Learn AI · LessonsA hands-on tour of modern AI assistants and agents.https://learnai.databookman.com/en-usSat, 23 May 2026 02:45:59 GMTWhat AI assistants are, in 3 minuteshttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/welcome/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/welcome/The shortest possible intro. No jargon.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTStart HereWhat can you actually build?https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/capabilities/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/capabilities/A capability map — from a doc to a deployed app.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTStart HereWriting prompts that workhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-prompt/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-prompt/The shape of a good prompt. Iterate; don't restart. The one skill that compounds.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFoundationsThe CLI / terminalhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-cli/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-cli/A text window where you tell your computer what to do. Where most AI tools live.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFoundationsGit — your AI safety nethttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-git/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-git/Version control as 'undo for your whole project'. Essential when AI edits files.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFoundationsMCP — how AI plugs into your toolshttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-mcp/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-mcp/The standard that lets agents talk to your filesystem, Slack, GitHub, Postgres, etc.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoing deeperHallucinations, leaks, and what AI can't dohttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-safety/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-safety/The five failure modes every AI user should know — and how to defend against them.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFoundationsTokens, models, and what it actually costshttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-cost/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-cost/How AI is priced, where your money goes, and how to cap your spend before it surprises you.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoing deeperMultimodal — images, voice, screenhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-multimodal/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-multimodal/Modern assistants take more than text. What to feed them, what to ask for, and which tool for which medium.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoing deeperRAG — giving AI access to your datahttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-rag/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-rag/How retrieval-augmented generation works, when to use it, and the simpler alternatives most people overlook.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoing deeperEvals — knowing your AI actually workshttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-evals/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/concept-evals/How to test AI output beyond 'looks fine to me'. The boring practice that separates hobby from production.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoing deeperDrive a chat assistanthttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/chat-first/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/chat-first/ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Gemini all share this shape. Try the imitation.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTChat assistantsProjects, GPTs, Gems — custom assistantshttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/chat-projects/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/chat-projects/Drop in files + instructions to make a focused helper for one job.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTChat assistantsArtifacts and canvaseshttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/chat-artifacts/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/chat-artifacts/When the assistant produces a thing it pops into a side panel.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTChat assistantsWhat coding assistants dohttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/code-what/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/code-what/An AI pair programmer that reads, edits, and runs your code.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoding assistantsInstall and first runhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/code-install/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/code-install/Most CLIs follow the same install pattern.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoding assistantsSlash commands, agents, skillshttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/code-slash/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/code-slash/Drive a pretend coding-CLI session.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoding assistantsSkills — recipes your assistant loads on demandhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/code-skills/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/code-skills/A folder of markdown that teaches your CLI a procedure. Auto-triggered by description, model-loaded as needed.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoding assistantsWhy run things in parallel?https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/cowork-what/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/cowork-what/Hand off small, well-scoped jobs to cloud agents.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCloud agents (parallel)Sending a task, reviewing the diffhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/cowork-flow/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/cowork-flow/From prompt to pull request without a terminal.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCloud agents (parallel)Sentence in, screen outhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/design-first/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/design-first/Describe a UI in plain English, see it rendered.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTVisual UI generatorsIterating: variants and refinementhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/design-iterate/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/design-iterate/Swap styles, ask for a tweak, copy the code.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTVisual UI generatorsThe open-source agent ecosystemhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/agents-landscape/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/agents-landscape/Hermes, OpenClaw, nanoclaw, aider, OpenHands, Goose, Continue, Cline.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOpen-source autonomous agentsLLM APIs in 4 minuteshttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/agents-api/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/agents-api/OpenAI, Anthropic, Google — same shape, three vendors.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOpen-source autonomous agentsSet up an autonomous agent (worked example)https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/agents-setup/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/agents-setup/Hermes Agent install — pattern transfers to most others.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOpen-source autonomous agentsPick what to buildhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/ship-it/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/ship-it/Five guided paths. Pick one and follow it end-to-end in the real tool.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTShip SomethingBuild · A writing assistanthttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-writing/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-writing/A saved Project / GPT / Gem you'll use forever. ~10 min, no install.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTShip SomethingBuild · A live webpagehttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-webpage/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-webpage/A working one-page site you can share. ~15 min, no install.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTShip SomethingBuild · A personal scripthttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-script/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-script/A Python tool on your machine via a coding CLI. ~20 min.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTShip SomethingBuild · A Slack channel digest bothttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-slackbot/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-slackbot/A bot that posts a daily summary to a Slack channel. Real API tokens, real scheduling. ~25 min.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTShip SomethingBuild · A scheduled watcherhttps://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-watcher/https://learnai.databookman.com/lessons/build-watcher/A Claude Cowork agent that scans a feed on a schedule and pings you when something matters. ~30 min.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTShip Something