OpenAI's assistant — the course's default thinking and planning surface, and the tool every mechanism gets demonstrated on.

Pick this when

Planning, brainstorming and turning a vague idea into a spec — the BC2 trainer's stated default for that work, even though he lives in Claude for connectors.

What makes it different

Reads screenshots well enough to turn competitor pricing pages into a feature map

Apps (its MCP equivalent) connect Canva, Figma and Spotify from the browser

The reference surface for the whole course: tokenization, hallucination and prompting were all demonstrated here

What it does

Plans and drafts: feature extraction, PRDs, and prompts to feed a vibe-coding platform

Runs the four-step pipeline you can inspect — tokenizer visualization, tool-use traces

Connects browser-based apps under Settings → Apps

Debugs from pasted screenshots of errors

What it does not do

Common wrong expectations

Doesn't reach your local files — apps are browser-based, unlike Claude's desktop connectors

Doesn't run more than one tool per chat (as of BC5) — selecting image generation drops the connected app

Doesn't offer Google integrations — rivals don't ship each other's connectors

Where it sits in a stack

The planning and research seat at the top of a build, and the second opinion when Claude is being stubborn.

Shelf

Chat assistants

Our status · not-using

The pipeline runs on the Claude stack; no second assistant subscription needed.

For your projects

Relevant mainly as the surface the course teaches on — screenshots and demos in the KB will show ChatGPT even where Paul would use Claude.

Freshness

current

Related tools

competes withClaudebuilds onChatGPT appscomplementsLovable

claude: the trainer moved to Claude for connectors while keeping ChatGPT for brainstorming

chatgpt-apps: its connector layer

lovable: ChatGPT writes the prompt, Lovable builds the app

Every moment the course touched it (103)

SessionCoverageMomentWhat happened
Basecamp 1: Prompting & RAGsdemonstrated0:37:24Tokenization visualization, hallucination demo ('Claude Juggernaut'), bad vs personalized diet-plan prompting
Basecamp 2: Vibe Codingdemonstrated0:54:17Whole planning layer: feature extraction from pricing screenshots, MVP definition, PRD, and Lovable-ready prompt generation; trainer's current brainstorming default over Claude
Basecamp 5: MCPdemonstrated2:23:07Rival connector ecosystem; apps feature ~5-6 months old per trainer, reliability ~4/10 vs Claude 7/10
Session 5: Mastering Lead Generationdemonstrated1:39:51The ICP research chain: capability → ranked industries → titles/size/geo/keywords → final targeting spec merge
Session 7: The Outreach Enginedemonstrated0:55:42Projects + Sources as the skill runtime: attach skill.md, prompt with your service, get the offer
Session 13: Claude Code — Skills, Sub Agents & the Token Economy (posted as 'Beyond Vibe Coding — n8n & More')demonstrated1:02:17The discovery engine: MCP lookup, design top-10, install commands
Session 16: GitHub 101 — Fundamentals & Essentialsdemonstrated1:21:05Escape-room ideation (20 themed variations) and the Lovable build prompt; conversation link shared with the cohort
Session 17: Facebook Ads Competitor Research & Replicationdemonstrated1:09:06Split-screen code generator for every code node, the Apify curl, the JSON parsing, the ad-generation system prompt, and live debugging; trainer's paid subscription
Session 18: Nano Banana + Veo 3.1 Multi-Shot Video — UGC Genie, an AI-UGC Product Built LivedemonstratedDesktop app; project-folder context binding ritual repeated ('drag the chat inside')
Session 19: Content Strategy Pipeline — the YouTube Growth Stack, Built by an Agent Team of ChatsdemonstratedDesktop app: projects, drag-chat-into-folder context binding, terminal button shown to a learner
Session 20: Complete LinkedIn Agency Automation — Carousels + Newsletter from One Content SystemdemonstratedDesktop app hosting the project; Files tree explored
Session 21: Advanced Data Extraction from PDFs — Parsing, OCR, and the Token-Free ProductdemonstratedDesktop app hosting the AuthReady project; folder-tree visibility gap puzzled over live
Session 22: Automate Admin Tasks — Advanced RAG (Enterprise 'Internal Perplexity' Built Live)demonstratedDesktop app hosting the Codex project ('Talent Lens')
Adding Beautiful Animations to Your App: Splash and Onboarding, State-Driven Micro-Interactions, an AI Layer That Never Blocks, PostHog Funnels and Feature Flags, and the Road to the Storesdemonstrated2:14The coding agent reaching into PostHog; model named as heard ('6.1 high')
Founder Stack Ep03 with Shai Krishna: Why Wrappers Make AI Slop - CLAUDE.md as the Brain and DESIGN.md as the Art Direction, Founder-Led UGC with AI Avatars, Trial Reels, and Email Journeysdemonstrated0:21:00Temporary chat to extract stack, MVP and write CLAUDE.md and DESIGN.md
Day 1: APIs, Webhooks, How LLMs Predict, CoStar vs Meta Prompting, Local Models, and a Live RAG BuilddemonstratedToken counts, embeddings, prediction variability demos
Day 5: MCP as Concierge — Easy/Medium/Hard Modes, Stacking Servers, Smithery Vetting, and RAG vs MCPdemonstratedConnectors menu; Spotify playlist demo
Day 1: How a Model Learns (Teachable Machine Live), Context Engineering, CO-STAR, Artifacts, Connectors, and Claude Cowork Running a Daily Stand-updemonstratedCanvas; Projects; custom GPT
Day 2: ACR and DRA Thinking Frameworks, Connectors and Scheduled Tasks, the Image-to-Video Ad Pipeline, MoSCoW + 5 Whys, and Building LearnVault Back-End-First in LovabledemonstratedRoutines; custom GPT
Sections 1-2: Why AI, Not ChatGPT — Four Prompting Techniques, ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini, and Tools vs MarketplacesdemonstratedFull interface walkthrough; 4o; Customize + Memory
Section 3: AI Image Generation — Nano Banana Pro's Nine Use Cases, Grok vs Nano Banana, Photoshop's Five AI Tools, Ideogram Logos, Image Ads, and UpscalingdemonstratedImage generation, inpainting, transparent PNG, site graphics
Section 6: Four Full Builds — a Faceless Hook in 20 Minutes, a '$300,000 Ad for Under $30', an Animated Music Video, and a Viral AI-Clone Action SequencedemonstratedScripts, prompt templates, animatic extraction
Sections 7-8: Thumbnails That Stop the Scroll, and Writing With AI — Train It on Your Voice, Ideas to Outline to Script, Canvas, Research, Feedback, Repurposing, and the 5-Part Ad FormulademonstratedMemory, Projects, Canvas; every writing workflow
Bonus: Launch a Digital Product With AI in Two Days — Quick-Win Products, Order Bumps, Seven Myths, and the Five-Step AI BuilddemonstratedEvery research, copy and script step; free tier sufficient
Supplement: The Realtor Reel Pipeline, Twenty-Five AI Filmmaking Moves, and Five Editors Graded Out of TendemonstratedScript for the realtor reel; also writes music and image prompts
Why 99% of Personal Brands Fail: Trust at Scale, Real vs Vanity Metrics, and Pillar 1 - Your StorydemonstratedStory workflow, same chat as Day 1
Pillar 2 - Your Specialty: Own One Thing, the Specificity Formula, and the 'Get Ultra Specific' Interrogation WorkflowdemonstratedUltra-specific workflow; window failed at 0:16
Pillar 3 - Your One Person: Write for One, Attract Thousands (the Five Questions and the AI-Drafts-First Variant)demonstratedPersona workflow, both variants
Pillars 4 and 5 - Mission and Method: the Contrarian Mission Statement and Packaging Your Process as a Named FrameworkdemonstratedMission and framework workflows
Find a Profitable Niche and Build Your Positioning Statement: the Passion/Profit Matrix, Four Validation Questions, Perplexity-then-ChatGPT Research, and the Master FormulademonstratedNiche score; positioning statement
Four Ways to Never Run Out of Ideas: Expertise Mining, the 5-Year Reflection Interview, Audience-Question Mining in Perplexity, and Competitor AnalysisdemonstratedCanvas, 50 ideas, voice interview
Write a Full Post with AI: 15 Hooks, the Post Template with a Virality Score, Human Polish, Seven-Format Repurposing, and the 30-Day CalendardemonstratedHooks, post, polish, repurpose, calendar, CSV export
Find Anyone on LinkedIn: Three Prospecting Layers, Boolean Search, and Two Free Unlimited-Search Hacks (LinkedInProspect, RecruitmentGeek)demonstratedCompany list
Headline and Headshot in Under 20 Minutes with AI: the Mega-Prompt and a Nano Banana Pro HeadshotdemonstratedHeadline mega-prompt
Build a Lead-Generating LinkedIn Banner in Canva, with an AI Banner-Copy PromptdemonstratedBanner-copy prompt
The About Section: the HSVC Framework, Five Writing Methods, and the Generator PromptdemonstratedAbout generator (same chat)
Final Sections and Power Moves: Results-Focused Experience, Follow vs Connect, Settings, and the Branded URLdemonstratedExperience rewrite
Prompt Engineering for Writers, Part 1: Weak vs Professional Prompts, COSTAR, a Five-Email Worked Example, the Meta-Prompt, and Three Prompting Modesdemonstrated
Prompt Engineering for Writers, Part 2: Four Templates - Voice Matching, Hook + CTA, Thought-Leadership Outline, Complex-Topic SimplifierdemonstratedPrompt generation
Claude (Opus) and ChatGPT for Data Analysis: a Role-Defined Prompt, a Targeted Question, and a PDF ReportdemonstratedSame prompt in parallel
AI for Designers: Product Research - Personas, Jobs to Be Done, Competitors and a Locked Value Proposition in Claude and ChatGPTdemonstrated
Research Synthesis to First Build: a PRD by Prompt-for-a-Prompt, Mood Boards in ChatGPT and Figma Weave, Grounding, and Claude Codedemonstrated
Shipping a Web App to the iOS App Store with Expo and Claude Code: WebView Wrapper, EAS Build and Submit, App Store Connect and TestFlightdemonstrated
Business - Five Steps to Paid Work, Specialise 90/10, Hormozi's Four Ways to Get Clients, the Free-Video Offer, Cold Outreach With Claude Cowork, the Pricing Calculator ($100/$200/$300 an Hour), a Website on Netlify in Half an Hour, and Keywording Stock Footage With ChatGPTdemonstratedProjects on GPT-4o for keywording
ChatGPT Overview: Origins and Adoption, Learning from Feedback, the Model Selector, Custom GPTs and Memorydemonstrated
ChatGPT Models, Custom GPTs and Memory: Choosing a Model, Building a "Reel Hook Ninja" GPT, and Managing What It Remembersdemonstrated
ChatGPT Multimodal, Image Generation, Share and Download: Files In, Posters Out, and Moving Work Out of the Chatdemonstrated
ChatGPT Video, Projects and Threads: Sora Settings and Style Presets, Project Folders with Files and Instructions, and Filing Chatsdemonstrated
Happenstance Deep Dive: Search Your Own Network in Plain Language - LinkedIn Import, Friend and Group Sharing, Person Research Reportsdemonstrated
AI Career Coach: a Custom GPT That Knows Your Resume, and a Gemini Gem Industry ResearcherdemonstratedCustom GPT builder
Cold Mailing: Hunter Lead Discovery, a ChatGPT-Drafted Email, Spam Score, Scheduling, and When Not to Cold-MaildemonstratedEmail body
Chapter 3: The Workflow — Four Steps, Four Agreement Rounds, No Going BackdemonstratedHis custom prompt digests the questionnaire and feeds the sitemap step
Chapter 5a: The Client Build — Discovery to Direction with Lucy's BakerydemonstratedRole-primed sitemap cross-check; section-copy drafting with the anti-copywriter re-prompt
Chapter 5c: The Finish — Details, Feedback, AI Images, and the Polished PreviewdemonstratedCopy drafting and palette-constrained image generation - 'I would even start here these days'
Prompting for Marketers: Role, Output Format, Context - and the Same Brief in ChatGPT o3 versus Manusdemonstrated
Day 2 (afternoon): MCP as the USB Port for AI, Building a Server in Two Lines, the Four Orchestration Shapes, and CRUD as the Security ModeldemonstratedAgent Mode shopping on Amazon.in
Day 1: The Magic Prompt Formula, a Toolkit Tour, Thinker-and-Doer Data Analysis, the Blind-Men-and-the-Elephant Research Method, and a Living Pitch DeckdemonstratedCRO expert; research merge
Day 2: Custom GPTs and Gems, Markdown Prompting, Cloning Your Writing Style, MCP in Daily Use, a Vibe-Coded Calorie Counter, and the Consultant-to-SaaS RoaddemonstratedCustom GPT wizard; Configure tab
Bonus Session (Day 3): No-Code Automation in Make.com - Form to Sheet to Email, the 7-Step Process, and a Daily AI Image-and-Caption Poster for Instagram and LinkedIndemonstratedPlain text -> HTML
Evaluating AI Research Tools, Part 1: the Bake-off Method, a Market-Landscape Report, and a Notion Competitor BenchmarkdemonstratedDeep Research
Evaluating AI Research Tools, Part 2: Buyer Personas, Marketing Trends, a Content-Gap Analysis, the Verdict, and Adapting a Proven PromptdemonstratedDeep Research
AI Sprint: GPT-6 Astra Live - Day 2 (Restaurant-Chef Analogy, Model-Harness-Workflow, the Six-Block Delegation Brief, a Ten-Page Launch Pack in One Loop, and Making Astra Argue Against Itself)demonstratedChat vs Work tabs; plugins
Understanding Jev, the AI Built for Decisions (Sprint Day 2): Two Second-Brain Systems - a Leadership Self-Review Built Problem-First, and a Tag-Classifying Knowledge Base Where a Cheap Decision Model Replaces a Chat ModeldemonstratedProject and brainstorming; Kindle book conversion
AI Sprint: OpenClaw — Session 2 (Token Anatomy, Claude Code Inside the Server, Skills, and Multi-Agent Workspaces)demonstratedThe patient-technical-partner starter prompt: one command at a time, screenshots back — and the live rookie-mistake catch
AI Sprint: Build Your Own AI Skills - Day 1 (Solve It Three Times Before You Build the Skill, Prompt / Skill / Project Rule, the Video-Restoration Walkthrough, and the Two-Skill Voice-Then-Deslop Pipeline)demonstratedProject memory kept the restoration workflow across two weeks
AI Sprint: AI Evals & Reliability — Day 2 (Testing Systems That Never Answer Twice)demonstratedThe same-prompt-twice non-determinism demo
Zapier Overview: Trigger and Action, Start from Templates, and Filters, Formatter and Multi-Step Zapsdemonstrated
Build Reliable AI Apps Using LangGraph: The Travel Agent That Changes Its Mind — State, Nodes, Cycles, Interrupts, and Why the Vocabulary Is the SkillexplainedThe 'attempt one' counter-example - confident plan, no real prices, no budget check - and also the recommended tool for generating the ten eval-set edge cases.
Session 1: Getting your first Clientexplained1:01:22The market-validation research partner: top-5 pain prompts, niche ranking ('what companies rely on cold email?' → recruiting), TAM and gap questions
Session 29: Build Always-On Assistants — Autonomy Is Designed, Not Switched On (OpenClaw on a VPS, Hermes on the Desktop)explainedAs the interviewer that writes your soul.md, and the same pattern for prompt design.
Make Websites Agent-Ready with WebMCP: Front-End Tools for Browser Agents, the Tool Menu, MCP vs WebMCP, and a New Service Offerexplained0:53Its browser has WebMCP enabled
24/7 Chief of Staff: Building 'Jarvis' - Hermes Agent as the Brain on an Azure VM, DeepSeek Harness as the Pluggable Face, Agent Client Protocol Instead of MCP, a Realtime Voice Orb, and Tailscale to Keep It Yoursexplained0:15:00'Dot' personal agent with call feature
Day 8: AI Workflows — Chaining Tools, the IDEA(L) Analysis Framework, Claude Skills vs MCP vs Projects, and the Reel-Cloning PipelineexplainedFree Skills workaround via skill.md meta-prompt
Sections 4-5: AI Clones and AI Video — the 5-Step Workflow, Image-to-Video Prompting, First/Last Frame, HeyGen, Runway Aleph, ElevenLabs Voice, and Wan 2.2 ReplaceexplainedIdeas, script, prompt drafting
The Outreach Playbook: Fan/Neighbor/Peer Requests, the 5-Touch Strategy, Crystal Knows Personality Reads, Acceptance Benchmarks and Weekly LimitsexplainedFree personalisation prompt
Copilot Standalone Chat and Image Generation: Hooks and LinkedIn Posts, Follow-Up Nudges, and How Prompts Get Expandedexplained
Introduction to AI-Powered Content Creation: the Five-Step Stack, the 70/30 Split, Tool Roles, and a Starter Challengeexplained
Practice Lab: Six Confidence-Building ProjectsexplainedProject 6's Custom GPT/Project home
Learning Topics: Sessions 1–5 — Foundations to AI DirectorexplainedNamed across sessions as general assistant, Custom GPT builder (paid plan required in the source snapshot), and voice-mode rehearsal surface
Vibe Marketing: Emotion x Automation x Virality, the Marketer as Orchestrator, and an AI Squad of Toolsexplained
Day 1: What Makes an LLM an Agent - Planning, Tools, Memory, Actions; Five Design Patterns; and Cursor, Antigravity and Claude Code LiveexplainedKnowledge-cutoff illustration
Building a Web App with Replit: Vibe Coding Explained, the Tool Landscape, and a Live Build of a Business Site with an AI Sales ChatbotexplainedWrites the starter and system prompts
Weekly AI Updates - October 2026 digest (Oct 7 so far: Gemini 4 'Argon', America.gov AI, Meta Muse, NVIDIA OpenShell, Grok Bot rewards, Copilot teammates, Claude Sonnet 5.5 deep dive; Mark Palmer's GBox showcase; Oct 14 so far: Google Health Coach, the White House frontier-AI accord, OpenAI Dev Day 2026, Anthropic's Oct 8 usage-policy update, Hark, Microsoft MAI voice models, Claude Haiku 5.5)explainedOct 14: DOTS, Spaces, Pages and Codex from OpenAI Dev Day 2026
Basecamp 3: Introduction to n8n — Imentioned1:30:55Cloud-model roster in the chat-model node; Grok-OpenAI legal battle quip
Session 2: How to Plan, Scope and Sell your AI Projectsmentioned0:16:25Selfie → professional headshot; banner generation; ChatGPT as the AEO citation engine
How to Build Vertical Harnesses: The Car Analogy, a Reusable Folder Template, and Live Builds that Print a Keycap, Replace a TV's Bloatware, and Reach Physical Devices Over SSH and Tailscalementioned0:27:00Stock car; Codex shares the account sign-in
AI Studio Chat, Compare Mode and Temperature: Reading the Thinking Trace, Picking a Model, and Turning Creativity Up or Downmentioned
The Video Formula, Packaging, and Getting Comfortable on Camera — Hook, Foundation, Loops, Outro; Titles and Thumbnails Before Filming; and an Eight-Step Ladder Out of Camera AnxietymentionedGenerating shorter title variants
Record Once, Post Forever: Shooting the 3-5 Minute Raw Video Your AI Clone Trains On, and the Teleprompter HackmentionedGenerate a script to read
Connect the Dots: Link ElevenLabs to HeyGen by API Key, Produce Your First Avatar Video, Fix Pronunciation, and the External-Audio WorkaroundmentionedPhonetic respelling
Claude Multimodal and Long Context: Analysing Images, Summarising a 64-Page Report, and Mining a YouTube CSV with Codementioned
Numerous AI: ChatGPT Inside Google Sheets - Sentiment, Keywords and Issue Buckets on Amazon Reviewsmentioned
Julius AI: Notebook-Style Analysis with Database Connectors, Self-Correcting Code, and the Four-Tool Recapmentioned~500 MB limit claim
Q&A and Feedback, 2 Jun 2025: A Mavic 4 Pro via Canada, the DJI FCC Scare, Care Refresh Rumours, Europe and Geofencing, Jamal's Boat Footage (Key the Blown Highlights), Goggles vs RC2 and the Drone Mask 2, and Freewell's Dual-Strength NDsmentionedResearching import duties
Gemini Gems: Saved Custom Assistants with Instructions and Knowledge Files, and Choosing Flash or Pro with Show Thinkingmentioned
Beginner Glossary (30 terms) + I'm Stuck Guides (23)mentionedNamed in the paid-plan token guide and tool-selection guide
Manus Overview: an Agent That Builds Slides, Images, Video and Websites, and the Three-Zone Dashboardmentioned
The Future of Vibe Marketing: Four AI Trends, Assistant Chef versus Head Chef, Career Paths and Staying Currentmentioned
NotebookLM Overview: a Source-Grounded Research Assistant, Notes Formats, Citations and a Start-Small Workflowmentioned
Perplexity Overview: Live Web Search plus AI Synthesis with Line-Level Citations, Live Data, and Deep Researchmentioned
AI Sprint: Choosing the Right Problem — Day 2 (A Nine-Step Worksheet from Pain Inventory to PRD, and the Honest Screen for Whether AI Belongs at All)mentionedNamed as an example of 'LLM' - and explicitly excluded from W1
Supergrow Deep Dive: a LinkedIn Personal-Branding Suite - Post Generator with Content Styles, Voice-to-Post, Carousels and Schedulingmentioned
SuperJoin Deep Dive: AI Data Analysis Inside Google Sheets - Connectors, Prompt-Driven Reports, and In-Cell SuperGPT Formulasmentioned

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