Coding with AI

For Clark University economics courses ECON10 and ECON206

Start Here — Guides

• 1. Pre-Course Preparation
  Do this first. GitHub Student Pack and Copilot activation (allow a few days), then VS Code, Python, Quarto, and a PDF engine.
• 2. Quarto Drafting Guide
  Figures, tables, equations, hyperlinks, and rendering to PDF.
• 3. How to Use GitHub Copilot
  Responsible, effective use of Copilot in coursework, with prompt examples and the required AI statement.
• 4. Token-Saving for Claude Code ADVANCED
  Optional: RTK and Caveman setup to reduce token usage with the Claude Code CLI on Windows.

Slides

• Pre-Course Setup and Quarto Guide
  Walkthrough slides for the setup steps above.
• How to Use AI for Coding
  Workflow for using AI as a coding assistant, with a labor-market example.

Example Project

• ECON10 — Labor Market
  A worked example project used to illustrate the AI-assisted coding workflow.