Build simple AI tools without code

A practical course on building small, useful AI helpers without writing code: saved instructions, reusable prompt templates, forms that feed AI, and simple automations that connect apps. You finish with a working mini project and a plan to test and maintain it.

For: Curious beginners, small business owners, teachers and office workers who want to build their own helpers instead of retyping the same prompts.

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When you finish

You can write saved instructions that make an AI assistant behave the same way every time.
You can turn a prompt you reuse into a template with clear blanks.
You can design a simple form-to-AI flow and explain how each step works.
You can plan a basic automation that connects two apps with a human check.
You can build, test and maintain a small AI tool of your own.

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Final exam and certificate

10 questions. Score 8 or more for a free certificate of completion you can share and add to LinkedIn. Unlimited tries.

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Prompts you can use today

Copy one, replace the [brackets] with your details, and paste it into the AI tool you use. Leave out anything private.

Draft saved instructions for a helper

I want to build a helper that does one job: [describe the job]. The people who will use it are [who]. Write a clear set of saved instructions that covers: its role, what it should always do, what it should never do, the format of its answers, and what it should say when it does not know. Keep it under [number] words.

Turn a prompt into a template

Here is a prompt I use often: [paste prompt]. Turn it into a reusable template with [BRACKETED BLANKS] for the parts that change each time. After the template, give me a short checklist of what to fill in and one worked example.

Design the input form

I want a short form that collects what an AI needs to do this job: [describe the job]. Suggest the questions to ask, which should be required, which can be short text and which should be choices from a list. Keep it to the smallest number of questions that still gives a good result.

Map a simple automation

I want this to happen automatically: when [trigger, for example a new form response arrives], an AI should [action], and then the result should go to [destination]. Break this into numbered steps. Mark where a human should review before anything is sent. List what could go wrong at each step.

Write test cases

I built a helper with these instructions: [paste instructions]. Write ten test inputs: four typical, three tricky or unusual, and three that try to make it break its rules. For each, say what a good answer would look like.

Find weaknesses in my instructions

Review these saved instructions as a careful skeptic: [paste instructions]. Point out anything vague, missing or likely to be misunderstood. Suggest specific rewrites. Do not add new features.

Write a user guide

Write a one-page guide for someone who will use the tool I built. The tool does [describe]. Explain in plain language what to type, what to expect, what to check before using the result, and what never to enter. Use short sentences.

Plan monthly maintenance

I built a small AI tool that does [describe]. Give me a monthly maintenance checklist: what to test, what to review in the results, what settings or links might change, and how to decide whether to update the instructions. Keep it practical for one person.

Ask the AI tutor

Ask anything about this course, in any language. The tutor is an AI: it can be wrong, and it never needs your personal details.

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