Course lessons
24 lessons across three levels: the free workshop, the Crash course, and Under the Hood. You can review the six-stage workflow at any point as you work through each lesson.
Getting started with sources (A0–A1)
Crash Course: finish and reuse a useful task (C1–C10)
Here is what we are going to make
What would change for me if I could work this way?
Preview lesson →Decide what would actually help
Who will use this, and what should it help them do?
Preview lesson →Set up the version we will use together
What do I actually need open and working?
Preview lesson →Bring the context that matters
What does the agent need from me before it starts?
Preview lesson →Let it find and arrange what you need
What can I let the agent make easier right now?
Preview lesson →Make the decision before the artifact
What do I want this result to do, and what am I choosing?
Preview lesson →Use it, respond, improve it
Does this help the person it was made for?
Preview lesson →Leave yourself a useful place to return
How do I stop now without losing what I decided?
Preview lesson →Do a small piece of your own work
Can I use this when the task is mine?
Preview lesson →You have a way to work
What is mine now, and what would I want next?
Preview lesson →Under the Hood: multi-step background tasks (H1–H12)
Same work, a different question
What made the crash-course workflow possible?
Preview lesson →Follow one job through your setup
Where does the work go, and what is responsible at each step?
Preview lesson →Decide what must persist
What should the next run inherit, and what should it rediscover?
Preview lesson →Choose where the work runs
What does this job gain from moving beyond my active session?
Preview lesson →Connect only what the job needs
What can this worker read, change and return for review?
Preview lesson →Turn a recurring step into a handoff
What does ‘done’ mean when I am not directing every move?
Preview lesson →Run the job and see what happened
How do I know what the worker actually did?
Preview lesson →Accept, redirect or stop
What am I accountable for when the work comes back?
Preview lesson →Find the layer that needs attention
What changed, and where is the evidence?
Preview lesson →Decide what deserves more resources
Would another worker give me more useful capacity or more supervision?
Preview lesson →Make a change without copying a sample answer
Can I adapt this system to the next job I actually have?
Preview lesson →Keep the system in service of your life
What is now easier, and what will I choose to do with that?
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