Interactive Automate Your Documents Lesson 1: assemble a generation prompt and spot the fact AI invented, with an AI Coach.
Automate Your Documents · Lesson 1Free  ~12 min · No code

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Proposals, letters, reports — the documents that eat your week. This lesson turns a few rough details into a clean, professional document, and teaches the prompt that keeps it accurate and on-brand. No code.

The mental model

A document is structure plus your specifics. AI handles the structure; you supply the specifics and the judgment.

Most documents follow a known shape — a proposal, a cover letter, a status report. AI knows the shape cold. Your job is to feed it the few real details that make it yours and to check that every fact is true before it goes out.

The reframeDraft in seconds, review like it matters. AI gets you to a strong draft instantly — but a document with your name on it is your responsibility. The speed is in the drafting; the care is in the review.

Step 01 · Turn details into a document

Give AI the document type and a few specifics. Pick the pieces — your generation prompt assembles below:

Document type
Key details the specifics only you know
Tone & brand
Brief:
0 / 3
Your generation promptPick options above…
The on-brand line matters — paste a sample of your real writing so it matches your voice, not generic AI. And the "use only the details I gave you, don't invent anything" instruction is what keeps it honest.

Step 02 · Review before it ships

AI fills gaps by inventing plausible specifics. Read the draft like the recipient will. Spot the line that AI made up:

That invented "99% retention, team of 40" is the trap. AI adds confident-sounding facts, stats, and credentials you never gave it. Every number and claim in a document you send is yours to stand behind — delete anything you can't verify.

Your challenge: generate one real document

  1. Pick a document you actually need to write.
  2. Feed AI the type, the real details, and a voice sample.
  3. Tell it to use only your details and invent nothing.
  4. Review every fact — delete anything you can't verify — then send.

Lesson complete

You can generate a professional document from a few details, keep it accurate and on-brand, and catch the invented facts AI slips in before they ship.

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Lesson 2 · Document systems — templates & reusable workflows

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