Practical AI article library

Find a practical guide for the AI work in front of you.

Explore clearer prompts and workflow planning, plus business handoffs, reviews, and assistant boundaries, and founder-led project lessons. Each article gives you a concrete way to think through the work and its limits.

Behind the work

Building AI Mastery Hub with Leo

Mike shares what he built with Leo, what he tested, and which checks remain open. Start with the series opener.

Building AI Mastery Hub with Leo · Part 1

Building AI Mastery Hub with Leo

Mike Bradway shares how Leo helped shape a service-first website, an Android voice tool, an avatar video, outreach, and the checks still open.

6 minute read

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Building with Leo · October 13, 2026 follow-up

Building with Leo: What We Reviewed Before Release

A dated account of the AI Mastery Hub redesign and three article releases, with owner decisions, verification evidence and the limits of each result.

5 minute read

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Apply it to your business

Business workflows and AI boundaries

Understand a handoff before connecting tools, know what a review should produce, and define where an assistant needs permission and human checks.

Website and CRM handoffs

How to Spot a Broken Website-to-CRM Handoff

Trace one test inquiry from your website to its CRM record, notification, owner, and next action. Learn what each check actually proves.

5 minute read

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Choosing an AI workflow review

What an AI Workflow Review Should Deliver

Know what to expect before paying for a workflow review: a clear boundary, a current-state map, one reasoned recommendation, and honest limits.

5 minute read

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Practical assistant boundaries

What an AI Business Assistant Should Be Allowed to Do

Set useful boundaries for an AI assistant: limited access, clear approvals, realistic tests, action records, and a way to stop safely.

5 minute read

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Working with your dot

Turn Meeting Notes into a Clear Action List with Your Dot

Give your dot a small set of meeting notes and get a reviewable action list without invented owners, deadlines, or commitments.

3 minute read

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Working with your dot

Build a Clearer Onboarding Checklist from Existing Files with Your Dot

Use a small set of current files to draft an onboarding checklist, trace each step to its source, and flag gaps before sharing it.

3 minute read

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Working with your dot

Ask Your Dot to Improve One Paragraph Without Rewriting Everything

Make a focused writing request that preserves your facts, limits the edit to one paragraph, and gives you a clear revision to review.

3 minute read

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Start with the fundamentals

Prompting foundations

Build a clearer prompt, improve a weak one, and use the workflow checklist to map a small process before considering AI.

Prompting fundamentals

How to Write AI Prompts: A Practical Beginner Guide

Learn how to write clear AI prompts with a five-part framework, before-and-after examples, a practice exercise, and fixes for common mistakes.

12 minute read

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Practical prompt improvement

How to Improve an AI Prompt Without Making It Complicated

Use a repeatable five-pass method to diagnose vague AI prompts, add the missing context, and get a stronger working draft.

8 minute read

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Workflow planning

AI Workflow Checklist: Map a Small-Business Process Before Automation

Use this AI workflow checklist to map one recurring business process, clarify handoffs, handle missing inputs, and decide whether a manual change or AI trial fits.

6 minute read

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Start here · Using your dot

How to Use Your Dot: Start Small, Review, Then Save

A beginner path for choosing one task, sharing the right source, reviewing a draft and checking where the result was saved.

5 minute read

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Who creates the guides

Founder-led practical AI guidance

Mike Bradway brings manufacturing operations, public service, AI coaching, and hands-on systems work to each practical lesson.

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How the guides are reviewed

Visible sources, testing limits, and corrections

Articles name their author and show relevant sources, evidence notes, and limits. Review dates appear when a review has occurred.

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