FREEGuide: build your first AI agent

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Short, hands-on AI courses for professionals. Learn to hand real tasks to AI agents, practise on safe data, and download the guides to build your own.

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Tuesday 09:00 · operations managerManual · all on you

Today's admin

time on you: 6h 40m
Reply to 38 customer enquiries2h 10m
Inbox agent
Book 9 client calls around the team's diaries1h 25m
Booking agent
Chase 4 overdue invoices55m
Finance agent
Triage 12 support tickets50m
Support agent
Write 6 product descriptions1h 20m
Content agent

Needs you 3 to review

Inbox agent
A customer wants a refund 41 days after buying. Your policy says 30.
Make an exceptionEdit reply
Finance agent
Invoice #1042 is 9 days late after two reminders. Call them yourself?
I'll callWait 2 days
Content agent
6 descriptions drafted from photos and spec sheets.
Approve allReview
0h 00m
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Founders

A briefing from your inbox, calendar and numbers, waiting for you at 8am.

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Chase overdue invoices without writing a single reminder.

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Research every new lead before you pick up the phone.

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Turn a question into a sourced research briefing by lunch.

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Turn every meeting into owners, deadlines and follow-ups.

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How a course works

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Lesson 1 · AI agents in plain English1 / 5
Which of these is an agent, not just a chatbot?
Sandbox · pretend inboxfake data
Hi, could we get a demo of your service this week?
› inbox agent checked the diary · 2 free slots
Happy to! I can do Thursday at 14:30 or Friday at 11:00. Which suits you?
› waiting for reply · nothing booked without you
Your agent's briefbrief.txt
role Inbox agent for Northwind Studio goal Reply to new enquiries within 5 minutes may read the diary, draft replies, suggest slots never confirm a booking, offer a discount ask me refunds, complaints, anything legal # tone: friendly, short, British spelling sign "The Northwind team"
Downloads2 guides
Build your first AI agent8 pages · instructions to paste in · free
The small-business back office14 pages + templates · coming soon
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Agent guides

Guides you download, follow
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Each guide builds one agent end to end, with the instructions written out for you to paste in.

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  • Every Foundations, Prompting and Productivity course
  • The starter guide: build your first AI agent
  • Sandbox practice on fake data
  • A new free lesson every month

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  • Role playbooks: operations, finance, sales, support
  • Every agent guide, with templates
  • Certificates you can add to LinkedIn
  • New courses as they launch
Questions

Before you start

Do I need to code?

No. Every course uses tools you set up by clicking and writing plain-English instructions. Where code would help, the guide gives it to you ready to paste.

Which tools do the courses use?

Mostly tools with free tiers, so you can finish a course without paying for software. Each course lists exactly what you'll need on its first page.

Is it safe to let an agent touch work email or customer data?

Only once you've set limits. Every build starts with the agent drafting and you approving, and the free Guardrails course covers approval steps, data rules and audit logs before you let it act alone.

Who makes the courses?

People who build and run AI agents inside real businesses, and test every course on real tasks before it goes live.