Your AI Journey

From zero to building for real

Four clear stages. Learn the basics, master an AI assistant, get great at prompting, then build something real with the best free tools. Pick your own tools — everything here is free.

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Stage 1

Foundations — know AI

Start with what actually matters: what AI is, what an LLM is, and the handful of terms that make everything click. No jargon left unexplained.

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Stage 2

Master an AI assistant

Pick one assistant and learn it deeply — connectors, Projects/GPTs, memory and files. The habits transfer to every other model.

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Claude

Anthropic's assistant — thoughtful writing, coding & long documents.

Free plan at claude.ai
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ChatGPT

OpenAI's assistant — the versatile all-rounder with a huge ecosystem.

Free plan at chatgpt.com
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Gemini

Google's assistant — deeply wired into Search, Workspace & Android.

Free plan at gemini.google.com
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Stage 3

Prompt Engineering

The highest-leverage skill in the whole journey. One flagship module — reading, video, quiz and a build-a-reusable-prompt project.

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Prompt Engineering

The one skill that multiplies every AI tool you'll ever touch.

Start the module →
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Stage 4

Build something real

Choose what you want to make, then pick a tool. Each links to a genuinely free course and a hands-on project so you ship, not just read.

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Build apps & websites

Describe what you want in plain English and watch AI build a real, working product.

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Lovable

Prompt a full-stack web app into existence — front-end, back-end and database.

Free daily credits

v0

Vercel's AI that turns a prompt (or a screenshot) into polished UI code.

Free monthly credits
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Bolt

Prompt, run and deploy full-stack websites & apps right in the browser.

Free daily tokens
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Framer

Design-quality marketing websites, generated and published by AI.

Free plan
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Create presentations & decks

Turn an idea or outline into a designed, presentation-ready deck in minutes.

Gamma

The AI presentation creator — a designed deck (or doc) from a single prompt.

Free plan with credits
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Beautiful.ai

Smart slide templates that design themselves as you add content.

Free trial · student/educator offers
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Automate your work

Hand the boring, repetitive parts of your job to AI-powered workflows.

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n8n

Powerful, visual automation with first-class AI — free to self-host.

Free & open-source (self-host)
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Make

A visual, colourful automation canvas with a generous free tier.

Free plan (1,000 ops/mo)
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Zapier

The friendliest way to connect 7,000+ apps — automation for everyone.

Free plan (100 tasks/mo)
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Create content & media

Produce on-brand visuals, audio and video in a fraction of the time.

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Canva

Design anything, with AI 'Magic Studio' baked into a free editor.

Free plan
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Google Vids

AI video creation inside Google Workspace — script to finished video.

Free with a Google account
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ElevenLabs

Stunningly realistic AI voices and audio from text.

Free tier (monthly credits)
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Descript

Edit video and podcasts by editing text — AI does the heavy lifting.

Free plan
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Analyse data & decisions

Turn raw numbers into insight and clear recommendations with AI.

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Julius AI

Chat with your spreadsheets — analysis and charts from plain questions.

Free plan (limited messages)
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Kaggle Learn

Free, hands-on micro-courses in data and Python — the real foundation.

100% free

You've got a real plan now

Save your progress, streak and XP as you work through it — free.