Prompt Foundations
$49 self-paced
For people whose AI output feels generic, off-tone, incomplete, or hard to review.
- Build a reusable prompt pack.
- Turn one vague request into a work brief.
- Review and revise AI output before using it.
Practical AI learning path
Choose the Build by the artifact you need next.
The Practical AI Workbench is a platform-agnostic training line for self-starters, consultants, operators, nonprofit/admin professionals, educators, and small teams who need usable prompts, cleaner context, work systems, agents, and reviewed workflows. It grows out of the Work Behind the Work ebook, but the hub is now a broader bench for building real AI work artifacts.
Measure the work
Assemble the context
Finish the artifact
Entry price $49 standalone self-paced Build
Best first path Prompt, context, or Starter Bundle
Format Self-paced with artifact review boundary
Tools ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Codex, CLI, MCP, and more
Recommended Starting Points
These are the clearest starting paths because they solve the problems most people feel before agents and workflows become useful: weak instructions and messy source material.
Make Your Work Legible
$49 self-paced
For people whose files, notes, PDFs, screenshots, drafts, or project material are too messy for AI to use well.
- Run a safe folder or project audit.
- Create naming, source, and sensitivity rules.
- Build an AI-ready context packet.
Starter Bundle
$89 self-paced
For learners who need both foundations: better prompts and cleaner context before bigger systems will help.
- Includes Prompt Foundations and Make Your Work Legible.
- Builds the prompt pack plus context packet.
- Adds a bridge guide that joins the two artifacts.
Self-serve access: choose one Build, enroll in the Starter Bundle, or use Founding Lifetime Access for all six Builds. Free previews stay separate from the paid course rooms.
Not sure yet? Use the Start Here diagnostic to choose by current bottleneck, or open the Artifact Gallery to see what each class helps you build before buying.
The Public Course Line
The catalog is built as a chain of artifacts. Each self-paced Build can stand alone, but the full path moves from better instructions to cleaner context, then into work systems, tool choice, agents, and workflows. Live workshop delivery is a separate service layer, not another self-paced Build.
1. Prompt Foundations
Best when: AI gives weak answers because the request is weak.
Artifact: reusable prompt pack.
2. Make Your Work Legible
Best when: the source material is scattered, messy, or unsafe to paste.
Artifact: folder audit, context packet, and cleanup receipt.
3. AI-Ready Work OS
Best when: you keep re-explaining active work, sources, priorities, and review rules.
Artifact: one-lane Work OS charter and assistant handoff test.
4. AI Surfaces And Harnesses
Best when: you do not know what belongs in chat, projects, harnesses, agents, CLI, MCP, or human review.
Artifact: surface-routing map and portable harness handoff.
5. Basic Agents
Best when: one recurring task might deserve a narrow helper.
Artifact: First Agent Pack with role, context, permissions, tests, and receipt.
6. Agentic Workflows
Best when: a repeated process needs stages, gates, evidence, evals, and maintenance.
Artifact: workflow SOP and reviewed run receipt.
Live Workshops And Enablement
Best when: a team, cohort, or client group needs a shared room and a guided artifact build.
Offer: scoped clinic, artifact workshop, implementation lab, or team session. Facilitation materials are scoped to the engagement.
Free Preview Library
Best when: you want to test the teaching style before buying.
Artifact: one 10-15 minute useful move from a Build.
Buyer FAQ
Best when: you have questions about support, refunds, access, privacy, safety, tools, or completion.
Artifact: clearer expectations before buying.
Pick By Buyer Type
A buyer does not need to understand the whole system. They need the smallest Build that solves the problem they already feel.
| If You Are | Start With | Why | Request Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-starter getting uneven AI answers | Prompt Foundations | The first bottleneck is prompt quality and review. | Enroll In Prompt Foundations |
| Admin, nonprofit, education, or operations professional with messy material | Make Your Work Legible | The first bottleneck is source quality and safe context. | Enroll In Make Your Work Legible |
| Consultant or self-starter repeating project context | AI-Ready Work OS | The work needs a small operating layer before tools or agents. | View Build |
| Technical-curious builder comparing tools | AI Surfaces And Harnesses | The task needs routing before tool commitment. | View Build |
| Operator with one recurring helper idea | Basic Agents | The work needs a bounded agent charter before automation. | View Build |
| Project lead with a repeatable process | Agentic Workflows | The process needs gates, review, evidence, and receipts. | View Build |
| Small team, facilitator, or client group | Live Workshop or enablement inquiry | The need is a shared room, participant artifact, and follow-up path, not another self-paced Build. | Ask About A Workshop |
Current Buyer Path
The public offer is self-serve: six standalone Builds, the Starter Bundle, and Founding Lifetime Access for learners who want the whole six-Build path. Workshops and custom enablement stay inquiry-only.
Prompt Foundations
$49 self-paced
For weak prompts, uneven AI output, and missing review habits.
Make Your Work Legible
$49 self-paced
For messy source material, unclear folder structure, and unsafe context.
Starter Bundle
$89 self-paced
For the foundation pair: better prompts plus cleaner context.