Guides
The field manual for conscious AI use.
Query-shaped guides for people whose AI stack grew past the work — audits, slot design, and judgment-preserving workflows. Frameworks, not tool lists.
Published
Start with the audit.
How to audit your personal AI tools — in 60 minutes. Six blocks: inventory every tool, one job per tool, follow the data, last used, renewal dates, and a keep / merge / kill decision on every row. Ends with a one-minute worksheet you can run today.
Next in the series
In progress, in order.
- How to choose a personal AI stack. Jobs first, one tool per job, nine slots. Not another tool list.
- Stop collecting prompts. Build the layer.. Prompts are disposable. Context, weights, and harness are not.
- AI made you faster and more tired. The brain-fry curve in plain language, and the 14-day reset.
Start the practice
Discover your type. Then choose your door.
The free CT Type quiz names your orientation and shows where your stack is coherent or costly — a practical first step, not an identity assignment.