Build your own ai assistant on your Mac, with Claude.
Keeping up with ai is hard. There's so much to learn, it keeps changing, and you feel behind. In one live hour on Zoom, you'll set up an ai assistant on your own Mac that knows who you are, and you'll build one skill with it that you'll use the next day.
At a glance
- Fri, Nov 20
- 10 to 11 am Pacific (1 to 2 pm Eastern)
- $75
- per person
- Live on Zoom
- Not recorded
- No coding
- The free Claude plan works
What you leave with.
- An assistant that knows who you are. It lives on your Mac, so you stop explaining yourself from scratch.
- One skill you'll use tomorrow. A skill is a saved set of instructions for a job you do over and over.
How the hour goes.
- We set up the basics together. Your assistant gets a home on your Mac and learns who you are.
- You plan on paper. You write down what you want your assistant to do for you.
- We build it. What you wrote becomes your assistant's first skill.
What you need.
- A Mac, ideally. Windows works with some translating.
- A Claude plan. Paid is ideal, but free will work.
- The Claude desktop app. You'll get the install steps after you pay.
- Something to write on. Paper, a notebook, or a tablet works.
- Your list of what's on your plate this week. Your first skill comes from it.
Questions people ask.
Do I need to be technical?
No. You don't need to know how to code. I walk you through each step, and you build alongside me.
Can I join on Windows?
Yes, you can. I work on a Mac, so that's what I demo. On Windows, some steps will need translating, and I won't be able to demo those or stop to troubleshoot Windows during the hour.
Do I need a paid Claude plan?
No. I use Claude Code, which needs a paid plan, so that's what I demo. On the free plan, you can follow along in the chat, and some steps will look different. The free plan also has usage limits, which a full hour of building can run into.
Do I need to install anything?
Yes, the Claude desktop app. After you pay, you'll get the steps, so you can install it before the session and we can start building right away.
Is the session recorded?
No. It's live only.
How is this different from your office hours?
Office hours are free, and they're for questions. This hour is for building, so you leave with your assistant working on your own Mac.
How do I pay?
Pay with a card through Stripe. Right after you pay, you'll register for the Zoom session, and I'll approve your registration so Zoom can send you the join link.
Why I teach this.
I run my own life and work with a Claude setup I call friday. It has assistants for my dissertation, my fitness, my kitchen, and my content. What I get from it is being able to sort of physically pick up and review threads, and how it lets my brain jump around without losing ideas. My brain does jump around, and now the ideas stay where I can find them. I've had a couple of folks ask about this, so I thought, why not see if other people are interested too?
Save your seat.
It's $75. After you pay, you'll register for the Zoom session, and Zoom sends you the join link once I approve you.
Do you have a question first? Bring it to office hours (opens in a new tab), free, every Wednesday.