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Every guide in the library, grouped by the thing you are trying to get done.

Getting Started with AI

The first things to learn if AI tools are new to you.

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Prompt Engineering

Writing prompts that return useful output instead of plausible noise.

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AI Writing

Drafting editing and fact checking with a model in the loop.

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AI Image & Design

Getting from a first render to an asset you can actually use.

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AI Video & Audio

Video generation voice work transcription and the editing around them.

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AI Coding

Writing reviewing and debugging code without shipping what you did not read.

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AI for Business

Putting AI into real workflows and measuring whether it helped.

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AI Automation

Wiring models into tools so a process runs without you watching.

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AI SEO & Marketing

Research briefs and content operations that search engines reward.

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AI Agents

Building agents that use tools keep state and act on their own.

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AI Data & Analysis

Cleaning querying and explaining data while checking what it tells you.

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AI Safety & Ethics

Privacy disclosure bias and the practical rules for using AI at work.

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AI Productivity

Cutting the repetitive parts of a working day down to minutes.

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AI for Students

Studying researching and revising with AI without crossing a line.

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Local AI Setup

Running models on your own machine with nothing sent to a server.

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AI Careers & Jobs

Building skills a hiring manager can see and asking for the job.

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How this library works

Written to be followed, not skimmed

Every guide here is a procedure someone actually ran, with the steps, the time it takes and the places it goes wrong.

HOW THESE ARE WRITTEN

Numbered steps, not prose

Each guide breaks into steps with their own anchor, so you can send a colleague straight to step four. Those anchors are minted once and never move.

Levels you can read without colour

Beginner to Expert, shown as filled pips as well as a label, so the level survives a screenshot, a colourblind reader and a printout.

An honest time estimate

The minutes on each card are the sum of its steps, not a reading speed. Guides without an estimate sort last rather than first — an unknown length is not a short one.

Freshness that means something

“Updated” moves only when a person changed the content — never when someone read it. Sorting evergreen guides any other way ranks whatever was most recently opened.

Filters that admit when they are empty

Every count is measured with your other filters applied, so the number beside an option is what you will actually get. Options that cannot narrow anything are not offered.

Prerequisites up front

What you need before you start, and what you will be able to do at the end, are stated before the first step — not discovered halfway through.

What is a guide here?

A task broken into numbered steps, with what you need before you start and what you will be able to do at the end stated up front. A cheat sheet is a page you jump into the middle of; a guide is one you follow in order.

Are the guides free?

Yes. Every guide is free to read in full, with no account required and no paywall.

What do the levels mean?

Beginner through to Expert, shown as filled pips as well as a label so the level still reads in a screenshot, on a printout, or to a colourblind reader. Filter by level to skip anything that assumes more than you have.

What does the time estimate mean?

The minutes on a card are the sum of that guide's steps, not a reading speed. A guide with no estimate sorts last rather than first — an unknown length is not a short one.

Can I link someone straight to one step?

Yes. Every step carries its own anchor, so a link can land on step four instead of the top of the page. Those anchors are minted once and never move, so a link you shared months ago still points at the same step.

How do I know a guide is current?

Each guide shows when its content was last revised. That date moves only when a person edits the material, so it never drifts just because the page was opened.
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