{"id":857,"date":"2026-10-21T16:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/reels\/trail\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:42:27","slug":"trail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/reels\/trail\/","title":{"rendered":"How Students Can Use TRAIL in Claude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/reels\/\" class=\"wb-backlink\" style=\"position:fixed;top:14px;left:14px;z-index:99999;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;padding:8px 13px;background:rgba(10,12,20,0.72);color:#fff;font:600 12.5px\/1 Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);border-radius:999px\">\u2190 Shop Reels<\/a>\n<div style=\"max-width:1000px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 16px;color:#111;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;padding-top:64px;\">\n<div style=\"border-bottom:3px solid #111;padding-bottom:16px;margin-bottom:24px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:0.72em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15em;color:#888;margin:0 0 6px 0;\">Clarkson AI Institute \u00b7 Workbench \u00b7 Shop Reels \u00b7 Reel 01<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size:2em;margin:0 0 10px 0;\">How Students Can Use TRAIL in Claude<\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.75em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.12em;color:#555;margin:0 0 10px;\">Claude \u00b7 1:00<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:1em;color:#222;margin:0 0 10px 0;\"><strong>What it shows:<\/strong> a lab notebook for working with AI \u2014 after every session, a record of what you asked, what the AI contributed, what you decided and what you verified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.8em;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;color:#888;margin:0;\">Accurate as of October 2026. Menus, names and features change \u2014 read what your screen actually says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"max-width:1000px;margin:0 auto 18px;padding:0 16px;\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 How Students Can Use TRAIL in Claude Final Cut\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SobKdQxfFe4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:1000px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 16px;color:#111;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\n<details style=\"border-top:1px solid #ddd;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;padding:10px 0;margin:0 0 16px;\">\n<summary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-size:0.9em;font-weight:600;\">Text description<\/summary>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.92em;color:#333;margin:10px 0 0;\">Six steps in the Claude desktop app. One: create a Project, one home for your work. Two: add the TRAIL files to the project&#8217;s Context. Three: ask Claude to create your log book. Four: work on your project, session after session \u2014 drafting an outline, checking a citation Claude could not verify. Five: when you are done for the day, tell Claude \u201cupdate my TRAIL,\u201d then copy the entry it writes (what you asked, what AI contributed, what you decided, what you verified) and paste it into your log book. Six: review the log book any time \u2014 you, your instructor, your future self. The project, course and entries shown are illustrative.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<div style=\"background:#111;color:#fff;padding:16px 18px;margin:0 0 8px;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:0.72em;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15em;color:#f2c200;margin:0 0 6px;\">Now take it to the bench<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:0.98em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/#autopsy-table\" style=\"color:#fff;font-weight:700;\">The Autopsy Table \u2192<\/a> Take one session from your log book. What must still be verified, and what could only you judge?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:1000px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 16px;color:#111;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:48px;margin-bottom:64px;border-top:3px solid #111;padding-top:14px;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:0.72em;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15em;color:#888;margin:0 0 10px;\">More Shop Reels<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:0.92em;\"><a href=\"\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/reels\/chatgpt-work\/\" style=\"color:#111;\">How Augmented Work Starts in ChatGPT &rarr;<\/a> <span style=\"font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:0.8em;color:#888;\">ChatGPT \u00b7 1:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:0.92em;\"><a href=\"\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/reels\/claude-code\/\" style=\"color:#111;\">How Students Can Use Claude Code &rarr;<\/a> <span style=\"font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:0.8em;color:#888;\">Claude Code \u00b7 2:56<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:0.92em;\"><a href=\"\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/reels\/meeting-brief\/\" style=\"color:#111;\">Your meeting in five minutes &rarr;<\/a> <span style=\"font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:0.8em;color:#888;\">ChatGPT \u00b7 1:00 \u00b7 phone<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.9em;margin:16px 0 0;\"><a href=\"\/ai-institute\/workbench\/tools\/\" style=\"color:#111;\">\u2190 Back to Tools &amp; Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">\n#wrapper-navbar,.site-header,.hero__breadcrumbs,.breadcrumbs,.entry-header,\nfooter.site-footer,.footer-widgets,.navbar,nav.navbar,.wp-block-navigation,.wp-block-template-part{display:none!important}\n.col-md.content-area{padding:0!important}\n.entry-content.container{max-width:100%!important;padding:0!important;margin:0!important}\n.site-main,.row{padding:0!important;margin:0!important}\nbody{padding-top:0!important;background:#fff}\n<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Shop Reels Clarkson AI Institute \u00b7 Workbench \u00b7 Shop Reels \u00b7 Reel 01 How Students Can Use TRAIL in Claude Claude \u00b7 1:00 What it shows: a lab notebook for working with AI \u2014 after every session, a record of what you asked, what the AI contributed, what you decided and what you verified. 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