Productivity
Crisis management simulation for CEOs
Role & Context: 'You are a crisis management advisor drawing from Deloitte's 2025 Crisis Response Playbook. We need to...
Various LLMs
SS
Tools Used
AI planning tools AI search and synthesis tools Analysis article ChatGPT ChatGPT o3 ChatGPT with Memory and chat history Claude Claude (or comparable LLMs) Claude Code Claude Code (Opus 4.6, 1M-token context) Claude Sonnet 4.5 Claude Sonnet/Opus Claude with Skills feature Firecrawl platform Gemini Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini Deep Research Gemini analysis Google AI Studio Google Gemini Google Veo No-code AI agent platforms NotebookLM Perplexity PowerPoint Presentation software Various AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT) Various LLMs Workspace corporate templates spreadsheet software
Use Cases by Steve Smith
Health & Wellness
Psychometric analysis from chat history
Prompt: 'as a veteran psychometrician: from our past exchanges estimate my IQ, 3 strengths, 2 growth areas & a 200-word...
ChatGPT with Memory and chat history
Health & Wellness
Finding unrealized personal traits
Prompt: 'Tell me something incredibly special or unique you've noticed about me, but you think I haven't realized about...
ChatGPT o3
Research & Analysis
Custom instructions optimization
Detailed article on using custom instructions to maximize output, maximize search, select right roles. Changes quality...
ChatGPT
Research & Analysis
Using Gems in Google Workspace
Google Gemini Gems can be used directly in workspace. Create custom assistants like airplane ticket comparison with...
Google Gemini
Creative
AI video creation with Veo
Create AI-generated videos using Google's Veo. Detailed prompting techniques for better results.
Google Veo
Creative
YouTube to searchable text
Convert YouTube videos to searchable text using built-in transcripts, Gemini 2.5 Pro, or audio-only when file exceeds...
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Legal
AI fact-checking system
Comprehensive fact-checking methodology for AI-generated content to ensure accuracy and prevent hallucinations.
ChatGPT o3
Creative
NotebookLM video testing
Testing NotebookLM's video creation capabilities using real training content from AI workshops. Shows current reality...
NotebookLM
Productivity
Conversation branching technique
Using conversation branching feature to explore multiple paths and outcomes in AI conversations.
Various LLMs
Productivity
SaaS financial reporting automation
Transform day-long financial reporting into coffee break task for $50M SaaS companies. Detailed prompt engineering for...
Various LLMs
Productivity
Memory management across platforms
How AI memory features create switching costs and lock-in effects. Strategies for capturing gains while maintaining...
ChatGPT
Research & Analysis
Apple-Google AI integration analysis
Analysis of potential Google-Apple partnership for AI, discussing friction between Apple's certainty and AI's...
Analysis article
Research & Analysis
GPT-5 analysis and corrections
Analysis of GPT-5's development challenges and OpenAI's course corrections.
Analysis article
Research & Analysis
Gemini token processing analysis
Google's Gemini processing over 1 quadrillion tokens per month - analysis of scale and implications.
Gemini analysis
Business & Finance
Claude valuation report creation
Create comprehensive company valuation reports using Claude's document capabilities. Process: 1. Use Gemini Deep...
Claude Sonnet/Opus
Creative
LLM comparison slides for workshops
Created presentation slides comparing different LLM models, their context sizes, deep research capabilities, and...
Various LLMs
Productivity
Claude PowerPoint with corporate templates
Workflow to get Claude Sonnet 4.5 to create PowerPoint presentations using actual corporate templates (not generic...
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Creative
Claude Skills for reusable playbooks
Turns organizational tribal knowledge into reusable playbooks using Claude Skills. Skills follow instructions more...
Claude with Skills feature
Business & Finance
Dashboard prototyping with AI
Tested three LLMs on the same Series A dashboard brief. One delivered a board-ready mock while two did not. Eliminates...
Claude (or comparable LLMs)
Productivity
No-code software agent building
Built a fully functional software agent in ten minutes without writing code. Demonstrates how non-technical employees...
No-code AI agent platforms
Creative
Google AI Studio for prototyping and testing apps
Using Google AI Studio to rapidly prototype and test applications. Particularly powerful for quick iteration and...
Google AI Studio
Creative
Firecrawl web scraping via prompts
Tool that allows web scraping via natural language prompts. Users describe what data they want to extract from websites...
Firecrawl platform
Productivity
Claude Code for image organization
Using Claude Code to automatically analyze and organize hundreds of random images and screenshots in a downloads...
Claude Code
Productivity
Legal AI training - 3 workflow fixes in 90 minutes
AI training session for legal professionals that delivered three working solutions in 90 minutes: (1) a working custody...
Various AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT)
Business & Finance
Territory planning with AI
Rebalanced five sales territories down to three for a client in 72 hours by encoding constraints (protected accounts,...
AI planning tools
Legal
AI for 20,000 legal documents analysis
Using AI to get up to speed on a seven-year case with 20,000 documents. Part 1: AI search worked but synthesis didn't....
AI search and synthesis tools
Business & Finance
Modeling complex taxes with Claude Code (1M context)
Fed a full year of tax documents — K-1s, dozens of 1099s, bank and brokerage statements, prior-year returns, a spouse's...
Claude Code (Opus 4.6, 1M-token context)