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Level 1: Ai Foundations
14 modules · Free · Beginner
Remove fear, create quick wins. Get comfortable talking to Claude and using Ai in everyday life.
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Level 1: Ai Foundations
Goal: remove fear + create quick wins. Audience: beginners and the openly apprehensive. Core tool: Claude Ai (intro level).
Part One · 1 · What Is Ai?
- Plain English, no jargon — what it is and is not
- The tools people actually use: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, Kiro, Perplexity, Midjourney
- Which one to open first, and why
- Meet the models (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku)
- 25 essential Ai terms in plain English
Action Step: Open one tool and ask it a real question about your business
Part One · 2 · Why You Need Ai
- Hours back every week on the work you already dread
- No more waiting on somebody else to be free
- How one person keeps pace with a far bigger competitor
- Where it genuinely does not help — and why that matters
Exercise: List the five tasks that eat your week
Part One · 3 · How to Use Ai
- Talk to it like a teammate — the R·T·C·F briefing formula
- Rough notes into a finished client email
- A long document down to the numbers that matter
- One idea into a week of posts
- Web, desktop, mobile (voice + photos)
Challenge: Turn a lazy prompt into a real briefing
Part One · 4 · Immediate Benefits of Ai
- What the published studies actually measured
- Why beginners gain the most (+34% in the NBER study)
- Prediction, not magic — why it makes mistakes
- Catching a wrong answer before you send it
Exercise: Run a verification pass on a real answer
Part One · 5 · Hardware & Software
- Hardware requirements (spoiler: barely any)
- Windows, Mac or Linux — and phones and tablets
- Creating your account
- CLAUDE.md — your instruction sheet
- Monitoring your usage so there are no surprises
Action Step: Write your own CLAUDE.md, with help from Claude
Part One · 6 · Simple Projects You Can Build
- A question sheet that answers your customers
- A weekly report that writes itself from your numbers
- One prompt you can reuse for a month of content
- Planning before you build, and reviewing a plan like a pro
- A real CoWork session (Draft → Push → Flip → Decide)
Project: Ship one of the three, start to finish
Part Two · 1 · Claude Setup
- Hardware requirements (spoiler: barely any)
- Creating your account
- Skills — teaching Claude new tricks
- CLAUDE.md — your instruction sheet
Action Step: Write your own CLAUDE.md with Claude's help
Part Two · 2 · Proper Prompting
- Talk to Claude like a teammate
- The R·T·C·F briefing formula
- Prompt makeovers
- Boundaries — what NOT to do
Challenge: Turn a lazy prompt into a real briefing
Part Two · 3 · Model Selection
- Meet the models (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku)
- Smart selection: match model to task
- Monitoring your usage
Exercise: Assign your 5 most common tasks a model
Part Two · 4 · Ways to Use Claude
- Web & Desktop app
- Mobile app (voice + photos)
- Claude Code, the API, MCPs & Extensions
Exercise: Map your daily doors into Claude
Part Two · 5 · CoWork Projects
- What CoWork Projects are
- Building your first project
- A real CoWork session (Draft → Push → Flip → Decide)
Project: Build a briefed workspace for a real task
Part Two · 6 · Planning Mode
- Why plan before you build
- Using Planning Mode step by step
- Reviewing a plan like a pro
Exercise: Run a plan → review → approve cycle
Part Two · 7 · How Claude Thinks
- Prediction, not magic
- The context window
- Why Claude makes mistakes (and how to catch them)
Exercise: Run a verification pass on a real answer
Part Two · 8 · Terms to Know
- 25 essential Ai terms in plain English
- Speak fluently with other operators
Final Quiz: Earn your First Prompt Certification
Testing: Quiz after each module + Level 1 Final Quiz · "First Prompt Certification". Engagement: Daily prompt threads, "Prompt of the Day," beginner leaderboard.