Learn AI at Work: Free AI Courses, Lessons and Glossary
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Stepthrough started as free AI training, and AI is still most of the site: 247 interactive lessons where you build real things in ChatGPT, n8n, Lovable and other tools, step by step in a safe practice copy. This page is the map. Pick a course if you want a guided start, a learning path if you have a goal in mind, or the glossary if you just need a word explained.
Start with a course
Each course is a short series of lessons in order, from your first AI task to a working automation.
- Intro to AI Automation: Learn AI automation from zero: three everyday AI jobs (pick your assistant, sum up a meeting, answer a tricky email), then a Custom GPT, an AI agent and a web…
- AI at Work: Start Here: Use AI on real office work this week, without leaking client data.
- Better Prompts: Turn vague AI answers into work you can send, with prompt habits that work in any assistant.
- ChatGPT for Everyday Work: Answer emails, recap meetings, read spreadsheets and write SOPs in a fraction of the time.
- Master ChatGPT for Work: Go from safe first chats to ChatGPT that knows your job, reads your files and runs multi-step work: data controls, memory, prompts, meeting minutes, fact…
- Claude Jump Start: Get Claude to remember your business, research with sources, check contracts and build shareable tools.
Follow a learning path
Learning paths group lessons around one goal or one tool.
- ChatGPT Jump Start: Answer emails, recap meetings and read spreadsheets faster, then give ChatGPT a Project that knows your business.
- Gemini Jump Start: Clear your Gmail faster and get cited briefings from your own docs with Gemini and NotebookLM.
- AI for Accounting & Bookkeeping Firms: For accountants and bookkeepers: free hands-on lessons, in order, from client-data rules and meeting recaps to P&L reviews, reconciliation and invoice…
- AI for Law Firms: For small law firms: free lessons on client data, case-update emails, intake calls, contract review and an after-hours intake agent.
- AI for Insurance Agencies: Claim-status replies and renewal lists for independent agencies.
- AI for Recruiting & HR: For recruiters and HR: free lessons for fair job posts, interview scorecards, honest candidate replies, policy answers and one applicant sheet.
Look up an AI term
The AI glossary explains 686 AI and automation terms in plain English, each with an example from a free lesson. Browse it by topic:
More free AI resources
- Prompt library: copy-ready prompts for everyday jobs, each with a filled-in example
- AI tools directory: AI tools by category, with free lessons where there is one
- Tool comparisons: side-by-side comparisons of popular AI and automation tools
- AI questions: short answers to common questions about AI at work
- Videos: lesson walkthroughs and short explainers
- AI news: what changed in AI tools this week, and what it means for your work
Other topics
Beginner courses and plain-English glossaries beyond AI, each linked back to the AI lessons that speed up the work:
- Business intelligence: Learn business intelligence from zero: what BI is, dimensions vs measures and your first Tableau Public chart. Free beginner lessons and a BI glossary.
- Digital marketing: Learn digital marketing from zero: the marketing funnel, PPC metrics like CPC, CTR and ROAS, and your first GA4 report. Free lessons and a glossary.
- Microsoft 365: Learn Microsoft 365 from zero: which app does what, your first Excel budget in the free web version, and what Copilot can do. Free lessons and a glossary.
- Google Workspace: Learn Google Workspace from zero: Drive, sharing and Docs, your first Google Sheets job tracker, and what Gemini can do in Sheets, Gmail and Docs. Free lessons.