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Practical AI Skills Roadmap: Prompts to Workflows
Week-by-week roadmap to go from ChatGPT user to building real AI workflows at work.
Most "learn AI" content treats you like a hobbyist with infinite time. This roadmap assumes you have 30 minutes a day, a real job, and a deadline.
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Week 1 — Prompting
Goal: write prompts that work the first time.
- Day 1–2: Learn the four-part structure.
- Day 3: Rewrite 10 prompts from your week.
- Day 4: Build your personal prompt library (Notion or a doc).
- Day 5: Ship one artifact using only your library.
Week 2 — Workflows
Goal: chain prompts into a repeatable process.
- Pick one task you do every week.
- Map the manual steps in plain English.
- Replace three steps with AI.
- Document the workflow for a colleague.
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Week 3 — Automation
Goal: remove yourself from the loop.
- Pick one trigger (new email, new row, new form submission).
- Pipe it through Zapier/Make + an LLM.
- Ship one no-code automation that runs without you.
Week 4 — Project
Goal: prove it.
- Combine prompting, workflows, and automation into a single deliverable.
- Write a one-page case study: before, after, time saved.
- Share it internally. This is your portfolio piece.
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What success looks like at day 28
- One shipped artifact your team uses.
- One automation running without you.
- A prompt library of 20+ patterns.
- A short case study you can put on LinkedIn.
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