The Complete AI Workshop

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PART 0 · YOUR FIRST STEPS

The grand tour: your 4 tools

What you'll be able to do
Know what each of the four tools is for, and what you'll learn to do in the rest of the handbook.
Four open cupboards side by side, each holding a different craft: writing, images, design, building. A person stands looking at them.
Four workshops, one skill to open them all: phrasing your request well.

In 2 minutes

You now know the basics of talking with an AI, and that's the only thing that really matters: the three rules from the previous chapter work with all four tools, without exception.

So here is what the handbook teaches you to master, and what each tool brings you in practice.

Let's do it together

A quick tour, one tool after another, with a concrete example for each.

Claude, for writing and thinking
The command centre, the one you've just discovered. Example: drafting a difficult email in two minutes, instead of putting it off for three days.
Higgsfield, for creating images and videos
The visual workshop, which Claude can drive for you. Example: a poster for an event, without knowing how to draw.
Claude Design, for designing finished visuals
Clean, consistent layout. Example: a polished post for social media, or a presentation that holds together.
Claude Code, for building small tools
The one that impresses people, and it needs less technical skill than you'd think. Example: a page that adds up your spending, made just for you.
Your turn

Go back to the sentence you wrote in chapter 0.1, the thing you'd like to achieve with AI. Guess which of these four tools will help you most. Write your bet down somewhere: we'll check it as we go, and it's quite common to be half wrong.

Pitfalls to avoid
  • Trying to master everything at once. We take one tool at a time, in order. Each one builds on the one before.
  • Neglecting Claude because the impressive stuff seems to be elsewhere. Claude is the foundation of everything else: it's the one that drives the others. Time spent learning to talk to it well is the best-invested time in the handbook.
Key takeaways
  • Four tools, four verbs: write, create, design, build.
  • Each has its moment and its use, and none replaces the others.
  • You learn them one by one, then combine them in the workshop in Part V.
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The rest of the handbook covers Claude, Higgsfield, Claude Design and Claude Code, with 11 recipes and a 30-day programme.

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