Exercises
Every exercise in this playbook is designed to be self-contained — you can do any of them with just an AI tool and a bit of curiosity. No setup, no prerequisites, no special software.
## Not Sure Where to Start?
**Got 15 minutes?** Try one of these beginner-friendly exercises:
- [The Fact-Check Habit](/exercises/ethical-prompting/ep-basic-01/) — Catch an AI making a mistake (you'll be surprised how easy it is)
- [The Signal in the Noise](/exercises/insight-synthesis/is-basic-01/) — Turn a messy AI brainstorm into something useful
- [The Reusable Prompt](/exercises/workflow-automation/wa-basic-01/) — Build a prompt template you'll actually use again
**Got 25 minutes?** Level up with an intermediate challenge:
- [The Prompt Chain](/exercises/workflow-automation/wa-intermediate-01/) — Build a 3-step AI pipeline
- [The Multi-Source Brief](/exercises/insight-synthesis/is-intermediate-01/) — Triangulate multiple AI perspectives
- [The Verification Checklist](/exercises/ethical-prompting
Ethical Prompting
The AI Governance Playbook
One-liner: Design a practical AI governance framework for a team or project — covering when to u...
The Fact-Check Habit
One-liner: Catch an AI making a confident mistake — and build a simple verification process you'...
The Verification Checklist
One-liner: Build a personal AI verification system — a checklist you'll actually use — and stres...
Insight Synthesis
The Research Pipeline
One-liner: Build a complete research synthesis pipeline — from question to evidence-graded concl...
The Signal in the Noise
One-liner: Turn a messy AI brainstorm into a structured, actionable insight — learning to extrac...
The Multi-Source Brief
One-liner: Synthesize outputs from three separate AI queries into a single coherent analysis — b...
Workflow Automation
The Workflow Blueprint
One-liner: Design, document, and test a complete AI-automated workflow for a real business proce...
The Reusable Prompt
One-liner: Turn a task you do repeatedly into a reusable AI prompt template that works every tim...
The Prompt Chain
One-liner: Build a multi-step AI workflow where each step's output feeds into the next — turning...
Cross-Domain Reframing
The Cross-Domain Prompt Library
One-liner: Build a documented library of prompt patterns borrowed from 3+ different fields, with...
The Stolen Technique
One-liner: Take an AI technique from a completely different field and apply it to your own work ...
The Framework Transplant
One-liner: Take a complete problem-solving framework from another domain and systematically adap...
Agent Collaboration
Design Your Agent Workflow
One-liner: Architect a complete multi-agent workflow for a real project — defining roles, inputs...
Your First AI Team Meeting
One-liner: Run a multi-perspective AI session where one prompt gets you two expert viewpoints on...
The Handoff Protocol
One-liner: Split a problem across two separate AI sessions with different roles and contexts, th...