# AI Guides On

> Free, short AI courses for people who don't code: 3 to 6 lessons each, with the exact prompts, real screenshots and a finished thing at the end. Published by Adapt Progress Evolve Limited (UK).

Each course is 3 to 6 lessons of 5 to 15 minutes, with the exact prompts we used, real screenshots and real results, and a finished thing at the end: a website, a meal plan, a kit of prompts you’ve tested. Every lesson is free to read. Sign in with an email link only if you want to save your progress and get a certificate of completion.

## How pages work
- A course is 3 to 6 lessons. Every lesson page has the exact prompts, real screenshots with the date each was captured, a checkpoint per step and the problems you are likely to hit.
- Every course lists its tools with what they cost, the date we checked the price and the source. Every page lists its sources and shows when it was published and last updated (the updated date changes only when the content does).
- Every page has a markdown mirror: append .md to its path (e.g. https://aiguideson.com/index.md, https://aiguideson.com/courses.md).
- Lessons are free to read with no account. Ours: made by the same studio that runs this site.

## Courses
https://aiguideson.com/courses/
- [AI for beginners: start here](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/) (Beginner; 5 lessons, about 45 minutes in total; updated 2026-10-03): What AI chat tools like ChatGPT and Claude are, what they get wrong, and how to use one safely. You’ll make a free account, have your first conversation, learn to check what it tells you, and then finish by making something useful for your week. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here.md
  - [Lesson 1: What AI chat tools are, and what they get wrong](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/what-ai-chat-tools-are/) (8 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/what-ai-chat-tools-are.md
  - [Lesson 2: Make a free account and choose your privacy settings](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/make-a-free-account/) (8 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/make-a-free-account.md
  - [Lesson 3: Your first conversation](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/your-first-conversation/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/your-first-conversation.md
  - [Lesson 4: Check what it tells you](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/check-what-it-tells-you/) (9 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/check-what-it-tells-you.md
  - [Lesson 5: Make something useful: a week of meals and a shopping list](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/make-a-meal-plan/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/make-a-meal-plan.md
- [Prompting for beginners](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/) (Beginner; 5 lessons, about 50 minutes in total; updated 2026-10-03): Ask AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude for what you actually want, and get it back first time more often. You’ll see why vague prompts get vague answers, learn the four parts of a good prompt, show the AI examples, fix answers you don’t like, and finish with your own tested prompt kit. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners.md
  - [Lesson 1: Why AI answers come back vague](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/why-answers-come-back-vague/) (8 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/why-answers-come-back-vague.md
  - [Lesson 2: The four parts of a good prompt](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/four-parts-of-a-good-prompt/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/four-parts-of-a-good-prompt.md
  - [Lesson 3: Show it an example](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/show-it-an-example/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/show-it-an-example.md
  - [Lesson 4: Fix an answer you don’t like](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/fix-an-answer/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/fix-an-answer.md
  - [Lesson 5: Build your own prompt kit](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/build-your-prompt-kit/) (12 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/build-your-prompt-kit.md
- [Claude for beginners](https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/) (Beginner; 5 lessons, about 49 minutes in total; updated 2026-10-09): Get started with Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, on a free account. You’ll log in and ask your first questions, pick the right settings for the job, hand Claude a document to summarise, keep your instructions in one place and ask for a small tool that does one job. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners.md
  - [Lesson 1: Meet Claude and ask your first question](https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/meet-claude-and-ask-your-first-question/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/meet-claude-and-ask-your-first-question.md
  - [Lesson 2: Pick a model and know your limits](https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/pick-a-model-and-know-your-limits/) (9 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/pick-a-model-and-know-your-limits.md
  - [Lesson 3: Give Claude a file to work on](https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/give-claude-a-file-to-work-on/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/give-claude-a-file-to-work-on.md
  - [Lesson 4: Keep your instructions in one place](https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/keep-your-instructions-in-one-place/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/keep-your-instructions-in-one-place.md
  - [Lesson 5: Make a small tool with an artifact](https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/make-a-small-tool-with-an-artifact/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/claude-for-beginners/make-a-small-tool-with-an-artifact.md
- [Build a website with AI and put it online](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/) (Beginner; 5 lessons, about 55 minutes in total; updated 2026-10-03): Write a short brief, ask Claude to turn it into a one-page website, check every line, then put it online for free with Cloudflare Pages. There’s no code to learn: you copy, paste, check and drag a folder. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai.md
  - [Lesson 1: What you'll build and what you need](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/what-youll-build/) (5 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/what-youll-build.md
  - [Lesson 2: Write a short brief for your page](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/write-a-short-brief/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/write-a-short-brief.md
  - [Lesson 3: Ask AI to build your first page](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/ask-ai-to-build-your-first-page/) (15 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/ask-ai-to-build-your-first-page.md
  - [Lesson 4: Check it and ask for changes](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/check-it-and-ask-for-changes/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/check-it-and-ask-for-changes.md
  - [Lesson 5: Put it online for free with Cloudflare Pages](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/put-it-online-for-free/) (15 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/put-it-online-for-free.md

## Blog
https://aiguideson.com/blog/
- [Stanford's free AI courses: what is actually free, and which ones suit a beginner](https://aiguideson.com/blog/stanford-free-ai-courses-which-suit-beginners/) (2026-10-27): Stanford puts some AI course material online free, mostly lecture videos, slides and code. The certificates, credit and marking cost money or are for enrolled students. The well-known courses expect programming and university maths, so if you do not code, start with a beginner course and come back to Stanford later. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/blog/stanford-free-ai-courses-which-suit-beginners.md
- ["AI responses may include mistakes": what the warning means and what to do about it](https://aiguideson.com/blog/ai-responses-may-include-mistakes-what-it-means/) (2026-10-22): It is a standing warning that any AI answer can be wrong, because these tools predict likely words and nothing checks the result against the facts. Treat it as a prompt to check anything that matters; for everyday questions a one-minute, three-step check is enough. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/blog/ai-responses-may-include-mistakes-what-it-means.md
- [The best ways to learn AI if you do not code](https://aiguideson.com/blog/best-ways-to-learn-ai-if-you-do-not-code/) (2026-10-20): If you want to use AI at work or at home, learn it by using a chat tool on small real tasks. Learn how to ask, learn how to check, and keep the prompts that work. The maths and Python roadmaps at the top of the search results are for people who want to build AI. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/blog/best-ways-to-learn-ai-if-you-do-not-code.md
- [Elements of AI free course: what it covers, who it suits and what to do next](https://aiguideson.com/blog/elements-of-ai-free-course-what-it-covers-and-what-to-do-next/) (2026-10-15): Elements of AI is a free online course from the University of Helsinki and MinnaLearn that teaches the ideas behind AI, such as machine learning and neural networks. It does not teach you to use chat tools, so if that is what you need, pair it with a hands-on course. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/blog/elements-of-ai-free-course-what-it-covers-and-what-to-do-next.md
- [Free AI courses with a certificate: what to check before you start one](https://aiguideson.com/blog/free-ai-courses-with-certificate-what-to-check/) (2026-10-13): Many free AI courses give a certificate of completion, but often only the lessons are free, and the certificate shows that you finished, not that you passed an exam. Before you start, check four things: what is really free, what the certificate says, how long it takes, and whether you end up with something you can use. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/blog/free-ai-courses-with-certificate-what-to-check.md

## Planned courses (not written yet)
- Build a simple app without coding: Describe a small app in plain English and get a working version you can use and share.
- Make videos with AI: Plan, generate and edit a short video with AI tools, and know what you’re allowed to use it for.
- Build your first AI agent: Set up an AI assistant that follows your instructions and does one job for you, with no code.
- AI automation with no code: Connect the apps you already use so the routine admin happens on its own, with AI where it helps.
- AI for your small business: Find the jobs in your business that AI can take on first, and the ones it shouldn’t touch.
- AI for marketing: Use AI for briefs, first drafts and ideas without your marketing sounding like everyone else.
- AI in spreadsheets: Get AI to write, fix and explain spreadsheet formulas, and check what it gives you.

## Site
- [About AI Guides On](https://aiguideson.com/about/): Who writes and publishes AI Guides On, how each course is made, and how we keep the screenshots current. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/about.md
- [Privacy](https://aiguideson.com/privacy/): What AI Guides On records: anonymous page analytics for everyone, and, only if you sign in, your email address, progress, badges and certificates of completion. Export or delete it any time. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/privacy.md
- [How certificates work](https://aiguideson.com/certificates/): Finish a course and get a certificate of completion with its own verification link, ready to add to LinkedIn. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/certificates.md
- Full text of every page in one file: https://aiguideson.com/llms-full.txt

## Publisher and author
- Publisher: Adapt Progress Evolve Limited, company 10047328 (England and Wales), registered office 5 Brayford Square, London E1 0SG, VAT GB362654684. https://adaptprogressevolve.com/ · Contact: hello@aiguideson.com
- Author: Jack Stovell. Profile: https://i.hilyt.it/jack

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- [ReviewNudge](https://reviewnudge.app/): Free, no-account tools for small businesses: a review reply writer, a review request builder, a Google review QR card maker and a testimonial card maker.
- [Launch Video Maker](https://launchvideomaker.com/): Turns a business website into a short motion video with music, using only facts you approve, paid once per video.
- [How to get AI to](https://howtogetaito.com/): A free library of step-by-step guides to getting AI to do a specific task, with prompts, tools, cost and privacy notes.
- [What is GEO](https://whatisgeo.app/): A free, source-linked guide to Generative Engine Optimisation: how websites show up in answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews.
- [visibilitytoai](https://visibilitytoai.com/): Measures whether ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity name and cite a company when buyers ask them questions, quoting every answer.
- [Hilyt](https://hilyt.it/): Open profiles for people and businesses that AI assistants can read and cite: stable URLs, schema.org data and a plain-text card per profile.
- [Assets for three.js](https://assetsforthreejs.com/): Original 3D model packs (GLB) for three.js and WebGL, each model with three levels of detail and its triangle count published.
- [Forematter](https://forematter.com/): Employee-onboarding software that turns a company handbook into a paced first month for new starters. In development, not yet open to customers.
- [Can You Use AI](https://canyouuseai.com/): Straight answers to "Can you use AI to ...?" questions: a verdict, how to do it well, and the UK rules and risks, each with sources.