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Your First AI Workflow: Chain Tools End-to-End

Research to draft to visual to publish

⬇ Study guide PDF

In this lesson you will

  • Design a 4-step workflow with a named tool per step
  • Identify hand-off points where humans must check
  • Document the workflow so it is repeatable

The four-step pattern

Step 1 Research (grounded note-AI on your sources). Step 2 Draft (chat assistant with RT-CFC prompt). Step 3 Visual (image/slides tool). Step 4 Publish (Docs/Canva/WhatsApp channel). Each step has one owner tool and one output artifact.

Human checkpoints

After research: verify sources. After draft: fact and voice check (70/30). After visual: consent and disclosure check. Three checkpoints, each 2 minutes. The workflow is automated except where judgement lives - exactly as it should be.

Write it down or it didn't happen

Document each step as: input, prompt, tool, output, checkpoint. This one-page SOP is what turns a one-off win into a repeatable capability - and it is a stunning portfolio artifact.

Key terms

Workflow / SOP

A documented, repeatable sequence of steps.

Hand-off point

Where one tool's output feeds the next.

Human checkpoint

A mandatory judgement step by you.

Artifact

The concrete output of each step.

🛠 Hands-on task: Document one workflow

Tools: Your Module 2 toolkit

  • Pick a real recurring task (weekly report, study summary, church flyer).
  • Map 4 steps: input, prompt, tool, output, checkpoint.
  • Run it once end-to-end and time it.
Key takeaways: Before you go, three takeaways from this lesson. One: Design a 4-step workflow with a named tool per step. Two: Identify hand-off points where humans must check. Three: Document the workflow so it is repeatable. And your hands-on task: document one workflow. Pick a real recurring task (weekly report, study summary, church flyer). When it is done, mark the lesson complete on your dashboard, keep the artifact for your portfolio, and step into the next lesson. I will see you there.
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