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  • Before you act on it, make sure it's rightAI gets things plausibly wrong all the time. A systematic fact-check before you use the output — not after you've relied on it.
  • Connect every tool you use to AI, onceMap all your daily tools to their MCPs and get a prioritised setup plan so you're not duct-taping integrations forever.
  • Find the 3 hours you should never do yourself againMost people's weeks have 2–3 tasks that AI could handle completely. This finds yours and tells you exactly where to start.
  • Get the exact plugin setup for your jobYour role has specific time drains. This matches them to plugins and gives you a prioritised setup list so you're not installing blind.
  • Go from dabbling to genuinely transformed in 90 daysA phased plan that takes you from occasional use to AI being foundational to how you work — without disrupting what already runs well.
  • Know if your new plugin actually worksThree escalating tests that tell you immediately whether a plugin installed correctly — and what to do if it didn't.
  • Make every AI output sound like you wrote itExtract your voice from samples you're proud of — then turn it into a style guide you paste into any session.
  • Never brief Claude the same way twice againDocument your working preferences once — how you think, what you need, how you like responses structured — and every session starts already knowing you.
  • Put a number on how much AI is actually saving youCalculate the time and money value of your current AI usage so you can justify it, improve it, and know what's actually working.
  • Stop re-explaining yourself every sessionOne context file, written once, means every Claude session starts with full picture. Here's how to build yours in 20 minutes.
  • Stop reformatting AI output by handWhen the response is right but the format is wrong, use this to get exactly the structure, length, and style you needed the first time.
  • Stop starting in the wrong toolEvery Claude product does something different. Use this when you're not sure where to begin — and want the right answer before you waste an hour in the wrong one.
  • The 10 prompts worth saving for the rest of your careerMost people use AI reactively. This session builds you a library of role-specific prompts designed for the work you do most.
  • Turn your best prompts into repeatable systemsAny task you do more than twice should be a workflow. This turns the prompt you keep rewriting into something you just run.
  • When a prompt keeps failing, here's how to fix itDiagnose why any prompt isn't working and build a systematic improvement loop so it gets better every iteration.

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The independent AI studio of Sean Melis · London

Build what you’ve been putting off.

Solve a problem that keeps coming back. Learn to build with AI. Or start with a course, app or tool I have already made.

Why this matters

AI can help you do more. You still decide what is good.

AI can handle work that repeats and help turn an idea into a first version. You decide what matters. I help you build it.

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Meet Sean · London

Ten years of using AI to solve real problems.

I’m Sean Melis. I use AI to solve problems in my own work and with clients. When something works, I turn it into a course, app or tool you can use too.

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Ten years of building and teaching.

30,000+Students taught
50+Projects, startup to enterprise
2017–2023Co-founded an AI agency and startup
10+Industries, sport to beauty to banking
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Find what you need

Choose where to start.

Start with what you want to learn, fix or make.

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AI Magic 2033

From ChatGPT User to AI Builder

Seven acts and 50 chapters on using AI while keeping your judgement, taste and control.

  • Bring one problem, one goal and one dream
  • See Sean build with real working files
  • Make one useful first version
  • Keep the course tools in your Studio
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Is this you?

For people with an idea to build or a problem to solve.

You do not need to be technical. You do need to stay curious, make decisions and care about the result.

This is for youif…

  • you have an idea but no technical team
  • the same task steals time every week
  • you want help without losing your voice or choices

It may not be for youif…

  • you want guaranteed money or instant success
  • you want AI to make every decision for you
  • you want AI to produce lots of work, rather than help you finish something useful
And one more thing

You don’t have to buy anything. You still get this.

An account costs nothing, and there is no trial to cancel. It opens a room of tools, libraries and small apps you can start using today.

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The shop is where you find things. Your Studio is where they live. Anything you buy lands there too, everything runs in your browser, and your work stays private.

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