12 Actionable AI Workflow Tips

Action 1. The certifications on your profile. ☑ Go to anthropic.skilljar.com. ☑ Take: Claude 101, AI Fluency, Intro to Cowork. ☑ Add each one to LinkedIn → Add section → Licenses & certifications → Issuer: Anthropic. ☑ Go to https://t.co/Vn60ElPrcK to actually master Claude. Action 2. The tools you open daily. ☑ Pin Claude on your Chrome. Open every morning. ☑ Pick one daily task & do it in Claude for 30 days. ☑ Start here: https://t.co/QQDmzBAoH5 Action 3. How you prompt. ☑ Start prompt with scope + format + length + tone ☑ Use action verbs only. Cut every "don't do...." ☑ End prompts with "Go beyond the basics." Action 4. What you automate. ☑ Inbox: connect Gmail connector to draft replies. ☑ Notes: connect Granola to summarize meetings. ☑ Research: ask it to read 5 sources & give a brief. Action ️5. What you refuse to automate. ☑ First 10 mins of any problem. Think on paper first. ☑ Your final edit. Read every output out loud. ☑ Never let it write messages that change relations. Action ️6. Your output per hour. ☑ Pick one repeating task. Time yourself today. ☑ Redo it with Claude next month. Time again. ☑ Pin both numbers in notes. Repeat every 30 days. Action ️7. The skills you build in Claude. ☑ Anything you prompt twice deserves to be a skill. ☑ Customize → Skills → + → upload. Name it. ☑ Use a slash command (like /47). Build 3 this week Action ️8. Your "about me" file. ☑ .md file: role, writing style, goals, non-negotiable ☑ Add: your projects, what AI should never do. ☑ Paste it into every new chat. Reuse forever. Action ️9. What you ship publicly. ☑ A post or a doc/week. Pick the format you hate. ☑ Use it to draft. Rewrite the first & last line yourself ☑ Ship on a fixed day (mine is Tuesday). Action ️10. Who sees your work. ☑ 5 new connections a week on LinkedIn. ☑ Send 1 dm/week to someone whose work you use ☑ Tag 1 person in a post. Loops bring more reach. Action ️11. What you read offline. ☑ 30 minutes a day. No phone in the room. ☑ Books, long essays, and your own old notes. ☑ Highlight by hand. The friction is the point. Action ️12. The questions you ask. ☑ Before prompt, write questions you'd ask experts ☑ Add 2 follow-ups you'd ask after their answers. ☑ Better questions beat better prompts.