conventions, commands and rules, so the tool behaves consistently for everyone on the team.
Is Claude Code safe for DIFC fintechs and banks?
It can be, with the right setup: restrictive permission settings, secrets kept out of context, approved MCP servers only, logged headless runs and human review on every merge. The secure coding module builds this policy with your security team.
How is Claude Code different from GitHub Copilot and Codex?
GitHub Copilot is strongest inside the editor and GitHub workflow. Codex is OpenAI’s coding agent. Claude Code works agentically across the whole repository with project memory, hooks, subagents and MCP. Many teams use more than one.
Do you train on our real codebase?
Yes, where your policy allows. Otherwise we use a realistic sample repository in your stack, so the habits transfer directly.
How long is Claude Code training?
A two-hour leadership briefing, a one-day foundations workshop (about 7 hours), a one-day CI and automation module, a half-day secure coding session, or a three-day intensive (about 21 hours).
What will engineers have done by the end?
Configured Claude Code with a shared CLAUDE.md and permissions, taken real tickets from plan mode to pull request, added a hook and a slash command, and agreed a review checklist.
Can the training run online?
Yes. Foundations and CI modules run well online in shorter blocks. The three-day intensive works best on-site in Dubai.
How do I book Claude Code training in Dubai?
Call Hitesh on +971 54 714 3634, WhatsApp +91 98924 14313, book a 20-minute call, or send your team’s details using the form on this page. Training is delivered by Skillopedia FZC LLC, a registered UAE company.
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