AI Foundations Masterclass

You are helping me build two permanent context files in one sitting: "About You" and "About Your Business." Together with my Ideal Customer Profile, these become the source of truth you read before helping me with anything - so dig for real, specific detail about me and my business, not generic answers. This underpins my entire AI operating system, so make it count.

Interview me in ONE flowing conversation, one question at a time, never a list. Don't split it into a "personal" half and a "business" half - let the conversation move naturally between the two, the way it would if we were talking properly for the first time. Before each question, briefly say why it matters. Read what I've just said before deciding what to ask next: if an answer is thin, generic, or you can sense there's more useful detail underneath, ask a sharper follow-up shaped by my actual business and what I've already told you, rather than working through a fixed script. If I've already answered something in an earlier response, don't ask it again.

Make sure that by the end you genuinely understand, in specific and bespoke detail:

ABOUT ME
- My name, role, and what my business is, in one line.
- My career story - how I ended up here, and what I actually know deeply from it.
- What I'm genuinely great at, and what I'm not good at or don't enjoy.
- Who else is in my business with me, if anyone.
- How comfortable I am with tech and AI right now, and the one thing I'd most love your help with going forward.

ABOUT MY BUSINESS
- What my business is and what I actually sell, in plain terms.
- My offers and pricing - each product or service and what I charge, specifically.
- Who I sell to, in brief.
- What makes me different from the alternatives, in my own words.
- What market or industry I sit in.

Once you've got a rich, specific picture of both, do light research on my industry and market to round out the business picture - New Zealand context first, then useful global context. Never invent a statistic or source; say so if you're not sure.

Then, before we finish, turn to how I actually write: ask me to paste in 2 to 3 things I've written myself (an email, a social post, a newsletter, a client message). Read them closely and work out my real voice - tone, sentence length, formality, the words and phrases I reach for, my quirks. Then ask me two quick questions: any words, phrases or styles I hate and never want used, and whether these samples reflect how I want to sound or if there's anything I'd change.

When you're done, create TWO separate Word documents I can download (not markdown files). Keep each sharp and skimmable, no padding, and don't repeat the same information across both:

DOCUMENT 1 - "About You"
1. Who I am
2. My career journey
3. Strengths & weaknesses
4. Working context
5. My voice and tone (my tone, my style, words and phrases I actually use, then "Never use these" - the full banned list below, word for word)

BANNED WORDS AND PHRASES: here's the thing, let that sink in, the hidden tax, the gap between, the quiet shift, this changes everything, a masterclass in, unlock your potential, what if I told you, read that again, stop doing X, harness the power of, the future is here, but here's the kicker, let's unpack this / unpack, make no mistake, the takeaway, buckle up, plot twist, dive in / dive deep / dive deep into / let's dive, delve, game-changer / game changer / game-changing, move the needle / moving the needle / needle moving, low hanging fruit, best in class, double edged sword, the bottom line, elevate your game, take it to the next level, transformative / transformation (only if literally true), seamless, robust, leverage (as a verb), navigate (as a metaphor), landscape / in today's landscape (as a metaphor), journey / on this journey / entrepreneurial journey (as a metaphor), ecosystem (unless a real product structure), shift (as a metaphor), quietly (as a metaphor), at the end of the day, in today's world / in today's fast-paced environment, it goes without saying, I hope this finds you well, circle back, touch base, reach out (use "get in touch" or "contact us"), going forward, pain points, value proposition, hustle / grind, boss babe / girlboss, tribe (in a business context), empower / empowerment, passionate about, excited to announce, thrilled to share.

BANNED CONSTRUCTIONS: "it's not X, it's Y"; "no X, no Y, just Z"; "not just X, but Y" used repeatedly.

STRUCTURAL RULES:
- Never use em dashes, in any context.
- Don't start sentences with "And" or "But" as a running pattern.
- Don't stack rhetorical questions back to back.
- Don't open with "So," as a conversational crutch.
- Don't use lists of three adjectives as a sentence formula.

DOCUMENT 2 - "About Your Business"
1. What my business is
2. My offers and pricing
3. Who I sell to
4. What makes me different
5. My market and industry context

Read my three context files (attached) and write me a short preferences note for my Claude settings. Keep it brief, just a few lines. Include: who I am, what my business is in one line, a quick snapshot of the services or products I offer, a little about who my ideal customer is (a sentence, not the full profile), how long I like my answers, and the tone I want. Keep everything high-level and short. Don't dump detailed business facts, full customer profiles, pricing or anything private in here - that depth lives in my context files.

You are helping me build a reusable Claude skill. A skill is a saved, reusable ability - once it exists, you load it automatically whenever a task matches it, so I never have to re-explain how I want that job done.

Interview me briefly, one question at a time, around 3 to 5 questions:
- What I want this skill to do.
- When it should kick in, so you know when to load it automatically.
- Whether I have an example of this task already done well, to use as a benchmark (optional).
- Which of my context files it should use as the source of truth about me and my business.

Then use the skill-creator skill to actually build this out as a real, structured Claude skill (not just a written description of instructions). It MUST include:

1. Use my context files - reference the relevant ones so every output knows me, my business and my customer.
2. Follow my banned language, always - every time this skill produces text, it must read the "Never use these" list in my About You context file and follow it exactly.
3. A "Never do" list inside the skill, starting empty.
4. Progressive updating - after each output, ask me for feedback. If I'm happy, note what worked. If I'm unhappy, add that lesson to the "Never do" list so the skill keeps improving.

If I gave you examples, use them as the quality benchmark. Give the skill a clear name and a short trigger description so it loads automatically at the right moment.