Arrival + setup
Get settled, meet the group, and make sure your tools and accounts are ready for the day.
Building for Yourself
with AI
A hands-on AI workshop to learn the lay of the land and come away with something new.
01 · Agenda 9:30 AM–4:00 PM
The new AI landscape
From last year to now, understand how the landscape has evolved and what that means for you.
Learn some vocabulary
prompts, context, agents, harnesses, models, memory, skills, and workflows.
Case Studies
Hear from your colleagues on how they've been using AI to optimize their workflows.
Build a skill
Turn one prompt into a reusable skill your agent can run again.
Lunch
Informal 1:1s with instructors and time to plan what you'll build in the afternoon.
Build something together
Choose from three projects every operational leader needs: daily meeting briefs, email digest, and natural language search for your company brain.
Build personal software
Take what we built together and extend it with custom software, built for you.
Share-outs + discussion
See what others built, compare ideas, and identify what might be useful for your own team or across funders.
Next steps
Leave with one workflow to try, one process to rethink, and one bigger AI-enabled project you may want to explore further.
02 · Prework Make sure you're prepared for success: bring these with you to the workshop.
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Install Claude desktop
We will use Claude desktop as the default workshop tool because it keeps sessions, exposes connectors through a GUI, and can preview prototypes in a browser.
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Bring one real workflow
Pick a task you repeat: diligence, expert calls, CRM updates, daily briefings, policy scans, hiring/admin, or follow-ups.
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Bring sample context
Useful inputs include call notes, applicant summaries, strategy memos, grant reports, portfolio notes, board prep, or a small CSV.
03 · Resources What you leave with.
Guided prompts + skills
Starting points for teaching agents your preferences, improving an imperfect first result, and turning a one-off prompt into a repeatable workflow.
Resource roundup
A post-workshop email with the tools covered, example automations, setup notes, and a skills exchange for what participants built.
Complimentary 30-minute consult
Bring one workflow, stuck prototype, or team question and we will help scope the next experiment or longer-term coaching engagement.
04 · RSVP
Claim a spot.
Seats are limited to 10–15 people so the hands-on build tracks stay useful. The workshop is $500 per seat — RSVP now to hold your spot, and we'll send an invoice by email afterward. No payment is required to RSVP.
05 · About Us Meet the Instructors.
The 5x5 Collective is a creative technology studio and artist collective focused on frontier technology, novel governance, and artistic expression.
