Build an AI helper you control.

It is a set of rules, files, and habits that you build around the AI you already use. The rules tell your AI to give you the truth, show its sources, and ask before it acts. The files hold who you are and how you work, so your AI starts from your context. You also learn where your information goes and how to keep it out of AI training. Your private notes live on your own computer.

You leave with:

• One recurring task running, built from start to finish and tested on a real example.
• A written set of rules and a profile so your AI understands your work and is programmed to tell you the truth.
• The start of a second brain: a folder of your own documents, on your own computer, that your AI reads from.
• Permissions and receipts: what your AI does on its own, what it asks first, what it never does, and a record after each run.
• The skills to build your next tool inside your own AI system, and to keep moving toward a sovereign setup.

You also gain a working sense of what agentic tools can do and where they stop.

Most AI courses teach prompts for building one specific thing. This course teaches you to build a system around your own goals and objectives, shaped by what serves you best. You learn from someone who actively builds with AI and stays current as the tools change. I share the shortcuts I found through trial and error, so you can skip the guesswork. You also join a community of people building their own systems at the same time, and you can ask questions between sessions in Slack.

The training runs four weeks, and each person builds their own recurring task. The Boot Camp runs two weeks, and everyone builds the same thing: a starter AI helper and a second brain it helps you maintain. Both include one year of access to the recordings, the community, and future trainings that are available within your year of membership, so you can take the Boot Camp now and join the training later. See the Boot Camp.

Yes. You get the right start. You learn how to use AI and how to protect your data from day one. I walk you through every step with live demos. I give you the prompts, and I teach you to troubleshoot on your own, so you can keep building without relying on me. I show you how to set up your system and its permissions. You can start from zero. All you need is a computer where you can install programs.

You already know your comfort zone and how AI tends to respond. Here you make it better. You learn to navigate AI in a more sovereign and discerning way, and you build skills that set you apart. You also learn delegation: what your AI does on its own, what it asks first, and what it never does, with a receipt after every run. From there you begin AI orchestration: several AI tools and skills working together in the order you set, under your rules. Orchestration is the direction we are heading, and you start learning it here.

Use the AI you already pay for. The training works with any tool. To follow along with my setup, I recommend two subscriptions: Perplexity Enterprise Pro for research and sensitive information, and a paid Claude plan, which includes Claude Code. As of October 2026, Perplexity Enterprise Pro costs $40 a month and Claude Pro costs $20 a month. Your AI tool costs are separate from the course.

Your investment covers the four-week training and one year of access to the recordings, future trainings, and the ongoing community. Your year of membership is where you build your whole AI operating system: you keep developing it after week four, you can ask me and the community questions, and you learn from each other in real time. If you complete every session and the pre-work in good faith and do not get value, tell me within 10 business days of the final session. You get a full refund. Want to split the payment into two or three? Email hello@sheilaphicil.com.

Yes, and I want to make that easy. After you reserve your seat, you receive a receipt for your records. I also give you a short email you can send your manager that explains what the course covers and what you will build. If your employer needs an invoice in its name, email hello@sheilaphicil.com and I will send one.