A little AI practice, every day
Twenty-one practical AI challenges with a request, success check, and deeper variation. Save your progress on this device.
Choose a challenge at your own level. The daily pick rotates through this authored library using your device's local date; it is not a newly generated lesson every day. Completion records are saved in this browser. There are no streaks or qualifications.
Bring one real task
5 minutes of suggested practice.
Choose a small thing you need to do tomorrow and turn it into a short conversation.
Request to adapt
Help me with [task]. Here is my situation: [two relevant facts]. Suggest three options and tell me what information would change your recommendation.
Check your attempt
Choose an option for a reason you can explain. Correct an assumption before using it.
A harder variation
Add a new constraint and see which parts of the answer need to change.
Rescue a disappointing answer
5 minutes of suggested practice.
Find a reply that missed the point. Fix one specific problem with a follow-up.
Request to adapt
Keep [part that works]. Change [specific problem] because [reason]. Show only the revised section.
Check your attempt
The revision fixes your issue without altering a detail you wanted to preserve.
A harder variation
Write a second follow-up for a different kind of problem: factual, structural, or stylistic.
Catch the unsupported leap
5 minutes of suggested practice.
Read a short generated answer and identify its most consequential factual claim.
Request to adapt
Identify the claim here that most needs verification. What source passage would establish it, and what would remain uncertain?
Check your attempt
Open the source yourself. If none is available, leave the claim unresolved.
A harder variation
Find a claim that is plausible but not established by the supplied evidence.
Explain it without the chat
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Practice a small idea you want to understand, then explain it in your own words.
Request to adapt
Ask me one question about [topic]. Wait for my answer and give a hint before showing a solution. Then ask a different question using the same idea.
Check your attempt
Close the chat and answer a new example without help.
A harder variation
Explain the concept to a friend without using the original analogy.
Rehearse the difficult minute
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Practice introducing an idea or answering a question you find awkward.
Request to adapt
Role-play a colleague asking about [project]. Ask one realistic question at a time. After three answers, give feedback on clarity and one thing to improve.
Check your attempt
You finish with a clearer answer you could actually say aloud.
A harder variation
Ask the partner to misunderstand one point so you can practice clarifying it.
Ask for a decision, not a bigger list
5 minutes of suggested practice.
Use your constraints to narrow an ordinary choice.
Request to adapt
Compare these three options against [two criteria]. Explain the tradeoff in each. Ask for any missing fact that would materially change the choice.
Check your attempt
Your choice follows your criteria, rather than simply picking the first option.
A harder variation
Change one priority and see whether the recommendation should change.
Teach a format with one example
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Build a reusable format for a message or update you write regularly.
Request to adapt
Use this example only for structure: [short fictional example]. Apply it to these new notes: [notes]. Use “not stated” for missing facts.
Check your attempt
Names, dates, and numbers come from the new notes, not the fictional example.
A harder variation
Try a note with a missing owner and another with a cancelled action.
Make a one-page context pack
15 minutes of suggested practice.
Write the background you repeatedly explain for one project.
Request to adapt
Help organize my project context into goal, audience, approved facts, constraints, example output, and open questions. Flag conflicting or outdated information.
Check your attempt
Remove obsolete facts and identify which source governs each important detail.
A harder variation
Give the pack to a fresh conversation and see what it still needs to ask.
Keep your favorite sentence
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Improve a draft while protecting the part that sounds most like you.
Request to adapt
Keep this sentence unchanged: [sentence]. Edit the surrounding draft for clarity. Preserve qualifications and list any changes in meaning.
Check your attempt
Read the revision aloud and undo at least one change if it weakens your voice.
A harder variation
Supply a short voice sample and name two features that should carry over.
Find an agreement and a disagreement
15 minutes of suggested practice.
Compare two short public sources on a topic you care about.
Request to adapt
Using these sources, show one agreement, one difference, and one question they cannot answer. Cite the relevant passage for each observation.
Check your attempt
Check that the differences are not simply different dates or definitions.
A harder variation
Explain what additional evidence would resolve the disagreement.
Run a fair tool comparison
15 minutes of suggested practice.
Try the same small task in two tools you already have access to.
Request to adapt
Complete [task] using only these inputs. The result must satisfy [three observable criteria]. Flag missing information.
Check your attempt
Record the corrections each result needs, including work required to use the output.
A harder variation
Try an awkward second input to see whether the initial difference holds.
Improve a brief by removing something
5 minutes of suggested practice.
Find a reusable prompt with redundant or conflicting instructions.
Request to adapt
Review this brief. Identify one instruction that conflicts with the goal or repeats another instruction. Explain the effect before proposing a smaller version.
Check your attempt
Test the shorter version on the same task and see whether any useful instruction was lost.
A harder variation
Add back only a rule tied to a failure you can demonstrate.
Explore three different premises
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Find distinct directions for a small creative project.
Request to adapt
For [project], propose a practical direction, a story direction, and a surprising-question direction. Include audience fit, a sample, and one drawback for each.
Check your attempt
The directions differ in their underlying idea, not just their adjectives.
A harder variation
Choose one and make a rough sample before polishing the wording.
Give an image somewhere to live
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Build a brief for an actual banner, invitation, or illustration.
Request to adapt
Create [subject] for [placement]. Use [composition], [light], and [medium]. Keep [area] clear for text. Avoid embedded lettering.
Check your attempt
Inspect at the intended size and check whether the layout leaves room for its purpose.
A harder variation
Keep the subject fixed and compare two compositions.
Change one thing in an image
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Direct a revision while keeping the useful parts intact.
Request to adapt
Preserve [three visible details]. Change only [one feature]. Use the attached image as the reference for everything else.
Check your attempt
Compare the whole image, including details outside the requested edit.
A harder variation
Make a simple version log showing which details changed unexpectedly.
Make a tiny creative package
20 minutes of suggested practice.
Combine a direction, image brief, and short message for one event.
Request to adapt
Develop this chosen direction into a headline, a 60-word invitation, and a visual brief. Use only the confirmed facts below and flag any missing event details.
Check your attempt
All three pieces express the same idea and agree on the practical details.
A harder variation
Show someone the sample and ask what action they think it invites.
Delegate one inspectable artifact
15 minutes of suggested practice.
Turn a broad project into one useful piece an agent can complete.
Request to adapt
Produce [artifact] from [sources] in [workspace]. You may [actions]. Stop before [review point]. Completion means [observable checks].
Check your attempt
Open the artifact and check it against the stated completion criteria.
A harder variation
Record one ambiguous instruction and revise the brief before repeating the task.
Draw the action boundary
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Separate what an agent can prepare from what you want to review.
Request to adapt
For this workflow, list actions required to prepare a draft, actions that change external state, and the exact artifact I should review before those changes.
Check your attempt
Compare the proposed boundary with the actual application permissions.
A harder variation
Remove one unnecessary permission and confirm the task still works.
Build a five-case test
20 minutes of suggested practice.
Challenge a recurring workflow with ordinary and awkward inputs.
Request to adapt
Test this workflow on ordinary input, missing information, conflicting facts, a cancellation, and empty input. Score [criteria] and show failures before suggesting changes.
Check your attempt
Keep one extra case aside and use it only after revising the workflow.
A harder variation
Repeat a variable result and record whether the same failure recurs.
Measure the whole task
15 minutes of suggested practice.
Find out whether a workflow helps after preparation and review.
Request to adapt
Help me create a time log for preparation, generation, review, corrections, and export. Keep estimates separate from observed times.
Check your attempt
Measure an actual run rather than relying entirely on the initial estimates.
A harder variation
Use the workflow calculator to find the break-even point under a slower-review scenario.
Leave a project ready to resume
10 minutes of suggested practice.
Write a handoff for a task you will return to.
Request to adapt
Summarize the goal, current artifact, confirmed decisions, completed checks, unresolved issues, and next action. Distinguish work done from ideas proposed.
Check your attempt
Check the handoff against the actual files or artifact before saving it.
A harder variation
Resume from it in a fresh conversation and note what was missing.
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