Step-by-Step Guides

Playbooks for getting real work done with AI.

Not theoretical. Actual step-by-step workflows you can copy and use today.

Step-by-step playbooks for getting real work done with AI. Not theory — actual workflows you can copy and ship today.

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Claude
ChatGPT
Automation
Prompting
MCP & Agents
Agents
MCP & Agents
Build a personal research agent with Claude + MCP in 20 minutes
Connect Claude to web search, memory, and a local file store. No coding experience required — just an API key and this guide.
Read guide →20 min · Beginner
Prompts
Prompting
The complete prompting playbook for Claude Sonnet 4.6
System prompts, chain-of-thought tricks, XML structuring, and the specific patterns that unlock Sonnet's best work — with 30+ ready-to-use templates.
Read guide →35 min · All levels
Automation
Automation
Automate your entire content workflow with AI in one afternoon
From brief to draft to publish — a full n8n + Claude automation that handles ideation, drafting, SEO, and scheduling with one trigger.
Read guide →45 min · Intermediate
Analyst
Claude
Claude as your analyst: building a repeatable data pipeline
Upload CSVs, ask natural language questions, get structured outputs. A lightweight internal analytics tool your whole team can use without a data scientist.
Read guide →30 min · Intermediate
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
GPT-5.4 with 1M context: the practical use cases that actually work
Large context windows sound impressive. Here's exactly what tasks justify using them, what falls apart, and how to prompt for coherent output at scale.
Read guide →25 min · All levels
MCP
MCP & Agents
Setting up MCP servers: the definitive 2026 guide
Model Context Protocol unlocks Claude's ability to talk to your tools. A complete walkthrough of setup, authentication, and 12 integrations worth building first.
Read guide →40 min · Advanced

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