The free Stepthrough AI course, in order

Updated October 1, 2026

One free AI course in 12 parts, from your first AI project to automations, apps and voice agents. 10 modules are live now and 5 more are on the way. The 4 parts with lessons today are below; the rest are being built. Start at Module 1 and work down, or jump to the part you need.

Part 1 · AI Automation for Beginners

Start here. Three real AI projects, one click at a time.

1. Module 1: Build a Custom GPT Social Media Assistant

   See why generic prompts give generic results, then build a Custom GPT loaded with your brand voice and watch the output transform.

   Free · ChatGPT · about 8 minutes

2. Module 2: n8n AI Agent Tutorial: Save Social Media Ideas to Google Sheets

   Build an AI agent for BrightPath Marketing that generates social media post ideas and saves them to Google Sheets — chat trigger, AI Agent, system prompt, model, memory, and the Sheets tool.

   Free · n8n · about 12 minutes

3. Module 3: Lovable + n8n: Build a Web App with an AI Backend

   Build a contact form in Lovable and connect it to an n8n workflow — webhook trigger, AI Agent, Google Sheets, Gmail, and a Respond node that ties it all together.

   Free · Lovable and n8n · about 15 minutes

Part 2 · Better Prompts

Get better answers from any AI assistant. No setup, no integrations.

1. Module 4: Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task, Format

   Ask ChatGPT for the same customer email twice, once vaguely and once with a four-part prompt, and see exactly why structure gets a better answer.

   Free · ChatGPT · about 8 minutes

2. ChatGPT Skills: Build a Brand Voice Skill

   Coming soon: learn ChatGPT Skills, the replacement for Custom GPTs, by building a reusable brand voice skill that keeps all your writing on brand. Free.

   Coming soon · ChatGPT · about 8 minutes

Part 3 · ChatGPT for Everyday Work

Meeting notes, customer replies, spreadsheets and your brand voice, done in ChatGPT.

1. Module 5: Summarize a Meeting Transcript with ChatGPT

   Paste a long meeting transcript into ChatGPT and get the decisions, an action items table with owners and due dates, and a follow-up email ready to send.

   Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes

2. Module 6: Reply Faster: Turn a Messy Customer Email Thread into a Clear, Friendly Reply

   Turn a messy customer email thread into a clear, friendly reply: give ChatGPT the thread and your facts, check every promise, fix the tone, and send it from Gmail.

   Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes

Part 9 · n8n Automation Toolkit

Run n8n yourself, route work by rules, and build workflows and agents that do the busywork.

1. Module 7: Find and Use n8n Templates

   Skip the blank canvas. Find a ready-made workflow in the n8n template gallery, import it into your workspace, connect Google Sheets and Gmail, test it with a real form entry and publish it.

   Free · n8n · about 9 minutes

2. Module 8: Daily Job Alerts: Email Each Tech Their Jobs from Google Sheets with n8n

   Every morning at 7, n8n reads a plumbing company's jobs sheet, skips anything not assigned yet, and emails each job to the tech it's assigned to — customer, address, time and what's wrong. No AI, just a clean first…

   Free · n8n · about 10 minutes

3. Module 9: AI Receipt Extractor: Receipts to Google Sheets with n8n

   Drop a photo of a receipt into an n8n chat. An AI agent reads it, pulls out the date, vendor and amount, picks a category, and adds a row to Google Sheets.

   Free · n8n · about 12 minutes

4. Module 10: AI Email Responder: Draft Gmail Replies Automatically with n8n

   Build an n8n agent that watches your Gmail, reads each new customer email, and writes a reply as a draft in the same thread, ready for you to check and send.

   Free · n8n · about 12 minutes

5. AI Appointment Scheduler with Lovable and n8n

   Coming soon: build a booking form in Lovable connected to an n8n AI agent that confirms, reschedules and sends appointment reminders. Free, step by step.

   Coming soon · Lovable and n8n · about 15 minutes

6. AI Content Pipeline: Blog Post Drafts from a Topic List

   Coming soon: build an n8n pipeline that turns a list of topics into formatted blog post drafts, queued for your review. A free, step by step course.

   Coming soon · n8n · about 12 minutes

7. AI Quote Replies: Answer Price Emails from Your Price List

   Coming soon: build an n8n workflow that answers "how much for..." emails with an AI-drafted quote based on your own price list. Free and step by step.

   Coming soon · n8n · about 12 minutes

8. Build an AI Customer Service Bot with ChatGPT

   Coming soon: build a ChatGPT assistant that answers customer questions from your company knowledge base, and says so when it does not know. Free course.

   Coming soon · ChatGPT · about 10 minutes

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