Full Course: Build a Portable AI System that runs your life (without expensive subscriptions)
Automate the work you hate with a Portable AI System that you truly own, without being locked in with one model provider
“I know AI is so important, but I’m completely overwhelmed with all the options, and I have no idea how to start.”
I get it, because that was exactly me back in Jan 2026 as a non-coder.
Everyone on Twitter is giving you the wrong advice:
“Steal my prompt to make your first 6 figures with AI”
“Use the latest models, or you’ll get left behind”
“Learn prompt engineering so you don’t get replaced by AI”
I tried all the latest tools, watched all the YouTube videos out there, but nothing seemed to click.
I kept getting generic outputs that I’d never use.
I spent more time teaching AI how to perform the tasks I did with it a few days ago, rather than executing them.
After locking in for 2 months (while I was on hospitalisation leave), I realised I was approaching AI the wrong way.
To be truly successful with AI, you need to build an effective AI system.
And all of them have 2 things in common:
They include strong context about the user
AI will continue giving generic outputs, unless you give it enough context about who you are, what you do, and how you think.
The more context you give it, the more it understands about you, and the less time you take to re-explain yourself with every session.
They have Skills that automate their work
Models are just our employees, and we need a way for any model to understand how we work and execute tasks according to how we want.
Skills are these repeatable SOPs that any model can follow to automate all the boring, soul-sucking tasks that we hate doing.
It was never about the best model or prompt.
So long as you can articulate your workflow and problem clearly, AI will help you automate any task (even if you have no coding experience).
You don’t need agents or a complex setup
The more time I spend with AI, the more I realise how Hermes and OpenClaw are major distractions.
Yes, they are effective and can do amazing work. But only for those with clear systems and workflows that AI can understand and execute immediately.
While for the rest of us, it’s a waste of time building out these automations when we don’t even know what to automate yet.
There’s no need to use all these shiny tools. Instead, we just need a working system where we can use AI to free us from all the tasks we hate doing.
Over the past 3 months, I’ve been trying and failing with different setups, until I found the most adaptable way to build one.
I call it the Portable AI System, which is designed to:
Understand your workflows and save you time by doing the tasks you hate
Be flexible enough so you can switch model providers and still get a similar quality of outputs
In this course, I am focused on building out a system that saves you 2+ hours every week.
And all you need is a clear path to achieve that, without any fluff or over-sensationalised news.
Here’s what you receive that makes it very difficult to fail:
The fastest way to set up an AI client, connect a free model, and run your first Skill in one session
The fundamentals of the Portable AI System, so you know exactly how AI can automate the work you hate without wasting time
A pre-built repo structure that gives you the starting point, which you can structure and re-organise as you wish
Learn the SIGNAL framework to turn any annoying daily task into a repeatable Skill (no matter which model you end up using)
How to turn your prompts that are found in 5 different folders into a system that works on any model you choose
I created this course for my past self.
This is the course I wish I had, so I didn’t waste my time watching YouTube tutorials or trying the latest shiny tool that added nothing to my workflows.
This is what I would do if I wanted to become good at AI in the shortest time possible, without worrying about the best model or prompt.
If you want to stop getting overwhelmed by AI and start building a system that is adaptable to any new change, now is the perfect opportunity to start.
Navigating the course
This course is a full newsletter with multiple sections. Depending on your device, here’s how you can get to your intended section:
Desktop: A table of contents can be found on the left-hand side
Mobile: No navigation, but your scrolling progress will be saved so you can go back to where you left off
The 8 components
The Portable AI System is made up of 8 components for it to fully function: