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November
Saturday
10:00–17:00 2026 · Boston time
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Join a Claude Community Event, organized by local enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude!
Hosted by Northeastern's AI Skunkworks team. Free and open to all.
Spend Saturday, November 14, building with Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Code at Northeastern's Cabral Center. This Build Day's theme is responsible healthcare AI: oncology data holds enormous promise for AI, but only if teams can tell when a dataset is actually fit for the question being asked, and can explain why. Come with a team or on your own; solo builders are matched into teams of 3-5 on the day. The day ends with live demos and feedback.
Project ideas
Pick a track or bring your own idea built with Claude:
Cohort Firewall: build a tool that decides whether an oncology dataset is ready for a proposed AI question. It returns one of four verdicts: Ready, Conditional, Blocked, or Insufficient Evidence.
Evidence Navigator: turn complex oncology data-readiness findings into clear evidence, side-by-side comparisons, and concrete next actions.
Who should join
Developers, data scientists, designers, researchers, and anyone working where healthcare meets AI. Cohort Firewall suits builders who like rules, logic and data. Evidence Navigator suits people who can make complex findings easy to understand.
Agenda
10:00 AM: Check-in, kickoff and a quick Claude Fable 5.1 / Claude Code onboarding
Team formation
Two build blocks with mentors on hand (lunch provided)
3:15 PM: Projects due
Live demos and feedback
4:45 PM: Wrap-up
Claude credits
Every approved attendee receives $100 in Claude API credits. Credits are redeemed to a Claude Console organization, not a personal Claude.ai account. We'll walk through setup at the opening session.
Good to know
This page is the only registration for the day. Registration requires host approval, and approvals close Thursday, Nov 12.
Demos are live, so aim for a working prototype. Slides alone won't do it.
Use only synthetic or openly licensed data. No patient data, and no tools that make clinical decisions.
Bring a laptop and charger.
Venue: Cabral Center, Northeastern University, 40 Leon Street, Boston. Capacity is 160, so register early.
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