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What is this, really?
No jargon. A task you keep redoing turns into a short written guide, and the AI you already use follows it. That is the whole idea.
When is it worth it?
Easy test: would you write it down for someone else?
A friend crashes one night
You just tell them the wifi.
It happens once. You say it and move on. That is a one off, no guide needed.
You run an Airbnb
You print a welcome guide.
Wifi, trash day, the coffee maker. Written once so you never reexplain it. That is a skill.
Repeatable + predictable + you don't want to reexplain it = make it a skill.
The only three words you might bump into
Harness
Where your assistant lives. The AI app you use.
Skill
The welcome guide. What to do, written once.
MCP
The universal adapter. How it plugs into your apps.
Now you drive
Let's set it up, one step at a time
Open a step, do it, check it off. Go at your own pace. The full walkthroughs are one click away whenever you want more.
Your setup
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Your harness is just the app your assistant lives in. Pick one, free is fine.
- Never used one? Start with ChatGPT at chatgpt.com.
- If work gave you Copilot or ChatGPT, you already have a harness.
- Make a free account. That account is your token, nothing more technical needed.
Prefer it all on one screen?
Same setup, laid out top to bottom with nothing to click.