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The ForgeEDU guide library

Get better at working with AI.
One guide at a time.

Start with a useful conversation. Learn to keep context, scope the work, and build with agents. These practical guides come from the work behind ForgeOps.

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Six guides you can use today.

Each guide covers one problem, with examples and a practical next step. You can read them in any order.

20

Prompting fundamentals

Diagnosing a Bad Response

Name the failure before you retry. Use a decision tree to find the right fix for the wrong question, format, length, or reasoning.

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21

Context and working sessions

Context Windows in Plain English

Understand what the AI can hold in view, why details drop out of long chats, and what deserves space in the window.

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22

Context and working sessions

When to Start a Fresh Chat

Spot the signs of a tangled thread. Decide when to keep going and what to carry into a clean session.

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24

Context and working sessions

Summarize to Continue

Turn a long conversation into a useful handoff. Carry the goal, settled decisions, open questions, and key constraints into the next chat.

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26

Context and working sessions

The Context Budget Mindset

Treat context as space you spend. Use a signal test and a noise test to decide what to keep and what to cut.

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45

Building software with AI

Scoping So Sessions Don't Sprawl

Give the work an edge the AI can reach. Define what done means, catch scope drift, and finish one bounded task.

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The wider library

A path from first prompts
to agent workflows.

The curriculum spans nine tracks. Start where you are. The six links above are a selection of published guides, not the whole curriculum.

A

Getting oriented

What AI can do, where it falls short, and how to check its answers.

Guides 01 to 08
B

Prompting fundamentals

Clear requests, useful examples, and prompts you can reuse.

Guides 09 to 20
C

Context and working sessions

Keep the useful context. Know when to restart. Carry a handoff forward.

Guides 21 to 29
D

Putting AI to work

Writing, research, learning, planning, and everyday admin.

Guides 30 to 37
E

Building software with AI

Scope the task, review the code, and keep the project on track.

Guides 38 to 48
F

Tools and MCP

Connect tools, set permissions, and understand what the agent can touch.

Guides 49 to 61
G

Skills you can reuse

Turn repeated instructions into skills you can test and carry between projects.

Guides 62 to 69
H

Agent workflows

Roles, durable state, handoffs, and the points where you step in.

Guides 70 to 83
I

Systems and consulting

Choose tools, audit drift, and build a workflow other people can use.

Guides 84 to 93

Keep a place to return to

Make the next session a little easier.

Try one guide on a real task. Bookmark this page. Come back when you reach the next problem, whether that's a drifting chat, a growing project, or your first agent workflow.

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When you want a system

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Carry the work forward.

The guides teach the habits. These downloads give you a structure for putting them into practice.

Project continuity

AI Project Continuity Kit

A file-based continuity kit for carrying project context between AI sessions. See the full contents and current price on Gumroad.

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Project workflow + local memory

ForgeOps + MCP Knowledge Base

Project memory, scoped work loops, handoffs and guardrails, with a private local knowledge base included.

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