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Stepthrough is a free, interactive AI training site for small-business owners, office staff and teams, made by Robert Breen. You learn n8n, ChatGPT and Lovable by doing every step yourself in a safe practice copy that checks your work. There are 36 free lessons today, no coding needed, and no sign-up to start.

  • 36free lessons
  • 1,760guided steps
  • 12course parts
  • 67videos
  • 239prompt templates
  • 242glossary terms
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How it works: watch, your turn, done

Every lesson is a real project, one step at a time. The left side shows the step with a cursor pointing at exactly where to click; the right side is yours. Nothing touches your real accounts until you build it for real.

  1. Stepthrough lesson in Watch mode: a cursor clicks the Today’s Jobs tab in a practice copy of n8n and Google Sheets

    1Watch

    Each step plays on the left: a cursor shows exactly where to click, with a voice-over that says what you are doing and why.

  2. Your turn pane in a Stepthrough lesson: the learner pastes a prompt into a practice copy of ChatGPT and gets a Nice! check

    2Your turn

    Do the same thing on the right, in a practice copy of the real tool. Get it right and you see “Nice!” and move on.

  3. The Do it for me button in a Stepthrough lesson, after it completed the step in a practice Google Sheet of today’s jobs

    3“Do it for me”

    Stuck on a step? One button does it for you, so you never get lost, then you carry on from there.

Try the first lesson free  How every lesson is made and checked

Pick your role

Not sure where to start? Each guide is a short learning path through the lessons that fit one job, in the order that makes sense.

All 7 start-here guides by role

Pick your industry

Industry playbooks for firms, agencies and teams: the same builds, with real examples from your line of work. 8 in-depth playbooks so far.

Or pick your team

  • n8n workflow for Northwind Scheduling Software: webhook, AI Agent, OpenAI model, Gmail and Sheets tools, webhook response

    Sales Teams

    Follow-up emails, deal notes and demo requests for sales teams.

    Playbook2 lessons
  • Live Lovable form for Harbor & Pine Coffee Roasters with a test entry: French press coffee tastes bitter

    Marketing

    Ad copy, content calendars and lead magnets for marketers.

    Playbook2 lessons
  • Live Lovable form for Ridgeline Supply Co. with a test entry: dock door 3 will not open

    Operations

    SOPs, vendor follow-ups and internal requests for operations teams.

    Playbook2 lessons
  • n8n AI Agent node with a system message written for Maple Street Bookkeeping

    Finance

    Payment reminders, expense sorting and approvals for finance teams.

    Playbook2 lessons

Trades

  • Lovable prompt asking for a quote request form for an electrical contractor, ready to build

    Electricians

    Bids, job follow-ups and quote requests for electrical contractors.

    Playbook2 lessons
  • n8n AI Agent node with a system message written for Cedar Ridge Heating & Air

    HVAC

    Estimates, service-call follow-ups and request forms for heating and cooling companies.

    Playbook2 lessons
  • Lovable prompt asking for a service request form for a residential plumbing company, ready to build

    Plumbers

    Quotes, customer follow-ups and emergency requests for plumbing companies.

    Playbook2 lessons

Every industry and team · Open the Industries tab in the app

The course: Parts 1–12

One free course, in order, from your first AI project to automations, apps and voice agents. 10 lessons are live now; parts marked “coming soon” are being built.

  1. Part 13 live lessons

    AI Automation for Beginners

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

    The 3 lessons
    1. Module 1: Build a Custom GPT Social Media Assistant
    2. Module 2: n8n AI Agent Tutorial: Save Social Media Ideas to Google Sheets
    3. Module 3: Lovable + n8n: Build a Web App with an AI Backend
    Start Module 1 in the app →
  2. Part 21 live lesson

    Better Prompts

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

    The 1 lesson
    1. Module 4: Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task, Format
    Start Module 4 in the app →
  3. Part 32 live lessons

    ChatGPT for Everyday Work

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

    The 2 lessons
    1. Module 5: Summarize a Meeting Transcript with ChatGPT
    2. Module 6: Reply Faster: Turn a Messy Customer Email Thread into a Clear, Friendly Reply
    Start Module 5 in the app →
  4. Part 4Coming soon

    Claude for Everyday Work

    Projects, Artifacts, Research and connectors, then Skills that teach Claude new jobs.

  5. Part 5Coming soon

    Gemini for Google Workspace

    Gemini inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets, plus Gems and NotebookLM.

  6. Part 6Coming soon

    Microsoft Copilot at Work

    Copilot in Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams, the apps you already use.

  7. Part 7Coming soon

    Zapier Automation Basics

    Your first Zap, then filters, AI replies, schedules and webhooks.

  8. Part 8Coming soon

    Make.com Automation Basics

    Visual automations in Make, one scenario at a time.

  9. Part 94 live lessons

    n8n Automation Toolkit

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

    The 4 lessons
    1. Module 7: Find and Use n8n Templates
    2. Module 8: Daily Job Alerts: Email Each Tech Their Jobs from Google Sheets with n8n
    3. Module 9: AI Receipt Extractor: Receipts to Google Sheets with n8n
    4. Module 10: AI Email Responder: Draft Gmail Replies Automatically with n8n
    Start Module 7 in the app →
  10. Part 10Coming soon

    Build Apps with Lovable

    A real website or app by chatting: forms, a chatbot, a dashboard and your own domain.

  11. Part 11Coming soon

    AI Voice Agents

    An AI receptionist that answers the phone, in ElevenLabs and Vapi.

  12. Part 12Coming soon

    Canva AI for Social Posts

    A week of on-brand social posts with Canva's AI tools.

See the full course, every part and module in order · Start Part 1 free

Learning paths

Short, ordered sets of lessons around one tool or one idea. Pick one and work down the list.

  • n8n Jump Start

    From first login to AI agents that act on their own.

    2 lessonsTool

  • ChatGPT Jump Start

    Go from casual chats to a custom GPT that knows your business.

    3 lessonsTool

Or browse by tool

Free videos: watch it first

Full lesson walkthroughs, one-minute highlights and shorts with captions, each linked to the free lesson where you do it yourself.

All 67 free videos

Visual Guides: AI Tips You Can Swipe Through

43 free visual guides to AI at work: step-by-step carousels, prompts to copy, AI terms, myths and mistakes, each linked to a hands-on lesson.

All visual guides

Free printable cheat sheets

The steps, settings and checks from the lessons on one page each. Print them, pin them by the desk or save the PDF. Free, with no email needed.

  • AI Email Responder in n8n

    A free one-page cheat sheet: n8n watches Gmail, an AI agent reads each customer email and saves a reply as a draft in…

    Lesson cheat sheetFree PDF

  • AI Receipt Extractor in n8n

    A free one-page cheat sheet: attach a receipt photo in n8n chat, and an AI agent pulls the date, vendor and amount…

    Lesson cheat sheetFree PDF

  • Daily Job Alerts in n8n

    A free one-page cheat sheet: at 7am n8n reads today's jobs from Google Sheets, skips unassigned ones and emails each…

    Lesson cheat sheetFree PDF

  • Interview Debrief Scorecard

    A free one-page cheat sheet: score a candidate on each must-have with a quote as evidence, keep it job-related and…

    Lesson cheat sheetFree PDF

  • Lovable + n8n Form Flow

    A free one-page cheat sheet: a Lovable form posts to an n8n webhook, and an AI Agent logs it in Google Sheets and…

    Lesson cheat sheetFree PDF

  • n8n AI Agent to Google Sheets

    A free one-page cheat sheet for an n8n AI agent: chat trigger, AI Agent, system message, OpenAI model, Simple Memory…

    Lesson cheat sheetFree PDF

  • AI Quick-Start for Accounting Firms

    A free one-page cheat sheet for accounting firms: the free AI lessons in order, a tone-fix prompt and what AI must…

    Industry quick-startFree PDF

  • AI Quick-Start for Finance Teams

    A free one-page cheat sheet for finance teams: the free AI lessons in order, an invoice dispute prompt and what AI…

    Industry quick-startFree PDF

All 25 free cheat sheets

Which AI tool should you use?

Side-by-side comparisons of the AI assistants, automation tools and form builders offices ask about most, with prices checked against the vendors' own pages.

All 7 tool comparisons

Latest from the blog

Practical AI guides for small businesses, a new one every day, each with a free hands-on lesson.

All 48 blog posts · RSS feed

Free prompt templates and an AI glossary

Copy-ready prompts for everyday jobs, each with a filled-in example, and plain-English definitions of the AI terms you meet in the lessons.

Prompt library: 239 templates

Browse all 239 prompt templates

AI glossary: 242 terms

  • AI agent

    An AI agent is an AI system that works toward a goal by deciding which steps to take and using connected tools to take…

  • Large language model (LLM)

    A large language model (LLM) is an AI model trained on a huge amount of text to predict what words should come next…

  • Prompt

    A prompt is the input you give an AI tool to get a response: the request itself, plus any facts, examples, files or…

  • Webhook

    A webhook is a web address that waits for another app to send it data. When something happens in that app, like a form…

The full A to Z glossary

Stepthrough in one paragraph

Stepthrough (learn.ynteractive.com) is free, hands-on AI training made by Robert Breen, who is building it to be the largest free AI training in the world. It has 36 interactive lessons with 1,760 guided steps, organized as a 12-part course, 3 learning paths, 7 role guides and 8 industry and team tracks, plus 48 blog posts, an AI glossary of 242 terms, 239 prompt templates and 67 videos. In every lesson you watch a step, do it yourself in a practice copy of the real tool (n8n, ChatGPT and Lovable) that checks your work, and can press “Do it for me” when you get stuck. Nothing touches your real accounts, no coding is needed, and you can start without signing up. Last updated Oct 3, 2026.

About Robert Breen and how lessons are made

Frequently asked questions

Is Stepthrough really free?

Yes. All 36 lessons, the blog, the AI glossary, the prompt library and the videos are free, with no credit card and no trial. If it helps you, there is an optional way to chip in after a lesson, but nothing is locked behind it.

Do I need an account to start?

No. Press Start Learning Free, pick a lesson and go. A few steps into a lesson you can save your progress with just your email, so you can pick up where you left off on another device. That is the only sign-up there is, and it is optional.

What tools will I learn?

Lessons are live today for n8n, ChatGPT and Lovable, along with the apps they connect to, like Google Sheets and Gmail. Course parts on the way cover Claude for Everyday Work, Gemini for Google Workspace, Microsoft Copilot at Work, Zapier Automation Basics, Make.com Automation Basics, Build Apps with Lovable, AI Voice Agents and Canva AI for Social Posts. See the full course.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Every lesson is clicks and plain English. You copy a prompt, click a button, fill in a field, and the lesson tells you what each step does and why.

Does it touch my real accounts?

No. You practice in a copy of the real tool that runs inside the lesson and checks each step. When you are ready, you build it again in your own accounts, knowing exactly what to click.

Can I take the lessons on my phone?

You can read every guide, video and blog post on a phone. The interactive lessons need a bigger screen, so take those on a laptop or desktop; on a phone you can save your spot and continue at your computer.

Who makes Stepthrough?

Stepthrough is made by Robert Breen, who writes and checks every lesson against the real tools. He is building the largest free AI training in the world, and you can reach him at [email protected].

How often is new content added?

A new blog post goes up every day, and new lessons, glossary terms and prompts are added every week. There are 48 posts, 242 glossary terms and 239 prompts today.

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Open Part 1, pick a lesson and build your first AI project in about 8 minutes. No account, no credit card.

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Every free lesson, guide, playbook, video and article on Stepthrough, in one place.

Every lesson, by course part

Part 1: AI Automation for Beginners (2)
Part 2: Better Prompts (1)
Part 3: ChatGPT for Everyday Work (2)
Part 9: n8n Automation Toolkit (4)

Lessons by industry and team

Accounting & Bookkeeping Firms (2)
Sales Teams (2)
Marketing (2)
Operations (2)
Finance (2)
Electricians (2)
HVAC (2)
Plumbers (2)
More lessons (3)

Start here, by role

Industry playbooks

Learning paths

Tool tutorials

The course

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Free cheat sheets

Tool comparisons

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Video walkthroughs (17)
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