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Working With AI Tools

Optional, for work outside a codebase: choose the tool, give it context, prompt well, and use it responsibly.

Islands
4
Lessons
25
Exercises
142
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  1. Island 1

    Choosing the Tool

    Know the seven kinds of AI tool, match one to the task in front of you, and notice when the right tool is not an AI at all.

    1. Seven Kinds of Tool5 exercises, 5 min
    2. Matching the Tool to the Task5 exercises, 5 min
    3. Buttons and Blind Spots5 exercises, 6 min
    4. Checkpoint: Pick the ToolCheckpoint6 exercises, 6 min
    5. Boss: Toolbox MondayBoss8 exercises, 8 min
  2. Island 2

    Context, Files and Reuse

    Hand a tool the files, examples and constraints it needs, then capture what worked as instructions, templates and skills you can use again.

    1. Files as Context5 exercises, 5 min
    2. Examples and Constraints5 exercises, 5 min
    3. Reusable Instructions That Hold6 exercises, 7 min
    4. Checkpoint: Context and ReuseCheckpoint6 exercises, 6 min
    5. Boss: Set Up the TeamBoss8 exercises, 8 min
  3. Island 3

    Prompting and Collaboration

    Build a prompt from its four parts, give the model what it needs, ask for the output you want, and improve a result instead of starting over.

    1. Anatomy of a Prompt5 exercises, 5 min
    2. Giving Context5 exercises, 6 min
    3. Specifying the Output5 exercises, 5 min
    4. Iterate, Don't Restart5 exercises, 5 min
    5. Deciding What to Delegate5 exercises, 6 min
    6. Checkpoint: Building the AskCheckpoint6 exercises, 6 min
    7. Boss: Fix a Failing PromptBoss8 exercises, 8 min
  4. Island 4

    Working Responsibly

    Decide where a human stays in the loop, what never goes into a prompt, whose work the output is, and how to notice bias before it ships.

    1. Automation or Augmentation5 exercises, 5 min
    2. Human Oversight and Approval Boundaries5 exercises, 6 min
    3. Privacy: What Not to Paste5 exercises, 6 min
    4. Intellectual Property5 exercises, 5 min
    5. Bias in Outputs5 exercises, 5 min
    6. Your Responsible-Use Checklist5 exercises, 5 min
    7. Checkpoint: Lines and LimitsCheckpoint6 exercises, 6 min
    8. Boss: Approve or RejectBoss8 exercises, 8 min