TaskbyTask.Practical AI guides for work

Practical AI for everyday work

Make AI useful.
One task
at a time.

Practical guides for people with a job to get on with. Learn a useful workflow, copy a prompt and check what comes back.

Start with one useful job

Inside every guide

What you get

Enough help to start. Enough detail to do it properly.

01

A job you can try

A clear starting point, the inputs you need and numbered steps.

02

Prompts you can copy

Specific requests, worked examples and ways to improve the draft.

03

Checks that matter

What a useful result looks like, and what to fix before using it.

01 · Bring a small source

Fictional practice material is included.

02 · Ask for a clear result

Use the prompt, then refine the draft.

03 · Check before using it

Keep facts and missing details visible.

New to AI at work?

Start with one
useful job.

Look up an AI term

Choose a tool, set it up, write a clear prompt and check what comes back. These guides start from the beginning.

  1. 01

    Start here with AI at work

    A short learning path for using AI on an ordinary business task, from choosing an approved account to checking the result.

  2. 02

    Choose ChatGPT or Claude for your business

    Choose an approved AI tool using a small, fair task comparison and a clear view of individual plans, team accounts and costs.

  3. 03

    Set up your first AI workspace

    Set up ChatGPT or Claude for a first business exercise, with account checks, privacy controls, a private project and a simple test.

  4. 04

    Write your first useful prompt

    Turn a vague AI request into a clear business brief, then improve and check the draft with a worked fictional example.

  5. 05

    Use business files and check the answer

    Choose suitable files, ask for evidence, spot conflicts and verify an AI summary before using it in your business.

Useful things to try.

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Find your next task

What are you working on?

01

Start here

A short learning path from a blank chat box to useful, checked work.

1 article
02

Getting started

Accounts, plans and the basics before adding real work.

2 articles
03

Prompts and practice

Clear briefs, copyable examples and ways to improve a draft.

1 article
04

Safe and useful AI

Data choices, source checks and the judgement the tool needs from you.

1 article
05

People & meetings

Prepare the conversation and leave with clear next steps.

2 articles
06

Writing & decisions

Updates and proposals with the facts and decisions still visible.

2 articles
07

Images for work

Make a professional image and check the details before using it.

1 article
08

Reference

Plain-English explanations you can look up and return to work.

1 article

The tool is useful.
Your judgement still matters.

We begin with the work, explain where AI can help, and show what to check before you use the result. No invented time savings. No pretending an example is a test.

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