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A subscription course that teaches you to use AI tools well — starting from no background at all and growing into advanced work. Phase 1 is the foundation and is taken in order. Everything after it can be jumped into by interest, one topic at a time. The library keeps growing after launch; that is the point of the subscription.

Live at launch

In production

Planned

Green = free, or a downloadable file

PHASE 1 — THE FOUNDATION

Live at launch

17 short lessons, about 100 minutes, four files to keep. Taken in order — each section sets up the next. Nothing here names a version, a price, or a menu path, so it stays true as the tools change.

SECTION 01

Handling It Safely

First, because you're probably already using these tools before you ever take a course.

Before anything else — the two facts behind most mistakes FREE · TRY IT NOW
What never goes in — credentials, customer data, NDA material
Consumer vs. business accounts — who can read your chats
Using output at work — what you are responsible for

▼ Red-line checklist

SECTION 02

Getting a Useful Answer

You're using it while you learn, so the practical skill comes before the theory.

Anatomy of a good request
Give it the material — paste, attach, quote
Constraints and output format
Correcting instead of restarting
When to start a fresh chat

▼ Request template

SECTION 03

What's Actually Happening

Third on purpose — by now you've watched it forget something and invent a fact, so this explains what's already annoyed you.

Prediction, not lookup
The context window — why it forgets
Training data vs. live data
The four shapes of AI tool

▼ Mental model card

SECTION 04

Checking the Answer

Verification lands harder once you have the foundation in place.

The three failure modes
Fast verification — what to spot-check first
Never run it blind — testing generated commands
When not to use it at all

▼ Verification checklist

PHASE 2 — APPLIED

In production

Released piece by piece after launch, roughly one solid part every few days. Skip around freely — each part stands on its own once Phase 1 is done.

SECTION 05

Document Creation

The everyday tasks you'll likely reach for AI for first.

WordPowerPoint ExcelPDF

SECTION 06

Document Manipulation

For when you're an admin or advanced user doing heavier work.

Word — formatting, tables, detail PowerPoint — graphs, links, animation

SECTION 06A

Excel, Properly

Too big to be one bullet. Likely the most in-demand skill in the whole course.

Multiple sheetsPivot tables FormulasData cleanup

SECTION 07

Things You Couldn't Make Before

Not speeding up a task you already do — enabling one you couldn't.

FlowchartsModels & graphs SVG & rendered diagrams HTML dashboards from your data more to come

PHASE 3 — WHAT'S COMING

Planned

Ordered easy to advanced. The everyday material comes first; the technical material follows.

EVERYDAY

EmailStorage & files Computer connectionsGoogle Drive OneDriveLetting it control the browser Extensions

ADVANCED

Local modelsAI in the terminal AutomationCoding

HOW THIS COURSE IS BUILT

Safety before skill. The mistake you cannot undo gets taught first, not last.
The foundation names no versions. No prices, no models, no menu paths — so it does not go stale. Anything that specific lives in the dated updates.
Every section ends with a file. Something to keep, print, and use at work — not just something to watch.
The library keeps moving. New parts arrive continuously, each one dated, so nothing ages quietly.
Contributors learn by building. Phase 1 is the training ground; once you finish it, you can help build Phase 2. Everything is reviewed before it publishes.