Resources / Take something useful

A clearer start
for AI in your business.

Start with the AI readiness checklist if you’re working out where to begin. Use the briefs and scorecards to define a first project and check whether it helps. The scripts and playbooks offer more detail for builders. All are available to use independently.

01 / Ready to use

Small tools. Clearer thinking.

FREE DOWNLOADS / NO SIGN-UP
PRACTICE EXERCISE

AI team training practice sheet

Practice the same account-update task with complete and incomplete fictional sources, reusable instructions, and a human review checklist.

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BUYING GUIDE

AI project scope checklist

Define deliverables, source access, testing, handoff, and ongoing costs before agreeing to an AI project.

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BUYER CHECKLIST

AI consultant hiring checklist

Evaluate evidence, responsibilities, review, and ownership before choosing a consultant.

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DECISION WORKSHEET

Existing tools decision worksheet

Compare a clearer process, a built-in feature, and a custom workflow using one representative task.

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TEAM SESSION BRIEF

Minnesota AI workshop brief

Plan a practical session around your team’s questions, a permitted sample task, and an output people can review.

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BUSINESS CHECKLIST

AI readiness checklist

Review today’s AI use, choose a relevant first task, and agree on training, information access, and ownership.

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PROJECT BRIEF

Business workflow brief

Define one business workflow: its inputs, permissions, review steps, and a contained first test.

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SCORECARD

AI pilot scorecard

Compare the complete task, record corrections and cost, and decide whether the pilot is worth continuing.

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WORKSHEET

AI workflow audit

Map the work, define success, and scope a contained first AI experiment.

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CHECKLIST

Agent handoff checklist

Give an agent a clear outcome, the right context, and boundaries it can follow.

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TEMPLATE

Reusable prompt brief

Turn a recurring task into a prompt with defined inputs and a review step.

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THE AI AGENT PLAYBOOK / FREE & OPEN SOURCE

A team of agents.
A better way to build.

Developer and founder guides, specialist agent templates, hooks, and a starting constitution for your AI development team.

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INSIDE THE PLAYBOOK
01Start with the foundations
02Define your specialist agents
03Set the rules of the workflow
04Build, review, and iterate

02 / A small working script

Measure the
whole workflow.

Track active preparation and initial work, review, corrections, and pass/fail results in a local CSV. Keep unattended waiting in elapsed turnaround, recorded separately on the pilot scorecard.

Python 3.9+ · No dependencies · Runs locally
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workflow-run-log.pyPYTHON
python3 workflow-run-log.py log \
  --csv ./experiments.csv \
  --workflow "Meeting follow-up" \
  --run-minutes 2.5 \
  --review-minutes 4 \
  --correction-minutes 1 \
  --result pass

python3 workflow-run-log.py summary \
  --csv ./experiments.csv
ONE EXAMPLE RUN

Preparation + active run: 2.5 min
Review: 4 min + Correction: 1 min
Total active effort: 7.5 min

03 / Keep these close

Four useful habits.

01SYSTEMS

Write the check before the prompt.

Name three things a useful result must get right. For meeting follow-ups, try decisions, action owners, and due dates. Use those checks on every test so a polished draft cannot hide a missing detail.

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02PROMPTS

Give missing information a label.

Tell the model what to write when a required detail is absent: ‘not provided,’ ‘needs confirmation,’ or a clear question. A visible gap is easier to resolve than a plausible guess inside a confident answer.

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03AGENTS

Separate the draft from the action.

Reading, drafting, and sending are three different permissions. State which actions are allowed in the handoff and name the point where a person reviews the result. The agent gets useful freedom inside a clear boundary.

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04PRACTICE

Count the minutes after generation.

Track checking and corrections alongside the initial run. Record failed attempts too. The useful comparison is the effort required to finish the whole task, using the same timing method for both your current process and the experiment.

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04 / Open-source work

More from the workbench.

Minnesota roots. A practical next step.

Let’s make
AI useful.

Bring your business questions to a free 30-minute conversation. We’ll talk through where AI may fit, a useful first step, and whether further help makes sense.

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