Skills you'll build:

• Explain what a large language model (LLM) is in plain language
• Open and navigate ChatGPT (or Claude) without hesitation
• Ask a basic question and evaluate the response
• Identify 2–3 ways AI could help in your daily work or life
• Complete at least one short conversation with an AI tool

You've completed this stage when:

• You've opened an AI tool 5+ times this week
• You've tried at least 3 prompts from the Beginner Prompt List
• You've filled in Week 1 of the Weekly Progress Tracker

→ Then move to Stage 2.

Skills you'll build:

• Write a clear, specific prompt that gets a useful response
• Use context, role, and format instructions in your prompts
• Recognize when a response is poor — and improve it with a follow-up
• Try at least 2 different AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT + Claude)
• Build a personal set of 5 go-to prompts for your life or work

You've completed this stage when:

• You've practiced prompting daily for 7 days
• You've saved at least 5 useful prompts in your Notes Page
• You've filled in Week 2 of the Weekly Progress Tracker

→ Then move to Stage 3.

Skills you'll build:

• Use AI to draft, edit, or summarize written content
• Use AI to organize, sort, or analyze a set of information
• Use AI to brainstorm ideas for a real problem you have
• Recognize the limits of AI — when it guesses or hallucinates
• Combine 2–3 AI actions into a simple workflow

You've completed this stage when:

• You've used AI for at least 3 real tasks this week
• You've logged those tasks in the Notes Page under Wins and Insights
• You've filled in Week 3 of the Weekly Progress Tracker

→ Then move to Stage 4.

Skills you'll build:

• Define a clear goal for an AI-assisted project
• Break the project into 5–7 steps and complete them
• Evaluate what worked, what didn't, and what you'd change
• Document the result in the Mini Project Planner
• Identify what you want to learn or build next

You've completed this stage when:

• You've finished at least one project in the Mini Project Planner
• You can describe what you built in 2 sentences
• You've completed the Final Reflection Page