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Automation & agents.

Small automations, agents, connectors and tools with a failure rule and a check.

30 articles
AI basics

Sort your inbox before you let AI reply

Define a few inbox categories, test them on past emails and give AI the label and draft switches before anyone discusses send or delete.

Automation & agents12 min read11 October 2026
Transferable AI skills

Turn a process brief into a clickable prototype with AI

Give AI the rules of a process, check a state table first, then click through a one-file prototype whose save and approve buttons say they're simulated.

Automation & agents6 min read + practice9 October 2026
Transferable AI skills

Turn an approved procedure into a searchable mini-site

Ask AI to build a one-file searchable page from a procedure or glossary, then check that every rule, exception and definition kept its exact wording.

Automation & agents7 min read + practice9 October 2026
Codex

Ask Codex for a plan before it changes your files

Keep Codex read-only, ask for a plan that names every file it will read, create, change or delete, and resolve vague instructions before anything is written.

Automation & agents12 min read + practice7 October 2026
Codex or Claude Code

Check whether a website change is actually live

Tell a local preview, a GitHub change and a deployed website apart, and record evidence for the stage the work really reached.

Automation & agents13 min read + practice7 October 2026
Codex

Get Codex to build a simple business calculator

Specify and build a small local calculator, check its known answers and invalid inputs, and test the page in a browser before wider use.

Automation & agents13 min read + practice7 October 2026
Claude

Give Claude a folder for one bounded job

Connect one small practice folder to Claude Cowork, check what it can read, and review one new output file without changing the sources.

Automation & agents14 min read + practice7 October 2026
Transferable AI skills

Set the actions an AI agent must stop for

Write a stop list for one agent or AI workflow, attach a real control to each line in Zapier, Claude or ChatGPT, and check the settings that quietly undo it.

Automation & agents15 min read + practice7 October 2026
Claude

Share a Claude Artifact and check who can use it

Check the content, audience, access level and connected behaviour before sharing, then check what the recipient can actually open and do.

Automation & agents13 min read + practice7 October 2026
Gemini

Use Gemini Canvas for an editable draft or small tool

Brief a small packing calculator in Gemini Canvas, test it with quantities you can check, and use the same discipline to edit a draft paragraph by paragraph.

Automation & agents13 min read + practice7 October 2026
Claude Code

What Claude Code is, and when a business user needs it

Decide whether your job needs Claude Code or a simpler Claude option, then make one small change in a company code project and hand a checked diff to its owner.

Automation & agents12 min read + practice7 October 2026
Transferable AI skills

Save a useful AI task so you can reuse it

Save the instructions for a task that works, test them with five fresh cases and, if your account supports it, package them as a skill.

Automation & agents13 min read + practice4 October 2026

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