Lesson 3 of 8 · Build a Personal AI Workflow You Will Actually Use
In this lesson. Make AI a step with a door in and a door out.
What you will learn
- Trigger
- Prompt
- Output home
Walkthrough
You will specify what starts it, the prompt, and where the output lands (doc, ticket, sheet). Orphan drafts in a chat history are not a workflow. This is the design.
Work through the ideas in order. After each point, pause and connect it to a task you already do — a document, a workflow, or a feature you own. The goal of Build a Personal AI Workflow You Will Actually Use is usable skill, not a pile of notes.
If something is unclear, rewrite it in your own words before you continue. Teaching the step back to yourself is the fastest way to see gaps.
Practice
Write trigger, prompt name, and output home for the pilot.
Keep the first attempt small. A finished example you can reuse beats a perfect plan you never run.
Check your understanding
- Can you explain the goal of this lesson in one sentence to a teammate?
- Where would you apply “Trigger” in your own work this week?
- What would you change on a second pass of the practice?
Next. Continue to the following lesson when the practice has a real artifact, even a rough one.