Argo · Course

AI Power Users

Go from “I’ve heard of ChatGPT” to picking the right tool for any task, prompting it like a pro, chaining tools together, protecting your data, and even running a private model on your own laptop.

A one-week intensive. Hands-on every session. Hype-free.

By Friday, you can

Choose the right AI tool for a task instead of defaulting to one chatbot.
Prompt skilfully with a repeatable framework and your own system prompts.
Build a personal knowledge base your AI can answer from.
Protect your data, your credentials, and your privacy.
Run a private model locally, fully offline.
Ship a capstone project — evaluated by your peers.

How we work together

Six values set the culture of the room. They shape every lab, critique, and feedback circle.

Win and help win

Your success and your peers' success are the same goal.

The Four Agreements

Be impeccable with your word. Don’t take anything personally. Don’t make assumptions. Always do your best.

Criticise in private, praise in public

Corrections go one-to-one. Recognition goes to the whole room.

Create more than you consume

Ship things. Don't just watch demos.

Done over perfect

A shipped rough capstone beats a perfect plan.

Participate

The class is a practice, not a lecture.

Read the values in full

How the class works

Hands-on every session

No session is lecture-only. Every three-hour block ends with something you built.

Peers teach peers

You explain concepts to your group and evaluate each other's work — the best test of understanding.

Tool-agnostic thinking

We teach the concept, not the clicks, so your skills survive the next model release.

How you’re assessed

Daily hands-on labs (participation + completion)20%
Homework assignments (2)15%
One-page essays (3)15%
Peer-led group exercises & mini-teaches15%
Capstone project25%
Peer evaluation & feedback quality10%
Capstone

Ship something real

Solve one real problem from your own life or work using at least three capabilities from the week. Present a working demo, evaluated by your peers against a shared rubric.

See the capstone brief

Take-home toolkit

The 50-topic map as a reference guide
A one-page prompt-framework cheat sheet
A privacy & credentials checklist
A curated best-tools-by-category list (free / online / open source)
A self-hosting quick-start (Ollama & LM Studio)
A 'keep learning' resource list for staying current

Ready to start?

Every lesson is open — start with Day 1 and work through at your own pace.

Start Day 1