Steer it before you restart it.
Fix a drifting conversation without writing the whole brief again.
Better conversations ↗FIELD NOTES FROM THE WORKPAUL TAKISAKI / VOL. 01
MAKE AIMAKE SENSE.
What I wish I knew
95,000 prompts ago.
SCROLL TO UNRAVEL
12 practical guides. Start anywhere.
95,000prompts
100B+tokens processed
100+agents deployed
CLAUDECHATGPT
A shared brief. Two independent reads.IF YOU ONLY TRY ONE
Don’t let the first answer
be the last word.
Ask two models independently. Let their disagreements show you what to check.
Try my second-opinion workflow ↗Includes a three-prompt workbenchTHE FIELD NOTES / 01–12
What would make
your next task easier?
Start with the problem you have.
You can skip the rest.
12 guides. Start anywhere.
Stop repeating the same correction.
Give a new session your standards before it makes the same old mistake.
Rules that stick ↗Stop starting over.
Carry decisions and hard-won project knowledge into the next conversation.
Memory beyond the chat ↗Package the thing you keep retyping.
Turn a useful workflow into something you can ask for by name.
Reusable skills ↗Get a second opinion before it matters.
Find the disagreement your first answer did not show you.
Two models. One better decision. ↗Make “done” come with a receipt.
Tell the difference between a confident answer and a checked result.
Evidence over reassurance ↗Give the next task a clean desk.
Keep a useful conversation from turning into a pile of unrelated work.
Context and handoffs ↗Give it taste it can actually see.
Get a deliberate visual direction before another generic page gets built.
Design beyond the default ↗Stop being the copy-paste connection.
Let AI read the tools you already use, with a small, testable connection.
Composio, Pipedream, and MCP ↗Automate the check before the job.
Move repeatable work off your keyboard without losing the ability to inspect it.
Useful unattended work ↗Give every agent a job description.
Build a small, accountable agent team before multiplying the headcount.
Agents in a business ↗Find the question before polishing the page.
Spend your effort on content people have a reason to find and cite.
AEO and AI search ↗No guides match that combination.
Try another topic, a shorter search, or reset your filters.
Beginner: useful in a regular chat. Intermediate: a coding tool or connected workflow helps. Advanced: bring an owner and a tested operating process.
WHAT CHANGED IN MY OWN WORK
Typing went down.
The work
kept moving.
From June to August, I typed 68% fewer prompts while commit activity stayed at its highest levels.
How I approach unattended work ↗TYPED PROMPT VOLUME / JUNE = 100
1,407summer sessions
with no human prompt
with no human prompt
Two endpoints from my analysis, not a productivity experiment. What these counts mean ↗
TAKE SOMETHING WITH YOU
Tools from
the workbench.
Public projects you can read,
inspect, and adapt.
01 / OPEN SOURCE ↗
Second Brain
A plain-text home for the context worth keeping.
github.com/paultaki/second-brain02 / OPEN SOURCE ↗Voice Profile Builder
A writing reference built from your own unpolished words.
github.com/paultaki/voice-profile-builder03 / OPEN SOURCE ↗Get Cited by AI
A demand-first AI search workflow with an evidence ledger.
github.com/paultaki/get-cited-by-ai