A hands-on tour of AI assistants
Drive imitations of every kind of modern AI tool — chat, coding CLI, cloud agent, UI generator, self-hosted agent. End with a tool you built.
Start Here
What modern AI assistants are, and what you can build with them.Foundations
CLI, git, MCP — the three things every AI tutorial assumes you know. 5 min ✓
Writing prompts that work
The shape of a good prompt. Iterate; don't restart. The one skill that compounds.
4 min ✓
The CLI / terminal
A text window where you tell your computer what to do. Where most AI tools live.
4 min ✓
Git — your AI safety net
Version control as 'undo for your whole project'. Essential when AI edits files.
4 min ✓
MCP — how AI plugs into your tools
The standard that lets agents talk to your filesystem, Slack, GitHub, Postgres, etc.
Chat assistants
ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Gemini, Perplexity, Mistral Le Chat. 3 min ✓
Drive a chat assistant
ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Gemini all share this shape. Try the imitation.
3 min ✓
Projects, GPTs, Gems — custom assistants
Drop in files + instructions to make a focused helper for one job.
3 min ✓
Artifacts and canvases
When the assistant produces a thing it pops into a side panel.
Coding assistants
Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot.Cloud agents (parallel)
Devin, Claude Cowork, Copilot Workspace, Codex Cloud.Visual UI generators
v0.dev, Lovable, Bolt, Claude Design, Galileo.Open-source autonomous agents
Hermes, OpenClaw, aider, OpenHands — agents you self-host.Ship Something
Pick one. Build it. Keep it. 2 min ✓
Pick what to build
Three guided paths. Pick one and follow it end-to-end in the real tool.
10 min ✓
Build · A writing assistant
A saved Project / GPT / Gem you'll use forever. ~10 min, no install.
15 min ✓
Build · A live webpage
A working one-page site you can share. ~15 min, no install.
20 min ✓
Build · A personal script
A Python tool on your machine via a coding CLI. ~20 min.