Guides

Start with a problem you already have.

Each guide starts with a job I wanted AI to help with. You get the instructions, the examples and the checks I used.

Pick the problem that looks familiar.

Most guides use an AI chat tool, material you already have and a job that comes up more than once.

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Use AI to research the company, build proof of your work, contact the right person, and check every claim before you apply.

Turn your best past replies into reusable templates, then personalize each one with AI without losing your voice.

Screen unfamiliar tools for hidden access, data transfers, dangerous commands, and permissions that don't fit the job.

Make any important AI answer show how sure it is, what supports it, and what could make it wrong.

Turn one recurring task into a reusable instruction, then check the result in a separate pass.

Map what happens before and after the prompt, including review, ownership, and the cases that go wrong.

A quick way to find out whether the idea saves time, lowers cost, or just moves the work somewhere else.

Five things to settle before you ask AI to write anything. Includes a worksheet and a filled-in example.

What each guide includes

I explain the job, what I gave the AI and what came back.

If the answer needed another pass, you will see why. I also include the prompt and examples when they help.

Use the whole setup or take the part you need.

Have a task that keeps coming back?

If it makes a useful example, I may work through it for a future guide.