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Practical downloadable guides, frameworks and templates, written by the team behind the Lab's modules. All free.
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The Real Cost of the AI Cloud
A balanced, honest briefing on what AI actually costs the planet: water, power, carbon, and the hum next door. Every number is sourced, every harm is…
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Your AI Design Studio, Inside Your Editor
Set up Pencil, Claude Code and VS Code, mostly through two free extensions, so an AI agent designs documents, decks and one-pagers for you. On your…
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Build & Host Your Own Website
Build your own website by describing it to an AI coding agent in VS Code, with no web builder and no monthly fees. A plain-English guide from a blank…
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AI on a Shoestring
A zero-budget AI starter kit for charities, schools and community groups. Free tools, the safety rules, copy-paste prompts, and how to run it as a…
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The Parents' Guide to AI
A free, practical guide to the nine conversations every parent needs to talk about AI with their kid: chatbots, deepfakes, privacy, building with AI…
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Claude Code for Non-Coders
A beginner guide to Claude Code in the terminal. Open it, install it, and get real work done in your first session, without writing a line of code.
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From Chatbots to Agents: Leading Your Organisation Into the AI-Underpinned Era
Agentic AI is a different operating model, and adopting it is an organisational transition. The autonomy ladder, loop engineering, what changes for…
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Claude Fable 5 and Mythos: Everything You Need to Know
The plain-English guide to the 9 June Anthropic launch for business owners. What Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are, what they cost, what they are genuinely…
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Getting Claude Set Up in VS Code
A complete 90-minute workshop pack for getting non-technical teams set up with Claude in VS Code. Includes the timed running order, facilitator notes…
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Start Here: How to Actually Use and Implement AI
14 practical AI tasks from your first conversation to your first automation. Covers the 5 Cs, prompt engineering, tool comparison, local AI, agents…
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Vibe Coding in Production
How to ship AI-generated code without losing sleep. Covers the leaf node strategy, verifiable checkpoints, being AI's product manager, and how…
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Intent-Driven Design Fundamentals
A practical guide to working smarter with AI. Based on the Side Hustle Lab workshop, covering the four-part prompt framework, the AI Spectrum, the…
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The Local AI Playbook
A 12-page business guide to private, cost-effective AI infrastructure. Covers model selection, setup tools, cost analysis, data sovereignty, and a…
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The 10 Levels of AI Capability
11-slide framework covering the 10 levels of AI capability, from basic awareness to strategic autonomy. Understand where your organisation stands and…
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The Care Dividend: AI Productivity into Social Infrastructure
Academic paper arguing for taxing concentrated AI profits to fund the care economy. UK levy scenarios, Nordic comparison, and practical policy design.
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Copilot Rollout Readiness Checklist
10-page readiness checklist covering the eight phases every organisation needs before a Copilot go-live.
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Vibe Coding Guide: Prompts to Harness
14-page technical guide covering prompt engineering, context engineering, and harness engineering.
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