Every lesson in the AI Foundations slide course, in full text: 2 decks, 105 slides.
Concepts, Tools & the Mapping WorksheetThe overview session of the no-code-first AI Foundations track, in 22 slides, holding the whole track in a single deck. It sets out the concepts-then-map-then-build philosophy and the "garbage in, garbage out" north star, then surveys what AI can build for you: chatbots, text processors, and automations. You will see the four ways to use Claude - a one-off chat, a saved Artifact, a reusable Skill, and the API - and learn to choose between them based on how often a tool runs and where it runs. The session closes with a live walk through the mapping worksheet (Goal, Inputs, Outputs, Constraints, Success test, Reuse) applied to one running need: turning messy meeting notes into a clean action-item list. It flags two traps, building before mapping and using a one-off chat for a repeated job, adds two checks and a reusable pattern for taking a fuzzy idea to a finished tool, and ends with a worksheet the student fills in for their own idea. Nothing needs installing and no code is required; everything runs in the Claude app on the $20 plan.
Turning AI Ideas into Buildable PromptsSession 2 of AI Foundations, in 29 slides, moves from understanding the map to using it on your own ideas. It recaps the map, check, pick, build cycle, then turns the six worksheet questions into an audit that catches vague ideas before they become messy prompts - including the trap of a goal held together by the word "and". Next it converts a finished worksheet into a five-part prompt: role, input, output format, rules, and an instruction for what to do when information is missing. The meeting-notes example serves as the model, and an Amazon listing-rewrite prompt is built live. You will also see what happens when a prompt states no failure conditions and Claude invents fabric facts. The difference between an Artifact and a Skill is made concrete on four real clothing-business ideas by asking "will I OPEN this again, or DO this again?", with a trap about saving a Skill before testing it in chat. Four checks and two your-turn slides round the session out, and you leave with one finished mini-spec and one testable prompt. Nothing needs installing and no code is required; everything runs in the Claude app.
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