Finished Playbooks 1.1. I decided to use the "Script → Spec → Build → Render" workflow to try and explain the workflow itself. The biggest thing for me was realizing the code really doesn’t come first. Once I had the script and visual spec figured out, the build became way easier to direct and refine. The hardest part for me was trying to make too much happen at once visually, especially in the refine section. Once I started separating each idea and letting the visuals happen in sequence, it got a lot cleaner. I ended up taking the Remotion render into CapCut and finishing it with the voiceover, music, sound design, pacing, and subtitles. This was my first real run through the whole workflow, and I definitely understand it differently now that I’ve actually built something with it. Which part of this workflow has been, or looks like it’ll be, the hardest for you?

The full animation workflow: Script → Spec → Build → Render. Where'd you land after watching?

📣 Update (8/15/26): Comp 11 Rules Added --- What this thread is: I’ve seen a number of people either not know competitions are going on or know how to find them so here is a quick single source thread where you can get to them all. I’ll keep this updated as new challenges are released. See the current challenge as well as all past challenges below! Format for community challenges: https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/how-competitions-work-from-now-on?p=84912d60 Weekly leaderboard competition: Alongside the biweekly challenges, there is a weekly leaderboard challenge where the member at the top of the 7 day rolling leaderboard wins a free upgrade to their membership. This winner is announced on Mondays typically. @Joshua Hubbard has gone another step further and created a thread linking to all competition entries. Link here: https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/the-competition-archive-every-entry-every-week-every-link?p=bd752987 --- Current Challenge: Competition 11 The Challenge 💪 - Build a workflow that walks a system and leaves behind a map for those that follow. Rules & submissions 🗒️ - https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/weekly-comp-11-the-cartographer?p=48566e59 Good luck everyone! --- Past Challenges Competition 1 The Challenge 💪 - Build a brand voice document for a pet grooming business Rules & submissions 🗒️ - https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/first-ever-weekly-competition-is-live?p=90f50bf9 Results🏆 - https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/weekly-comp-1-winner-ian-barriopedro?p=0501b57e Competition 2

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.

Hey Clief Notes fam! 👋 I’m Anthony and I’m stoked to be here. 🙋 A little about me: I’m a UGC creator and creative strategist. I’m also starting to build out more work with local businesses around content, websites, and eventually AI systems and workflows. 🎯 My current goal: Build my UGC and local business work into something consistent that I can actually make a living from, while learning enough about AI that I understand what I’m building instead of just throwing prompts at different tools. 💪 What I’m currently building/working on: Right now I’m focused on getting better at UGC and creative strategy, building out my local business services, and figuring out where AI can actually make those workflows better without forcing it into everything. 🤔 My biggest struggle or question right now: Honestly, I’m just trying to get this whole system working in a way that actually helps me build my UGC business and my local business work. That’s really what I’m here to figure out. Excited to keep learning and see what everyone else is building. 🚀