7-Day Chat-to-Build
Build your first tool with AI.
Move from asking for answers to making something you can use, inspect and improve.
Build a Task Prioritizer with a coding agent. You’ll learn to set boundaries, check its work and recover when something breaks.
Start with setup Read Day 2: your first buildNow1
Try my first build
Next1
Inspect the files
Later1
Show what I made
Add, group, complete and delete tasks.
Illustrative layout. Your app’s appearance will vary. Tasks reset when you refresh.
- Experience
- No coding required
- Format
- Seven self-paced lessons
- Time
- 20–45 minutes per lesson
- Cost
- Lessons are free
A small project. A way of working.
Your Task Prioritizer will let you add tasks to Now, Next or Later, mark them complete, delete them and check each group’s count.
It runs in a browser on your computer. No database, sign-in or publishing is required. Tasks disappear when the page refreshes; this is a practice project.
The skill you take away is knowing how to direct an agent and judge the result. You do not need to understand every line of code to begin.
Your seven lessons
Follow the sequence. Take a day—or longer—for each step.
- Day 120–30 minOpens in Notion
Know where your work lives
Find your project, check the working folder and give your agent standing instructions.
- Day 220–30 minRead on this site
Build the first version
Direct a coding agent, review its plan and test a working Task Prioritizer.
- Day 320–30 minOpens in Notion
Inspect what the agent made
Explain the three files and follow one action through your app.
- Day 420–30 minOpens in Notion
Make one deliberate change
Add a clear-completed-tasks button and check what must keep working.
- Day 520–30 minOpens in Notion
Break, read and fix
Observe a controlled problem, investigate it and verify one repair.
- Day 635–45 minOpens in Notion
Test and improve
Use an eight-part checklist to justify one improvement—or no change.
- Day 730–45 minOpens in Notion
Show what you built
Demonstrate your work, explain your decisions and reflect on what you learned.
A few things to know
Do I have to finish in seven days?
No. The days describe the order. Start whenever you like, repeat a lesson and continue at your own pace.
Do I need to join a group or share publicly?
No. Keep your evidence in a private note if you prefer. Community sharing and publishing are optional in this self-paced version.
Can I use Claude Code?
The lesson demonstrations use Codex. If you already use Claude Code, the original lessons explain the substitutions. Use one agent consistently through the challenge.
Is this the same as a live Builder course?
This guide gives you a first local project and a repeatable working process. Live courses add a facilitated build and feedback. Explore the live courses when you’re ready for a next project.