The AI Architect

About the series

The AI Architect is a four-book series for non-technical professionals who want to put AI to real work — without learning to code. You direct Claude Code like a capable teammate: set it up safely, win real projects, build reusable tools, connect and automate, and orchestrate specialist agents — always with your hand on the switch. Calm, practical, and jargon-free.

Books

The The AI Architect series

Foundations

Set up Claude Code safely and win your first three real projects — no coding.

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Building Real Tools

Turn one-off AI wins into reusable tools you own.

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Connect & Automate

Connect your tools to the real world and automate — safely, supervised.

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Advanced Systems

Design a team of specialist AI agents — and stay the architect in charge.

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Companion Packs

Free, print-ready companions

Each book comes with a free companion pack — cheat-sheets, prompt libraries, checklists, and sample data. No signup required.

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From the Journal

Latest notes & essays

• One job, one folder. Give your AI the drawer the task needs, not the keys to the whole cabinet.2026-07-09
• Read every plan before approving. Ask: do I understand it? Is it what I asked for? Could it lose anything?2026-07-08
• Copy real files before your AI touches them. A backup is a seatbelt — you put it on before you drive.2026-07-07
• The most useful sentence you'll learn: "Show me the plan first, and change nothing until I say go."2026-07-06

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