The free Stepthrough AI course, in order

Updated November 14, 2026

The free Stepthrough AI course is a hands-on AI course for beginners in 13 parts: you start with your first AI project and end with automations, apps and voice agents you built yourself, each one in a practice copy of the real tool in your browser. It is free, and you can start without signing up or entering a card. 162 modules are live now. The 11 parts with lessons today are below; the rest are being built. Start at Module 1 and work down, because each part builds on the one before, or jump to the part you need.

New to AI automation? Start with the free AI automation course for beginners, Part 1: three hands-on modules that take you from a Custom GPT to an n8n AI agent and a Lovable web app.

The course, a learning path or one lesson: which should you start with?

Three ways to learn on Stepthrough, all free
	The full course	A learning path	One lesson
Best for	Beginners who want the whole picture, in order	A role or industry, such as accounting firms or sales	One job you need done this week
Size	13 parts, 162 live modules	58 paths, each a short run of lessons	One project, start to finish
Order	Each part builds on the one before	Ordered for that role	Stands on its own
Start here	Part 1	All learning paths	All free tutorials

Part 1 · Intro to AI Automation

Start here: Robert's original three modules. Build a Custom GPT, then an n8n AI agent, then a Lovable web app wired to n8n, one click at a time.

Module 1: Start Here: How Stepthrough Works
Try the practice in under two minutes: watch a step, click, type, get unstuck with Do it for me, and finish.
Free · Stepthrough · about 2 minutes · Beginner
Module 2: Get On-Brand Social Posts Every Time using a ChatGPT Custom GPT
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 · Beginner
Module 3: 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 · Intermediate
Module 4: 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 · Advanced

Part 2 · Better Prompts

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

Module 5: 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 · Beginner
Module 6: AI Agent vs Chatbot vs Automation: One Job Done Three Ways
Chase six unpaid invoices three ways: a chatbot writes a template, an automation follows a rule, and an AI agent works out the steps and flags the tricky one.
Free · ChatGPT · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 7: Make ChatGPT Ask You Questions First: The Interview Prompt
Ask for a job posting the quick way, then with the interview prompt: ChatGPT asks what it needs, one question at a time, and writes a posting you can actually use.
Free · ChatGPT · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 8: Give Examples: Few-Shot Prompts That Copy Your Style
Paste three of your real past replies into ChatGPT and get new Google review replies that sound like you, not like a template.
Free · ChatGPT · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 9: Break Big Jobs into Steps: Prompt Chaining for a Marketing Plan
Ask ChatGPT for a whole marketing plan in one prompt, then build a better one in four small steps: customers, offers, a calendar table and the posts.
Free · ChatGPT · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 10: Catch Made-up Facts Before They Reach Customers using ChatGPT
Leave gaps in a prompt and ChatGPT fills them: a stiff paragraph, a made-up policy and a made-up fact. Point at the exact problem, add constraints, ask what it assumed, check the facts with cited sources, and know when…
Free · ChatGPT · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 11: Turn a Great Prompt into Reusable Instructions
Take a prompt you paste every week, sort it into permanent rules and fill-in blanks, put the rules in a ChatGPT Project, and test it with a one-line request.
Free · ChatGPT · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 12: The Prompter AI: Prove a Better Prompt Works on Your Own Meeting Notes
A new forum member asks whether a better prompt really changes the result. Answer it with your own work: recap the same meeting notes in ChatGPT two ways, check both, and write up the before and after for The Prompter…
Free · The Prompter AI · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 13: Wispr Flow: Answer Emails and Write AI Prompts by Voice
For office workers who type replies and prompts all day: hold one key in Wispr Flow, speak an email and a ChatGPT prompt, then check the clean text.
Free · Wispr Flow · about 10 minutes · Beginner

Part 3 · ChatGPT for Everyday Work

Everyday office work, done faster and better in ChatGPT.

Module 14: Choose the AI Assistant Your Team Should Use, Tested on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot
Give one real office task to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot, check each answer on the facts, and pick the one to use at work.
Free · ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 15: 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 · Beginner
Module 16: 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 · Beginner
Module 17: Use AI at Work Without Leaking Client Data using ChatGPT
Turn off model training, strip a tenant's bank details and address out of a prompt, then catch the two promises ChatGPT made up before the reply goes out.
Free · ChatGPT · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 18: ChatGPT: Keep Client Data Safe, Set Up Your Team's Data Controls in 10 Minutes
A client asks if their files go into ChatGPT. Answer with confidence: set the data controls, memory, Temporary Chat and shared links, then hand your team a one-page AI policy.
Free · ChatGPT · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 19: Clear Client Data Out of ChatGPT Before It Becomes a Problem: Delete Chats, Clear Memory and Use Temporary Chat
Someone pasted client details into ChatGPT. Delete that one chat, archive what you keep, clear the one memory it left, set safe defaults and start using Temporary Chat.
Free · ChatGPT · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 20: Stop Losing Context: When to Start a New Chat vs Keep Going using ChatGPT
Quote a customer in one ChatGPT chat, change the numbers without re-pasting anything, then start a clean chat for the next customer so their details never mix.
Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 21: ChatGPT Projects: Keep Your Brand Voice, Files and Instructions in One Place
Set up a ChatGPT Project with your brand voice instructions, your price list and your style guide, so every new chat already knows your business.
Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 22: Analyze a Spreadsheet with ChatGPT: Upload a CSV, Get a Chart and Three Takeaways
Upload a CSV of sales to ChatGPT, have it check the data first, ask your questions, get a chart you can download, and finish with the three takeaways that matter.
Free · ChatGPT · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 23: ChatGPT: Turn Rough Notes into a One-Page SOP in an Editable Document
Paste your messy notes, get a clean SOP in a document you can edit beside the chat, change one paragraph at a time, and check what the AI added.
Free · ChatGPT · about 5 minutes · Beginner
Module 24: Write an Incident Report in 5 Minutes using ChatGPT
Turn scribbled notes and two witness statements into a clear internal incident report with the facts in order, follow-up actions and every gap flagged, then a neutral update for the team.
Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 25: Make Images with ChatGPT for Your Business
Turn a short brief and your logo into a sale poster with ChatGPT Images, fix wrong text with a comment pin, make a Story version and get a caption to post.
Free · ChatGPT · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 26: Replace Your Custom GPT with a ChatGPT Project
Custom GPTs are retiring (Enterprise: December 11, 2026). Copy your GPT's instructions, starters and files, rebuild it as a ChatGPT Project with project-only memory, and test it on a real customer question.
Free · ChatGPT · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 27: ChatGPT Work: Have ChatGPT Do a Multi-Step Task
Switch ChatGPT to Work, hand it a real job (compare three suppliers into a spreadsheet), approve the sites it opens, skip a login, answer its question, check the file and make it a weekly task.
Free · ChatGPT · about 8 minutes · Intermediate
Module 28: Get a Morning Invoice Summary in Slack using ChatGPT Dots
Set up a ChatGPT dot to check Gmail for new invoice emails and post one summary to Slack every weekday morning. A 7-step practice based on OpenAI's published screens.
Free · ChatGPT · about 4 minutes · Intermediate
Module 29: Tell the Client, the Boss and the Team in One Go using ChatGPT
Give ChatGPT the facts once and get three ready-to-send messages, each written for its reader: an email to the client, a Slack to the owner and a text to the team. Then have it check every fact.
Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 30: Never Miss a Contract Renewal Deadline using ChatGPT
Upload a vendor contract to a Temporary Chat, get every key term in one table with section numbers, check the non-renewal deadline yourself, and draft the letter the contract asks for.
Free · ChatGPT · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 31: Compare Vendor Quotes Side by Side using ChatGPT
Turn three quotes written three different ways into one table on the same basis, check the 3-year totals yourself, see what each vendor left out, and send the follow-up questions.
Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 32: A Cited Vendor Comparison in 5 Minutes using ChatGPT Deep Research
Write a four-part brief, approve Deep research’s plan, read a cited report comparing three real tools against your needs and budget, check a source yourself and export it as a PDF.
Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 33: ChatGPT Projects vs Chats: Keep Each Client's Work Together and Stop Re-explaining
When to use a ChatGPT project and when a normal chat is enough: give one client a project with its own instructions, see a new chat follow them, and see a normal chat ignore them. Real ChatGPT screens.
Free · ChatGPT · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 34: An AI Assistant for Bookkeepers using ChatGPT: Client Emails and Call Notes, with Your Firm's Rules
Set ChatGPT up as an AI assistant for a bookkeeping firm: your rules in a project once, then a client email that routes the tax question to a call and refuses a bank login, and call notes turned into dated action items.
Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 35: ChatGPT: Write a Cover Letter for a US Job
Attach the job posting and your resume, get a one-page US cover letter that backs every match with a fact, then have ChatGPT check each claim against your resume before you send it.
Free · ChatGPT · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 36: ChatGPT: Explain a US Workplace Policy in Plain English
Attach the handbook section, get "at will", PTO accrual, carryover and payout explained in short sentences with your real dates, check the math, then get the questions to ask HR.
Free · ChatGPT · about 8 minutes · Beginner

Part 4 · Claude for Everyday Work

Claude for writing, research and everyday work.

Module 37: Your First Chat with Claude: Models, Files and a Great First Prompt
Pick a model, attach a customer's complaint email with the + menu, write a four-part prompt, read Claude's reply, ask a follow-up, then pin and rename the chat.
Free · Claude · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 38: Claude Projects for Your Business: Instructions, Knowledge and Quotes
Create a project for your business, give it instructions for tone and policies, add your price sheet and warranty as project knowledge, and get a customer quote that uses all of it.
Free · Claude · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 39: Claude Artifacts: Build a Price Calculator You Can Try, Change and Share
Have Claude build an interactive lawn price calculator, try it in the artifact panel, ask for a change, and share it with a link.
Free · Claude · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 40: Claude Research: Get a Cited Competitor Price Scan, Then Check It
Turn on Research, have Claude check what nearby competitors charge, read the cited report, check a source and ask a follow-up.
Free · Claude · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 41: Connect Claude to Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar
Connect Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar to Claude, then find your price sheet, summarize a customer's email thread and check your week, approving each tool as Claude asks.
Free · Claude · about 8 minutes · Intermediate
Module 42: Check a Contract for Red Flags with Claude
Upload a vendor contract, get it in plain English, find the risky clauses with the exact words quoted, draft questions for the vendor, and save the review as a project for the next one.
Free · Claude · about 11 minutes · Beginner
Module 43: Claude: Compare Two Versions of a Document and See What Changed
Paste last year’s and this year’s policy, get a side-by-side table of what changed, catch what Claude gets wrong, and turn it into a note to staff.
Free · Claude · about 5 minutes · Beginner
Module 44: What Are Claude Skills? Turn One On and Watch It Work
Learn what a Claude skill is, switch on the setting skills need, turn on an example skill in Customize, and watch Claude use its Excel and Word skills on its own.
Free · Claude · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 45: How to Install a Custom Skill in Claude (Upload a Skill .zip)
Upload your own skill to Claude as a .zip, check that it’s switched on, see what’s inside its SKILL.md, and watch Claude use it to write a landscaping quote your way.
Free · Claude · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 46: Install Skills in Claude Code: the Skills Folder and a Plugin Marketplace
See what a SKILL.md looks like, learn where Claude Code keeps skills, install Anthropic's document skills from a plugin marketplace, and watch Claude use them on its own.
Free · Claude Code · about 7 minutes · Advanced
Module 47: Make Every Claude Document On-Brand with a Brand Guidelines Skill
Build a brand skill for a small flower shop by chatting with Claude: colors, fonts, logo placement and voice. Then ask for a proposal and a social post and watch both come out on brand.
Free · Claude · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 48: Claude's Excel Skill: Turn a Messy Export into a Clean Workbook
Upload a messy sales export to Claude and get back a clean Excel workbook with a Data tab, a Summary tab built with formulas, and a chart, thanks to Claude's built-in Excel skill.
Free · Claude · about 8 minutes · Intermediate
Module 49: Build Your Own Claude Skill with the Skill Creator: A Weekly Report Template
Turn a report you make every week into a skill. Claude’s skill creator interviews you, drafts the skill, tests it and packages it. Then you use it on a real week, improve it once, and see the better report.
Free · Claude · about 8 minutes · Intermediate

Part 5 · Gemini for Google Workspace

Gemini inside the Google apps you already use, including Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM).

Module 50: Gemini in Gmail: Summarize a Thread and Draft the Reply
Catch up on a long email thread in seconds with Summarize this email, ask Gemini what you owe, then write, refine and polish the reply with Help me write.
Free · Gmail and Gemini · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 51: Gmail Filters, Labels and AI Draft Replies With a Human Check
Make Gmail label every website quote request automatically, draft the reply with Help me write, and catch the made-up price before it's sent.
Free · Gmail · about 8 minutes · Intermediate
Module 52: NotebookLM (Now Gemini Notebook): Cited Answers and a Briefing from Your Docs
Create a notebook, add a PDF, a Google Doc from Drive and a web page as sources, ask a question and check its citations, save the answer to a note, and turn it all into a Briefing Doc.
Free · Gemini Notebook · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 53: NotebookLM: Turn Your Documents into a Podcast (Audio Overview)
Paste a new hire handbook and meeting notes into a notebook, customize an Audio Overview for two new accountants, listen, join the conversation with Interactive mode, and share it with the new hires.
Free · Gemini Notebook · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 54: ChatGPT Projects vs Gemini Gems vs Gemini Notebook: Which to Use
Load an auto shop's price list, warranty and FAQ into a ChatGPT Project, a Gemini Gem and Gemini Notebook, ask each the same question, and see which fits which job.
Free · ChatGPT and Gemini · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 55: Gemini Deep Research: Build a Cited Brief Before a Client Meeting
Ask Gemini Deep Research to research a prospect's industry, read its plan before it starts, then check where the key numbers really came from.
Free · Gemini · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 56: Google Sheets: Fill a Research Column with Gemini and Check Its Sources
Select empty cells, click Fill and let Gemini look up where six companies are headquartered, then open one cell's web sources before the list goes to a client. A 7-step practice based on Google's published screens.
Free · Google Sheets · about 4 minutes · Beginner
Module 57: Gemini: Make a Tenant Notice as a PDF and Fix It Right in the Chat
Ask Gemini for a one-page PDF notice, expand it full screen, fix the lines it made up by selecting them or typing over them, then export it. An 8-step practice checked in the real Gemini app.
Free · Gemini · about 4 minutes · Beginner
Module 58: Gemini in Google Slides: Fix a Late Change Across a Whole Client Deck
Two facts changed the day before a client review. Tell Gemini once, check the slides it touched, fix the line it left behind, and know the one-slide route if the rollout has not reached you. An 8-step practice.
Free · Google Slides · about 4 minutes · Beginner
Module 59: Gemini in Google Forms: Turn Survey Responses into Checked Next Steps
A staff survey has 48 responses and leadership wants a recommendation. Generate insights in the Responses tab, see how Gemini counted, check one number, and flag the suggestion your data can’t support. A 7-step practice.
Free · Google Forms · about 4 minutes · Beginner

Part 7 · Zapier Automation Basics

Everyday automations in Zapier, starting with your first Zap.

Module 60: What Is a Webhook? Send a Test and Watch the Data Arrive
Point a plumber's website contact form at a free webhook tester, send a test and a real message, and watch the data arrive the moment it's sent.
Free · Webhook.site · about 6 minutes · Intermediate
Module 61: Never Miss a New Client Inquiry using Zapier
Prospects who wait days for a reply hire someone else. Build a Zap that copies every new client inquiry from Google Forms into your tracking sheet the moment it arrives, so nothing sits unseen.
Free · Zapier · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 62: Zapier: ChatGPT Drafts Every Reply, Signatoro Signs It
Stop leaving patient emails waiting. Build a Zap where Gmail starts it, ChatGPT writes a personal reply, Signatoro's Get Signature step adds the sender's real signature, and Gmail saves a draft reply for a person to…
Free · Zapier · about 12 minutes · Intermediate

Part 8 · Make.com Automation Basics

Visual automations in Make, one scenario at a time.

Module 63: Your First Make.com Scenario: Google Forms to Google Sheets
Build your first Make.com scenario: every new Google Forms response becomes a new row in Google Sheets. Trigger, connection, mapping, Run once and a schedule.
Free · Make · about 12 minutes · Intermediate
Module 64: Filters and Routers in Make.com: Send Urgent Requests One Way, Routine Ones Another
Add a router to your Make scenario, email the front desk about urgent requests with a filter, and send everything else to Google Sheets with a fallback route.
Free · Make · about 12 minutes · Intermediate
Module 65: Add AI to Make.com: ChatGPT Writes a Personal Reply, Gmail Sends It
Connect OpenAI to your Make scenario, have ChatGPT write a personal reply from each patient's form answers, add the sender's real Signatoro signature, and send it with Gmail.
Free · Make · about 18 minutes · Intermediate
Module 66: On a Schedule: A Daily Summary Email from a Google Sheet in Make.com
Build a Make scenario that runs every day at 5 PM, finds today's rows in Google Sheets, combines them with a Text aggregator and emails one summary with Gmail.
Free · Make · about 12 minutes · Intermediate
Module 67: Webhooks: Connect a Website Form to Make.com
Start a Make scenario with a Custom webhook, paste its URL into your website form's webhook setting, send a test so Make learns the fields, and save every request to Google Sheets the moment it arrives.
Free · Make · about 12 minutes · Advanced

Part 9 · n8n Automation Toolkit

n8n workflows and AI agents that do the busywork for you.

Module 68: n8n: Talk to Your Google Sheets with ChatGPT, from Zero (Free Credits or API Key, Google, Sheet, Chat)
Start from nothing: copy n8n template 7639, use n8n's free credits (or your own OpenAI API key), connect Google, make your own sheet, then ask it questions in plain English.
Free · n8n · about 16 minutes · Beginner
Module 69: 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 · Beginner
Module 70: n8n: Execute Step, Execute Workflow and Publish
Learn the buttons in today's n8n editor: run one node with Execute step, pin test data, run everything with Execute workflow, then Publish and copy the Production URL.
Free · n8n · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 71: IF and Switch in n8n: Route Work by Rules
Send each request where it belongs. Use an If node to split big jobs from small ones, then a Switch with named outputs and a fallback to route by service.
Free · n8n · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 72: Get Your Daily Revenue Total by Email, Automatically, using n8n
Stop spending 20 minutes every evening adding up the day by hand. In n8n, a Schedule Trigger runs at 5pm, Google Sheets pulls today's jobs, Summarize totals the revenue and Gmail emails it to you.
Free · n8n · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 73: Webhooks and Forms in n8n: Capture Data from Anywhere
Stop losing quote requests between inboxes. Build a form n8n hosts for you, catch entries from your own website with a webhook, and save every request to one Google Sheet.
Free · n8n · about 12 minutes · Intermediate
Module 74: 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 · Intermediate
Module 75: 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 · Intermediate
Module 76: n8n AI Email Responder: Draft Gmail Replies Automatically
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 · Intermediate
Module 77: n8n: Turn Meeting Notes into Action Items in a Google Sheet
Build an n8n workflow that reads your meeting notes from a sheet, has AI pull out who agreed to do what by when, and adds one row per task to an Action Items sheet.
Free · n8n · about 15 minutes · Intermediate
Module 78: n8n: Weekly Client Status Emails from a Google Sheet, Written by AI
Build an n8n workflow that wakes up every Monday, reads your client tracker in Google Sheets, has AI write a friendly update for each client and saves it as a Gmail draft.
Free · n8n · about 14 minutes · Intermediate
Module 79: Get Alerted When an n8n Automation Fails, and Let It Retry by Itself
A silent failure means a stale price sheet and wrong quotes. In n8n, build an error workflow that emails you, make a flaky step retry by itself, send its failures down an Error output, and retry a failed run from…
Free · n8n · about 10 minutes · Intermediate
Module 80: Gmail AI Triage: Auto-Label Every Email and Draft Replies
Build an n8n workflow that reads each new email, sorts it as a lead, a client or an invoice with a Text Classifier, adds the matching Gmail label, and drafts a reply to clients for you to check.
Free · n8n · about 18 minutes · Advanced
Module 81: n8n AI Agent with Tools: Check Google Calendar, Book It and Log It
Stop playing phone tag over appointments. Give an n8n chat agent three tools: check Google Calendar for a free hour, book it, and log the booking in Google Sheets.
Free · n8n · about 11 minutes · Advanced
Module 82: A Support Agent That Answers from Your Own Docs
Turn an n8n chat agent into a support agent that answers only from your policies in a Google Doc, refuses what it should, and hands off to a person by email.
Free · n8n · about 13 minutes · Advanced
Module 83: Make Your Handbook Searchable for an AI Helpdesk using Pinecone + n8n
Create a free Pinecone index, then build an n8n workflow that reads your handbook from Google Drive, cuts it into chunks, turns them into embeddings and stores them in Pinecone.
Free · n8n · about 14 minutes · Advanced
Module 84: Answer Staff Questions from Your Own Docs using n8n + Pinecone
Build an n8n chat agent that searches your handbook in Pinecone before every answer, cites the page it came from, and says "I don't know" instead of guessing.
Free · n8n · about 13 minutes · Advanced
Module 85: n8n: What Is n8n? Build Your First Workflow
What n8n is and how it thinks, then your first workflow: a client inquiry form that catches every request and writes a one-line summary. No code, no accounts to connect.
Free · n8n · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 86: AI Workflow Automation for Beginners: Sort Every Client Inquiry and Draft the Reply using n8n
AI workflow automation for beginners: a form catches each client inquiry, an AI step sorts it and drafts the reply, and an If rule flags the urgent ones. Real n8n, free OpenAI credits, no keys.
Free · n8n · about 12 minutes · Beginner
Module 87: n8n: Items, JSON and Expressions, Explained by Doing
See how n8n holds data: pin five fake invoices, read them as items, Table and JSON, then write one reminder per invoice and a late fee with drag-and-drop expressions.
Free · n8n · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 88: n8n: Run a Workflow on a Schedule (Every Monday at 8am)
Use the n8n Schedule Trigger to run a workflow by itself: every Monday at 8am, a timesheet reminder. Set the interval, test it now, and check the time zone.
Free · n8n · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 89: n8n: Send Form Answers Straight to Google Sheets
Build a consultation request form in n8n (required fields, email, dropdown), test it, and add every answer as a new row in Google Sheets. No webhook, no form tool to pay for.
Free · n8n · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 90: n8n: Summarize Customer Emails with OpenAI
Your first AI step in n8n: send each customer email to OpenAI with one prompt and get a one-line summary plus the next step. No agent needed, about a cent of API use.
Free · n8n · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 91: n8n: Read, Add and Update Google Sheets Rows with an AI Step
Learn n8n's three core Google Sheets moves on a made-up request list: read the rows, add a new one without duplicates, then let an AI step write a description and update each row.
Free · n8n · about 12 minutes · Intermediate
Module 92: Guardian: Make Your n8n AI Agent Ask Before It Emails a Customer
A business case for a small firm whose n8n agent drafts client emails: turn "team emails go out alone, client emails wait for a person, deletes never happen" into a Guardian policy, test it, and see where the Guardian…
Free · Guardian · about 14 minutes · Intermediate
Module 93: n8n + Signatoro: AI Drafts Every Reply, Signatoro Signs It
Stop leaving client emails waiting. A Gmail Trigger starts it, OpenAI writes a personal reply, one HTTP Request node fetches the sender's real signature from Signatoro, and Gmail saves a draft reply for a person to…
Free · n8n · about 10 minutes · Intermediate
Module 94: Truquence: Catch an n8n Run That Says Success but Gets It Wrong
A business case for a small firm whose n8n invoice run said success while the total was wrong: write down what each node should output, check the exported run with Truquence offline, and read PASS, FAIL or UNKNOWN.
Free · Truquence · about 11 minutes · Advanced
Module 95: n8n + Felo: A Monday Research Brief With a Source for Every Answer
Stop spending Monday morning searching. Every week n8n sends your questions to Felo's AI search API, gets back answers with their sources, and emails you one brief before work starts. Felo's free plan covers it.
Free · n8n · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 96: n8n + ProLevelMax: Weekly Review Themes From Trustpilot to Google Sheets
Stop reading reviews one by one. Every Friday n8n asks ProLevelMax for a company's newest Trustpilot reviews, AI sums up the top complaints and praise, and one row lands in Google Sheets, for about 4 cents a week.
Free · n8n · about 10 minutes · Intermediate
Module 97: n8n: Call Any API with the HTTP Request Node
Connect n8n to any app with an API: GET a CRM's client list, filter it with a query parameter, then POST a note back using an expression. Free practice API, no key needed.
Free · n8n · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 98: Chatbase: Answer Customer FAQs with an AI Agent
A business case for a small firm that answers the same customer questions every week: build a Chatbase AI agent on your FAQ in the real app, make it say when it does not know, test it, get the chat bubble code and fix…
Free · Chatbase · about 15 minutes · Beginner
Module 99: Mixo: Launch a Landing Page and Collect Early Sign-ups
A business case for a firm testing a new service before building it: describe the idea in one sentence, let Mixo build the page, turn on a sign-up form, publish it free and download the list of people who want it.
Free · Mixo · about 12 minutes · Beginner
Module 100: HubSpot: Capture a Web Lead and Follow Up the Same Day
A business case for a firm whose web leads wait days for a reply: build a free HubSpot form that creates a contact, then reply from the contact record, set the Lead Status, add a follow-up task and check the timeline.
Free · HubSpot · about 12 minutes · Beginner
Module 101: Zoho CRM: Add a Lead, Qualify It and Convert It to a Deal
A business case for a firm with leads scattered across inboxes and a notebook: add a lead with its source and status, note the call, convert it to an account, contact and deal, and see it in the Deals pipeline. Zoho…
Free · Zoho CRM · about 12 minutes · Beginner
Module 102: Buffer: Write One Post and Schedule It to Every Channel
A business case for a small firm whose pages go quiet: connect the LinkedIn and Facebook Pages to Buffer, write one post, fit it to each network, add an image, schedule it and plan the week on the calendar, on the free…
Free · Buffer · about 12 minutes · Beginner
Module 103: FigJam: Run a Team Brainstorm on One Board and Share It
A business case for a team whose brainstorms get lost in a chat thread: build one FigJam board with sections, color-coded sticky notes, a timer and stamps, then share it with a link, all on Figma's free Starter plan.
Free · FigJam · about 12 minutes · Beginner
Module 104: Voicenotes: Turn a Client Meeting into Notes, To-dos and a Follow-up Email
Writing up every client call takes 15 to 20 minutes, and action items still get lost. Record the meeting in Voicenotes, get the transcript, a summary, a dated to-do list and a follow-up email, then ask what is still…
Free · Voicenotes · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 105: Hardline: Turn a Site-Walk Call into a Daily Log and Punch List
Project managers spend 30 minutes a day typing up the site walk, and punch items still slip. Capture the call notes in Hardline, get a dated daily log and tasks filed to the job, then ask for a punch list to review…
Free · Hardline · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 106: SlideSpoken: Let an AI Presenter Deliver Your Sales Deck
Sales reps give the same first-call pitch over and over. Upload your deck to SlideSpoken, give it the audience and your talk track, let the AI Presenter deliver it, then check the session report and transcript.
Free · SlideSpoken · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 107: Yoya: A Booking Link That Sends You a Brief Before the Call
Consultants take intro calls knowing nothing but a name on the calendar. Build a Yoya booking page that asks each client what they need while they pick a time, then read the brief it hands you before the call.
Free · Yoya · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 108: Mixdesk: An AI Agent That Collects Inquiry Details Before You Follow Up
Event inquiries arrive as one line: "Is October 17 open?" Build a Mixdesk AI agent that collects the event type, date, guest count, budget and contact, so your team follows up with everything it needs.
Free · Mixdesk · about 7 minutes · Intermediate
Module 109: DigiParser: Turn Scanned Customer POs Into a Reviewed Sales Order File
Stop retyping scanned purchase orders. Build a DigiParser parser for a wholesale order desk, add a human review stage, catch a handwritten change that throws off the total, and export a file ready for sales-order…
Free · DigiParser · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 110: Transgate: Turn a Customer Interview Into Checked Case Study Quotes
Stop replaying customer calls to find one good line. Transcribe an interview in Transgate, fix the name the AI misheard, pull exact quotes and numbers, and catch the claim your customer never made.
Free · Transgate · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 111: Better Analyst: Check a Donor Export Before the Board Sees It
Turn a messy donor export into board-ready totals without pivot tables. Upload it to Better Analyst, get a chart, make the AI audit its own data, fix the double-counted gift, and write a note that says what a person…
Free · Better Analyst · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 112: Clueso: Turn a Rough Screen Recording into a Training Video and Help Article
Stop teaching the same task by hand. Upload a rough screen recording to Clueso, add it as the source in Start with Prompt, brief a training video with steps, voiceover and your branding, check the plan, and get a…
Free · Clueso · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 113: AI Tool Directories: Find the Right Tool for a Job
Stop losing weeks to the wrong AI tool. Take one real job through four free AI directories, spot the listings that disagree, check the finalists on their own pricing pages, and end with one tool worth testing.
Free · AI Directories · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 114: Elyx: Build a Plan vs Actual Variance Report Inside Excel
Ask the ElyxAI add-in, in plain words, for a weekly plan-vs-shipped report in Excel: variance columns, a SUMIFS summary, red rows for misses over 10%, a chart and a PivotTable. Then change one number and watch it update.
Free · Elyx · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 115: Propovo: Turn a One-Line Brief Into a Proposal You Can Trust
Get a client proposal out today, not next week. Draft it from one line with Propovo AI, fill in the price and dates yourself, catch and fix the lines the AI got wrong, and preview what your client signs.
Free · Propovo · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 116: PopNow: Cut a Client Testimonial Into a Captioned Clip for Free
Stop leaving client testimonials in a folder. Use PopNow's free video editor to trim a recording to the one good take, add captions and export a finished clip, all on 0 credits.
Free · PopNow · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 117: Rankite: Get Your Firm Found by ChatGPT and AI Search
Your firm ranks on Google but never shows up when clients ask ChatGPT. Score your AI visibility, let AI answer bots read your site while blocking training crawlers, and write an llms.txt file, with three free Rankite…
Free · Rankite · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 118: Dify: Build a Support Chatbot That Answers From Your Help Docs
Stop answering the same member questions by hand. Load your help docs into Dify, check it finds the right article, set the rules, and test the question your docs do not answer. Free plan.
Free · Dify · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 119: Softr: Build a Client Portal Where Each Client Sees Only Their Own Work
Replace "where is my draft?" emails with a client portal. Describe it to Softr's AI, preview it as a client, fix what you find on the Free plan, and prove one client can't see another's work.
Free · Softr · about 14 minutes · Beginner
Module 120: Paperguide: Check a Vendor's Claim Against the Research Before You Buy
A vendor says its system cuts no-shows 40%. Ask Paperguide what published research shows, open the papers to read the numbers yourself, and write a short brief for the owner with three questions for the vendor.
Free · Paperguide · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 121: HappyScribe: Turn a Spanish Customer Call into an English Summary and Action Items
A customer call is recorded in Spanish and your team reads English. Transcribe and translate it in HappyScribe, get notes and a team update with owners and deadlines, and check the AI against the Spanish before you…
Free · HappyScribe · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 122: Paperguide: Find and Cite Sources for Your Thesis Review of Related Literature (RRL)
Use Paperguide's free RRL Finder to find real papers for your thesis, check each one against its abstract, cite them in APA 7, and draft a theoretical framework paragraph you can defend.
Free · Paperguide · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 123: Frase: Turn One Keyword Into a Brief and a Ranking-Ready Draft
Give Frase the phrase your buyers search for. It reads the pages that already rank, builds a brief and writes the draft. You fix the brief before it writes, read the SEO, GEO and EEAT scores, and fix what the score…
Free · Frase · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 124: Clueso: Turn Release Notes into a Customer How-to Video
Every release brings the same "how do I turn this on?" tickets. Paste the release note and a short screen recording into Clueso, prompt a 60-second customer how-to video, fix one line of the script, and take the help…
Free · Clueso · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 125: Frase: Refresh a Stale Law Firm Practice Page With the Optimizer
Paste an old practice-area page into Frase. It scores the page against the pages that rank, finds the claims in it and the questions clients ask. You fix the headings, add a client FAQ, and catch the lines a lawyer…
Free · Frase · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 126: Rankite: Get Your SaaS FAQ Quoted in Google's AI Overviews
Buyers ask Google what your software costs and the AI answer quotes a competitor. Score your pricing page, rewrite it around the questions buyers ask, add FAQ and product schema, and check the code, with five free…
Free · Rankite · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 127: Rankite: Win More Google Reviews for Your Insurance Agency
Your agency shows 4.3 stars and the one down the road shows 4.7, so local searchers call them first. Work out how many reviews it takes, make a one-tap review link, ask every client the same day and reply to every…
Free · Rankite · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 128: Fellow: Turn a Client Meeting into Notes, Action Items and a Follow-Up Email
Upload a client call to Fellow, fix who said what, keep only the action items that are yours, and get a follow-up email drafted from the call. Then check it against the transcript before you send it.
Free · Fellow · about 9 minutes · Beginner
Module 129: SocialBu: Turn One Blog Post into a Month of LinkedIn Posts
Split one blog post into four weekly LinkedIn posts with SocialBu's AI post writer, catch the two drafts that got the voice wrong, and put the month on a recurring queue so nobody has to remember to post.
Free · SocialBu · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 130: Yoya: Candidate Screens That Book Themselves on Google Meet
Recruiters lose hours to scheduling emails and pasting Meet links. Build one Yoya link that asks your screening questions, books the call on Google Meet and hands you a brief before every screen.
Free · Yoya · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 131: BulkPublish: Plan a Month of LinkedIn and Google Business Posts in One Sitting
Write a month of weekly posts in BulkPublish's Bulk Compose, let the AI assistant draft one and fix what it gets wrong, give each post its own Tuesday, and send them to LinkedIn and Google Business from one place.
Free · BulkPublish · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 132: Landbot: Build a Law Firm Intake Chat That Flags Urgent Deadlines
Stop losing the person with a 30-day deadline to a contact form nobody reads until Monday. Build a website intake chat with Landbot AI Copilot, test the urgent path, and fix what Copilot said it fixed but did not.
Free · Landbot · about 11 minutes · Beginner
Module 133: Landbot: Build a Clinic Front Desk Chat That Answers FAQs and Takes Booking Requests
Stop tying up the front desk phone with the same three questions. Build a website chat with Landbot that answers from your clinic FAQ, takes booking requests and hands the chat to a person, and catch the two things…
Free · Landbot · about 14 minutes · Beginner
Module 134: ChatData Sync: Track Referral-Partner Outreach for a Dental Clinic
Turn a plain-English description into a referral-partner tracker, load your partner list, update a partner after a call, and check every change before you let ChatGPT add and update records for you.
Free · ChatData Sync · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 135: ChatData Sync: Follow Up on Every Trial Class at a Fitness Studio
Turn a plain-English description into a trial follow-up tracker, log each visitor in under a minute with Quick log, load last week's list even with blank dates, and read off who to call today.
Free · ChatData Sync · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 136: GoodDay: Run an Agency Client Project Board (Beyond Trello)
Set up a client project, give every task an owner who acts next, a day and a checklist, hand finished work to a reviewer, and check the timeline your client asks about.
Free · GoodDay · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 137: Octuo: Turn Over a Vacant Apartment in 5 Days with a Make-Ready Checklist
Ask Octuo for a day-by-day make-ready checklist with an owner for every job, change it by asking, and set a reminder so the vendor calls happen before move-out.
Free · Octuo · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 138: Poptin: Turn Leaving Shoppers into Email Subscribers with an Exit-Intent Popup
Build a 10%-off exit-intent popup from a template, show a thank-you screen, limit it to new visitors on product pages, and see how the code goes on your store.
Free · Poptin · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 139: Sitelemetry: Check Your Website Is Campaign-Ready and AI-Visible
Before a paid campaign sends people to your site, verify it, then run security, SEO, AI visibility, accessibility and speed audits, triage what you find, and hand your developer one fix prompt.
Free · Sitelemetry · about 10 minutes · Beginner
Module 140: Atoms: Build a Request App, Then Lock the Staff Page
Stop losing customer requests in a shared inbox. Build a customer form and a staff dashboard in Atoms for under two free credits, test it like a customer, and close the access gap our test found before anyone sees it.
Free · Atoms · about 10 minutes · Beginner

Part 10 · Build Apps with Lovable

Build a real website or app in Lovable by chatting, no code.

Module 141: Build a Landing Page with Lovable from One Prompt
Describe a small business website in one prompt, let Lovable build it, then change it by chatting, by pointing at the page and by typing on it. Undo a change from History and publish it to a live lovable.app link.
Free · Lovable · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 142: Add a Contact Form That Saves to a Database in Lovable
Add a booking request form to a small business site by chatting, turn on Lovable Cloud (Lovable's built-in backend, built on Supabase), send a test request and find it in the database. Then check who can see the data…
Free · Lovable · about 8 minutes · Intermediate
Module 143: Add an AI Chatbot to Your Website with Lovable AI
Ask Lovable for a chat assistant that answers visitors' questions from your own services, prices and hours, using Lovable's built-in AI with no API key. Test it in the preview, change how it answers by chatting, check…
Free · Lovable · about 8 minutes · Intermediate
Module 144: Build a Private Dashboard from Your Data in Lovable
Turn the booking requests in your Lovable Cloud database into a private dashboard with counts, a chart and a status table. Add a sign-in only you can use, test it in the preview, improve it by chatting, check the…
Free · Lovable · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 145: Publish Your Lovable Site and Connect Your Own Domain
Give your Lovable site a proper title, description and sharing image, publish the update, then connect a domain you already own: add the A and TXT records at your domain provider, wait for Verifying to turn Live, and…
Free · Lovable · about 9 minutes · Advanced

Part 11 · AI Voice Agents

AI voice agents that talk with your customers.

Module 146: Your First Voice Agent in ElevenLabs: An After-Hours Receptionist
Build an after-hours phone receptionist for a small plumbing company: system prompt, a greeting that says it is AI, a calm voice and a fast model, then test-call it in your browser and read the transcript.
Free · ElevenLabs Agents · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 147: Give Your Voice Agent Knowledge: A Price List and FAQ in ElevenLabs
Upload a plumbing company's price list and FAQ to your ElevenLabs agent's knowledge base, tell it to answer only from them, and test it with three tricky questions, including a price it must not guess.
Free · ElevenLabs Agents · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 148: ElevenLabs vs Vapi: Cost per Call and a Launch Checklist
Decide between the ElevenLabs and Vapi versions of Cedar Creek Plumbing's AI receptionist: give ChatGPT the real prices, catch its math slip, compare volumes and setup effort, then build a launch checklist and an…
Free · ChatGPT · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 149: Never Miss an After-Hours Client Call: An AI Receptionist for a Small Office (ElevenLabs)
A small accounting firm loses new clients to voicemail after 5 PM. Build an AI receptionist in ElevenLabs that answers, knows your hours and services, and takes a clear message for the morning.
Free · ElevenLabs Agents · about 11 minutes · Intermediate
Module 150: Text Clients from Your Business Number using Twilio: Number, A2P 10DLC and a First Test Text
Stop losing clients to unread emails and missed calls. Set up Twilio: buy a local number, register it for texting (A2P 10DLC), send a test text and find your Account SID and Auth Token.
Free · Twilio · about 14 minutes · Intermediate

Part 13 · AI Apps Worth Knowing

Short lessons on partner AI apps: meetings, launch assets, sales, visuals, search data and forms.

Module 151: OLVA: A Private AI Assistant on Your Client Calls
Give OLVA your client notes, get private answers and fact checks during a Zoom call, then turn the meeting into minutes, a follow-up email and a PowerPoint deck.
Free · OLVA · about 9 minutes · Intermediate
Module 152: iMini AI Agent: Turn a Rough Idea into a Launch Kit
Brief the iMini Creative Agent once and get a launch plan, a LinkedIn visual, a post and a 5-slide deck, then fix the visual and humanize the post with follow-ups.
Free · iMini · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 153: Kylon AI Sales Agent: Find the Reason to Reach Out
Add a sales agent to your Kylon workspace, teach it what a good account looks like, check its sourced reason for one firm, approve a short first email, then make it a weekly workflow.
Free · Kylon · about 8 minutes · Intermediate
Module 154: DomoAI: Turn a Product Photo into a Short Video for Social
Open Image to Video in DomoAI, upload one product photo, pick a model and a vertical size, write a motion prompt that keeps the product the same, compare two versions and download the better one.
Free · DomoAI · about 6 minutes · Beginner
Module 155: VisualGPT: Product Photos, Listing Images and Ads from One Phone Photo
Turn one phone photo into a lifestyle product shot, a five-image Amazon listing set and three launch ads in VisualGPT's Commercial Studio, checking the plan and every claim along the way.
Free · VisualGPT · about 8 minutes · Beginner
Module 156: Litescrape in n8n: Swap SerpApi for a Cheaper Search API
Switch a weekly n8n competitor-price workflow from SerpApi to Litescrape's Google Shopping API: change the HTTP Request URL, move the key into a Bearer Auth credential, test it and check the sheet.
Free · n8n · about 7 minutes · Advanced
Module 157: ProLevelMax in n8n: Keep Your Reddit Workflow Alive After the RSS Shutdown
Reddit switches off its RSS feeds on November 13. Swap the RSS Read node in your n8n workflow for one HTTP Request node that pulls the newest subreddit posts from ProLevelMax, then let AI sum up what people are asking.
Free · n8n · about 9 minutes · Advanced
Module 158: CoHear: AI Meeting Notes from a Team Training Session
Record a team training session on your iPhone with CoHear, check the AI notes and action items against the transcript, make a one-page handout and share it behind a password.
Free · CoHear · about 8 minutes · Intermediate
Module 159: Get Every New Client's Details in One Place using Jotform AI
Describe a client intake form to Jotform AI, fix it with Form Copilot, add a show/hide rule in plain words, and copy the link to send to new clients.
Free · Jotform · about 6 minutes · Intermediate
Module 160: Jotform AI Agents: An Agent That Answers Client Questions
Create a Jotform AI Agent for a small law office, teach it an answer, test it in the preview chat and find the code that puts it on your website.
Free · Jotform · about 7 minutes · Intermediate
Module 161: Flova: Plan a Promo Video from a Script Before You Spend a Credit
Give Flova's AI video agent a ten-second script for a small business, check its storyboard and credit estimate first, then make and fix one reference image.
Free · Flova · about 7 minutes · Beginner
Module 162: Protect Your Sender Reputation Before a Big Send using no2bounce
A business case: a 9% bounce rate puts your email account and inbox placement at risk. Use no2bounce to check a contact list, read what it finds, and send only to addresses that are safe.
Free · no2bounce · about 8 minutes · Beginner

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