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Quick Start: Crash Courses

Four short primers for readers who want a fast on-ramp before the main book. Pick the one that matches where you are right now.

  • AI Prompting in 2026 — A 12-concept primer on using ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini well in 2026: context, reasoning modes, deep research, multimodal, and AI desktop apps. The mechanics every chapter of this book (and most real work with AI) assumes you already know.
  • Agentic Coding Crash Course — A 45-minute, 15-concept tour of Claude Code and OpenCode. Same vocabulary, slightly different keybindings; the same skills transfer between tools.
  • Which AI Employees To Use in 2026? — Five tools matched to who you are and what you need. Find your starting point in under a minute.
  • Cheatsheets — Interactive quick-reference cards for the key tools in this book: Claude Code, Claude collaborative workspace, and OpenClaw.