- Choose one tool per job in a lean AI creator stack
- Build a reusable voice and brand brief for AI tools
- Set simple rules for fact-checking and disclosure
Lesson video coming soon. The full written lesson is below.
You have a model and an audience. Now you need tools. In this lesson you will assemble a lean AI creator stack, one reliable tool for each job, and write the voice brief and ground rules that keep AI output accurate, useful and unmistakably yours. This finishes Module 1 and sets you up to build your offer.
The five jobs your stack needs to cover
| Job | What it does | What to look for |
|---|---|---|
| Think and write | Brainstorming, outlines, drafts, editing, emails | A capable AI assistant that handles long documents and follows instructions well |
| Research | Finding sources, summarizing, checking facts | Tools that show sources you can click and verify |
| Design | Covers, slides, social graphics, worksheets | A template-based design tool with brand kit features |
| Record | Video lessons, audio, screen recordings | Simple recording and editing, with automatic transcripts and captions |
| Organize and admin | Notes, files, tasks, calendar | One home for your launch journal, plus a task list you actually use |
Your platform, email and payment tools come later in Lesson 8. For current tool recommendations by job, see the AI info stack page. Tools, features and pricing change often, so check current pricing and features before you commit.
Set it up step by step
- Pick your AI assistant. Try two or three on the same task (for example, outlining a lesson for your audience) and keep the one whose output needs the least fixing. Paid tiers often allow longer documents and saved projects; start free if budget is tight.
- Choose one design tool. Set up a basic brand kit: two or three colors, one or two fonts, and a simple logo or wordmark. Do not spend a week on branding; you can refine it later.
- Set up recording if your model needs it. Courses and memberships usually need video or audio. Newsletters and consulting may not yet. A decent microphone and quiet room matter more than an expensive camera.
- Create one home for your work. A single folder or workspace with subfolders for Research, Offer, Product, Marketing and Admin. Move your launch journal in.
- Write your voice brief. One page you paste into AI sessions (details below).
- Save your prompts. Keep a “prompt file” of prompts that worked. Browse the AI Prompt Library for starting points.
Your voice brief
Generic AI writing is easy to spot and easy to ignore. A voice brief makes drafts sound much more like you from the first pass.
- Audience: your audience sentence from Lesson 3, plus their top three pains in their own words
- Tone: three adjectives (for example: warm, direct, practical) and one sentence on what you never sound like
- Stories: three short true stories from your experience you are happy to reuse
- Beliefs: two or three opinions you hold about your topic that others might disagree with
- Words to avoid: jargon, hype words and phrases that are not you
- Rules: no invented stats, quotes or testimonials; flag uncertainty
Help me write a one-page voice brief I can paste into AI tools. Interview me with 12 questions, one at a time, covering: my audience and their pains, my tone, three true stories from my experience, my strong opinions about [topic], words and phrases I avoid, and my rules for accuracy. After my answers, compile the brief in clear sections under 400 words.
Ground rules for AI-assisted work
- You are the expert; AI is the assistant. Every piece gets your examples and your judgment.
- Do not paste private client data or other people’s copyrighted material into AI tools without permission.
- Check each tool’s terms on commercial use and data handling.
- Be open about how you use AI if your audience would reasonably want to know.
Set up your five-job stack (write the tool name next to each job in your launch journal), create your work folder with its five subfolders, and write your one-page voice brief using the prompt above. Then test it: ask your AI assistant to draft a 150-word intro to your topic with and without the brief, and note the difference. That is Module 1 done. Next up: designing an offer people want.
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