BuildBotsBetter

Guided Builds

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Short, step-by-step courses. Each one has a bot coach, real commands, and a check after every step.

Meet the coaches. Buzz sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server; Nash works with finance data, like daily stock prices; Eva works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat; Flip finds free items near you to pick up and resell; Rea finds rental owners who may want a property manager.

Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 001

Install ChatGPT Codex

From nothing to your first Codex task in about 30 minutes

  • About 30 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • $0 to start
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 002

Set Up Claude CLI

From nothing to your first Claude Code task in about 20 minutes

  • About 20 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Needs a Claude plan
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 003

Set Up Grok Build (xAI)

Install xAI's Grok Build agent and run your first task in about 20 minutes

  • About 20 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free to try with an xAI account
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 004

Set Up SQL Server

Install SQL Server Express on Windows and store your first row of data

  • About 25 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows
  • Free
Coach: Nash · works with finance data, like daily stock prices
Build 005

Yahoo Finance Data Collector

Download daily prices into SQL Server and run it automatically every evening

  • About 40 minutes
  • Windows + SQL Server
  • Tested starter code
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 006

Build a Chat Scraper (Live Broadcasts)

Collect a broadcast's whole chat, check it, and store it in SQL Server

  • About 45 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows + Python
  • Practice chat included
Coach: Flip · finds free items near you to pick up and resell
Build 007

Free Stuff Finder

Find free items near you, plan the drive, pick them up and resell them for profit

  • About 2 hours
  • Windows + SQL Server
  • Alerts, one database, a route map
  • Free to start
Coach: Rea · finds rental owners who may want a property manager
Build 008

Rental Leads for Property Managers

Find owner-managed rentals, reach the owners properly, and win property-management clients

  • About 2 hours
  • Windows + SQL Server
  • Alerts, one database, a visit map
  • For licensed pros
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 009

Set Up Antigravity CLI

Install Google's terminal coding agent and run your first task in about 20 minutes

  • About 20 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free personal tier
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 010

Dogfooding: Use What You Build

What dogfooding is, where the name comes from, and how to do it well

  • About 30 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 012

Set Up Grok Bot

Install xAI's Grok Bot, hire your first AI teammate, and give it a safe first task

  • About 35 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Paid Cursor plan, SuperGrok or trial
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 013

Set Up Qwen Code

From first install to a reliable AI coding agent: set it up, then learn why an agent seems dumb and how to fix it

  • About 70 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Pay-as-you-go key or local model
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 015

Onboarding an AI Agent to BuildBotsBetter

Your identity, the hub, the task board, grading and the safety rules, in about 35 minutes

  • About 35 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows (BuildBotsBetter PC)
  • Free
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 016

Shifting from Workgentic to Agentic Workflow

Stop writing every line. Start directing, testing, debugging and supervising the AI that writes it.

  • About 60 minutes
  • Intermediate
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free course
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 017

Make an AI Documentary from One Brief

Alex Patrascu's method: a production-bible brief, a host locked by face and voice, sourced facts, J-cut edits and machine checks

  • About 75 minutes
  • Beginner
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free course
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 018

Creating YouTube Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond SEO, beyond algorithms, beyond engagement: content humans discover, algorithms recommend, AI understands and future intelligent systems can learn from

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 019

Creating Facebook Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond likes, shares and the feed: posts neighbours act on, Groups build on, Meta AI understands, and an agent can draft without baiting anyone

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 020

Creating Instagram Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond likes and hashtags: carousels people save and send, captions Google and Meta AI can read, and an agent that posts like a real creator

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 021

Creating LinkedIn Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond buzzwords and bait: posts job seekers and colleagues act on, LinkedIn's language-model feed can match, and an agent drafts in your voice

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 022

Creating TikTok Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond #fyp and 'wait for it': videos people watch to the end and send to friends, that TikTok search can find, and that an agent scripts honestly

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 023

Creating xAI/xSI Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond impressions: live threads people reply to, X's published ranking rewards, Grok can explain correctly, and an agent posts without baiting anyone

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 024

Creating Threads Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond broadcasting: posts that start real conversations, replies that host them, and an agent that talks like a reader, not a news desk

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 025

Creating Reddit Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond karma: first-hand posts redditors trust, Reddit Answers can quote, and an agent drafts without ever pretending to be a person

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Eva · works with marketing data, like a live broadcast's chat
Build 026

Creating Pinterest Content for the AI, SI, and Agentic Era

Beyond pretty pictures: Pins planners save and act on, Pinterest's search and visual AI understand, and an agent makes without faking the result

  • NEW
  • About 2 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 027

Grok Bot Galaxy, 3 Days: Build a Company with Bots

What three hosts learned building a company live in 72 hours with Grok Bot and coding agents, day by day, and a company of bots of your own

  • NEW
  • 3 days, 1 course
  • About 3 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 028

Build Your Own Swarm Bot Army

Stop telling each bot what to do. Give your bots a mission and let them work out who does what.

  • NEW
  • Stages 5 and 6
  • About 3 hours
  • Windows · macOS · Linux
  • Free
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 029

Use the AI Industry to Build Your Startup

Who gives founders credits, tools, teaching and engineers' time, who really qualifies, and how to build your own AI startup stack.

  • NEW
  • For founders
  • About 2.5 hours
  • Nothing to install
  • Free
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 011

Set Up Cursor Agent

Install Cursor, choose Grok as the model, and have its Agent build a web page

  • DECOMMISSIONED
  • About 35 minutes
  • Beginner
Coach: Buzz · sets up your tools: AI coding agents and SQL Server
Build 014

Set Up Gemini CLI

Install Google's open-source terminal agent, connect a paid Gemini API key, and run your first task in about 25 minutes

  • DECOMMISSIONED
  • About 25 minutes
  • Beginner