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Prompts, frameworks, and tools for working with AI

Scroll down for prompts, or jump to the AI tools directory below.

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Projects

Hands-on guided projects — free, step-by-step, using all major AI tools.

Beginner45 minutes

AI-Powered Research: The Unmapped Ocean

Research a single topic across four AI models and synthesize their answers into something better than any one model produced alone.

ClaudeChatGPTGeminiGrokPerplexity

Beginner30 minutes

Seeing Through AI Eyes: Space Image Analysis

Paste a NASA photograph into an AI model and discover how much it can see, understand, and explain from a single image.

ClaudeChatGPTGeminiGrok

Beginner60 minutes

Build Something: Your First AI-Generated App

Build a working interactive application — without writing a single line of code yourself. Describe it in words and watch it come alive.

ClaudeChatGPTGemini

Beginner60 minutes

AI Training for Beginners

From zero to a working AI system in 60 minutes. Ten parts, zero code.

ObsidianClaudeChatGPTGemini

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Start Here

Prompts for those just getting started. Simple, clear, and ready to use.

Performance Prompt Generator

meta-promptingicctr

Advanced Prompts

For those who want to go deeper. Require more experience with AI.

Critical Analysis Generator

meta-promptingcritical-thinking

Codebase Self-Optimization

devopsarchitecture

Technical Debt Audit

devopstech-debt

Repository Deep Clean

Documentation Review & Repair

devopsdocumentation

Project Modernization Executor

devopsmodernization

Security Audit

Pre-Ship Verification Gate

devopsverification

Research Prompt Architect

meta-promptingresearch

AI Tools

An overview of 35 AI tools I walked through in the video below — from conversational AI to creative tools and local infrastructure.

33 tools

What's changed since this video?

•Claude Cowork (Jan 2026) — AI coworker that sees your screen and executes desktop tasks.
•GPT-5-Codex (Sept 2025) — generally available, with Slack integration and SDK.
•New model generations across all major providers — Claude 4.x, GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 and more.

General AI Assistants Research & Knowledge Coding & Development Creative & Media Local & Infrastructure Icelandic Agents & Automation