An excerpt from last week's VIP that I felt was important to share with everyone! How to get your first check/increase customers and bring in cash from the FOUNDATION of business.

Most of the time, plain old programming is the better tool. 1. The rules are clear If every step can be written as a rule, AI is not needed. Use: Code 2. The answer must be exact Math, totals, taxes, and dates should always come out right. Use: Code 3. The same input needs the same result Some jobs should work the same way every single time. Use: Code 4. The answer is already in the data If the system already knows the answer, just ask the system. Use: Query/Database 5. You are moving data around Sending data from one system to another usually does not need AI. Use: APIs 6. Only a few cases are unusual Let code handle the normal work and send the odd cases to a person. Use: Human review 7. A mistake could be costly If getting it wrong matters a lot, keep the risky step under tight control. Use: Human approval 8. No real thinking is needed If the job is just following steps, ICM probably adds very little. Use: Code 9. Your software already does it If the feature already exists and works, adding AI just adds another layer. Use: Existing software 10. You just want to use AI Sometimes the new tool is more exciting than the right tool. Use: Ask why When would you choose NOT to use ICM or AI at all?

A few days in. Starting to see where the Clief Notes AI is actually becoming useful. Some of you are using it to figure out where to start. Others are asking specific questions and getting pointed back to lessons or drops they didn’t even know existed. And some are basically using it as search: “Have we covered this before?” That last one alone saves a lot of scrolling. @Anthony Brady shared a really good example of how he’s been using it. He said the agent has been helping him find the right lessons, figure out where to go next, and actually apply the material to what he’s building. He’s even been pushing it with harder questions, and when it doesn’t know something, it tells him instead of just making something up. What I really liked was how he described using the tools together: The agent helps him navigate. NotebookLM helps him go deeper. And Decster keeps him moving through the course, completing assignments, and staying active in the community. That’s exactly what we want this to become. Not another AI tool you open once and forget about. Something that actually helps you use everything already inside Clief Notes and keep moving forward. We’ve also caught a few questions where the agent could’ve pointed somewhere better. Keep sending those. The more you use it, the better we can make the experience. This thing should get more useful as we see how you actually use it. If you haven’t tried it yet, start simple. Ask it the next question you would normally post in the community. Have you tried it already? If not, comment “Navigator” and I’ll send you access to it.

https://github.com/jtampac

I have a client in Australia who's looking for someone who understands ICM and can help him work on his software. Obviously he would prefer someone a bit more technical, but he's happy to have some people who are trying to learn as well. It's a pretty large software, but he's created a pretty good automated system and obviously he's using my methods so it's very well organized. Anyone out here looking for a project to take on the practice or learn more? Or is there anyone in the morning to get a little bit more work done at a higher level? He's looking for multiple skill levels.