The Workbench

Learn it. Build it. Use it.

Practical guides for AI, marketing, automation, design, and content creation. Clear steps, real tools, and prompts you can actually use.

  • What you need, and what it costs
  • Every step, in order
  • Full prompts you can copy
  • What goes wrong, and why
  1. Create & Edit

    How to Create a Consistent AI Mascot and Prepare It for Animation

    The real process behind an animated product mascot: the ideas we threw away, the prompts that worked, how to keep the character consistent, and how to cut it into parts you can animate.

    8 steps · 6 prompts · 5 tools · 1 download

    17 min read
  2. Growth & Marketing

    How to Write Better Cold Emails With Research and AI

    Research a business properly, write a first message that is actually useful, and follow up without being a pest. With prompts, examples, and the legal basics on consent and opt-outs.

    5 steps · 3 prompts · 2 tools

    6 min read
  3. Developer Tools

    How to Use Claude Code: A Simple Guide for Beginners

    Install Claude Code, start your first session, give it clear instructions, and stay in control of every change. Plain steps, real commands, and the prompts we use every day.

    7 steps · 4 prompts · 3 tools

    6 min read
  4. AI & Automation

    How to Use AI for Research Without Getting Fake Facts

    AI can find, sort and summarize sources fast. It can also invent them. A simple four-step method: collect sources, pull out evidence, check it, then write.

    4 steps · 3 prompts · 2 tools

    5 min read
  5. Growth & Marketing

    How to Write LinkedIn Posts With AI That Still Sound Like You

    Generic AI posts all sound the same. Start from a real moment at work, let AI help with shape and length, and keep your own voice. Prompts and a before-and-after example.

    5 steps · 3 prompts · 1 tool

    6 min read
  6. Create & Edit

    How to Make Short Videos With Claude and Free Tools

    Describe your video in plain words and let Claude build it: scenes, voice, captions, music and the final file. What it can do, what it cannot, and the exact prompts we used for a real 45-second reel.

    7 steps · 2 prompts · 4 tools

    7 min read