Practical AI for everyday life and work.
Plain-English guides, prompts you can copy, and honest comparisons. No coding needed.
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Start here
A seven-day path takes you from first prompts to a recurring workflow, with about an hour or two each day.
Start with one useful habit, check the output, then add more automation only when the simple version works.
What you'll find here
Six ways we help
Prompts
Copy-and-use prompts for real tasks.
Get it done
Step-by-step help with email, documents, planning and study.
Compare
The same prompt in different assistants, dated and fair.
Agents
What AI agents do, and how to stay in control.
Use AI safely
Privacy, fact-checking and workplace rules.
Myth vs fact
Common misunderstandings, corrected.
Prompt of the week
Meeting notes to decisions and actions
Convert rough notes or a transcript into decisions, action items with owners, and open questions.
How to use it and what to check →Below are notes from a meeting on [DATE] with [ATTENDEES]. [PASTE NOTES] Produce: - Decisions made (one line each) - Action items as a table: Owner | Action | Due date. Only include a due date if one was stated; otherwise write "not stated". - Open questions nobody answered - A 3-sentence summary for people who were not there Do not invent owners or dates. If an action has no clear owner, mark the owner as "unassigned".
Guides
Start with a guide
Start here
A seven-day path from first prompts to a recurring workflow.
Read the guide →Compare AI models
How to choose between assistant families, and how to check what is current.
Read the guide →Find the right AI
Match a task to the type of tool that suits it.
Read the guide →Prompt library
Copy-ready prompts with a universal template and verification notes.
Read the guide →AI agents
Assistants, workflows and agents explained, with platform comparison and safe setup.
Read the guide →Open-source AI
Running models and tools on your own machine, with licence caveats.
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Find your starting point
Three questions, one recommendation
Learn to use AI assistants, automations and agents at work and at home, without needing to code. The guides are practical, cautious about claims, and clear about when a human must decide.
Last reviewed . AI products change quickly; check the linked sources before relying on details.
What you can aim for
Save time
Business and financial outcomes
Everyday life
Build practical workflows
Assistant, workflow or agent?
An assistant answers when you ask. A workflow runs fixed steps that you set up. An agent chooses its own steps to reach a goal. The difference matters for cost, risk and how much you need to supervise. Read the full explanation with a diagram →
Start with an assistant, move to a workflow when you repeat the same task, and consider an agent only when the steps genuinely cannot be written down in advance.
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Personal AI agents
For engineers
If you build AI systems rather than use them, the same topics are covered in more depth in the Agent Stack and the agentic AI engineering course.
Ground rules used across these pages
- Verify facts against primary sources. Models can be fluent and wrong.
- Keep sensitive data out of tools you have not checked, including health records, identity documents and financial accounts. Verification checklist →
- Give automations the least access they need, and keep a person in the loop before anything is sent, posted, bought or deleted. Agent safety →
- Time-sensitive statements carry a date and sources. Check them again before relying on them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between an AI assistant, a workflow and an agent?
An assistant answers when you ask. A workflow runs fixed steps that you set up. An agent chooses its own steps to reach a goal. Our AI agents page explains the difference in full, with a diagram.
Do I need to know how to code to use AI at work?
No. The guides are written for using AI assistants, automations and agents at work and at home without coding. They are practical, cautious about claims and clear about when a person must decide. If you do build AI systems, the site points to the Agent Stack and the agentic AI engineering course for more depth.
Should I start with an AI agent or a simple assistant?
Start with an assistant. Move to a workflow when you repeat the same task, and consider an agent last. Our AI agents page explains when each one fits.
Is it safe to use AI for health or money questions?
Use it with care. AI is not a substitute for medical professionals, so use it to prepare questions for your doctor rather than to diagnose or choose treatment. For money, there are no guaranteed returns and nothing here is financial, legal or tax advice. Verify numbers and talk to a qualified professional before decisions that carry risk.
What are the basic safety rules for using AI at work?
Verify facts against primary sources, keep sensitive data out of tools you have not checked, and keep a person in the loop before anything is sent, posted, bought or deleted. The ground rules section on this page has the full list.
Where to go next
Want to build AI, not just use it?
Learn it. Build it. Ship it. Our engineering paths take you from first API call to production.