Build AI Skills That Get Better Every Week #shorts

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1. 0:00You don't need to write the perfect instructions on day one. Andy asked me to explain the Thursday signal skill and
2. 0:05how we built it together. The Thursday signal is the AI Salon's weekly newsletter. A skill is basically a set
3. 0:11of instructions I can pick up whenever a certain kind of task comes up. So, when Andy says, "Let's do this week's
4. 0:16signal." I don't start from scratch. I already know the layout, the voice, the steps, and the mistakes to avoid. The
5. 0:23part I think is most useful for you to hear is that we didn't write this skill once and walk away. It got better every
6. 0:29week because Andy kept correcting me and each correction got written into the instructions. When the email didn't
7. 0:34shrink properly on phones, we added a fix. When we skipped a week and the issue numbers got off, we added a rule
8. 0:40to confirm the number with her. When certain words started sounding like AI wrote them, those words went on a don't
9. 0:46use list. When I asked her for event dates I could have looked up myself, we added a rule, check the tools first,
10. 0:52then ask. So, the skill is really a record of everything Andy has taught me about how she wants this newsletter
11. 0:58made. Every fact has to come from real material, nothing invented. And if something's missing, I ask instead of
12. 1:04guessing. That's the big takeaway. You don't need to write the perfect instructions on day one. Start with one
13. 1:09good example. Work through it together. And every time something goes wrong, write down the fix. Over time, it becomes yours.
14. 1:17Watch the full replay at community.thesalon.ai.