The #AIShadeTreeMechanic School
Learn to build practical, economical, reliable AI systems that work.
The "Build-a-Bot" Series
Take advantage of this one-on-one or small group learning format. We'll schedule three nights for your class series and go from there.
- A hands-on class about building reliable, controllable GPTs
- Focused on structure, constraints, and predictable behavior
- You work live with models; learning happens through use and failure
- Plain English, no hype, repeatable methods you can reuse
- Emphasis on systems that work, not clever prompts
- People already using AI who want it to behave better
- Comms, marketing, organizing, data, and analysis professionals
- Anyone frustrated by fragile prompts and inconsistent outputs
- Beginners welcome; no gatekeeping, no jargon
- Best fit if you learn by doing and debugging
- Learn how models behave and fail
- Use questions, not just prompts, to expand and refine thinking
- Tighten constraints to gain control over outputs
- Build three working bots:
- "CopyBot" – reproduces your writing patterns from examples
- "DataMaid"– cleans and validates data with fixed routines
- "BlueSky Machine" – brainstorm and test your ideas with guardrails
- All work is done live using your own material (BYOD)
- Small cohorts: 1:1 or groups up to five
- Weekly 90-minute sessions for three weeks
- Each session: lesson → lab → wrap
- You leave with:
- Three reusable bots
- Fixed output shapes and copy-paste prompts
- Checklists, schemas, and routines
- A repeatable way to build the next bot
- This starts after experimentation and before automation
Classes start January 20
Pricing
- One on One or Small Group (≤5):
- $599/person (early cohort; list $795)