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The first 30 minutes: set up an AI tool for useful work
- Tools
- Multi-tool
- Audience
- People getting started with AI
- Topic
- Start with AI
You’ll finish with: a checked first task using information you are allowed to use.
Your first setup session should end with one checked result, not a collection of half-finished settings screens. We will keep the account work small and leave the integrations for later.
Set up
Budget 30 minutes on the official app or website for your chosen assistant. Use an account appropriate for your organisation. Do not buy a plan just to complete this text exercise.
Try this example
FICTIONAL PRACTICE MATERIAL
Writing preferences: Australian spelling; short paragraphs; ask if a missing fact changes the answer. Test notes: two training sessions delivered; attendance total not yet checked; next session proposed for Tuesday.Do the task
- Minutes 0–10: sign in and inspect the account’s data and personalisation controls. Record settings you cannot change.
- Minutes 10–20: add the three writing preferences where supported, or paste them at the start of a chat.
- Minutes 20–30: run the sample, correct the result and save the prompt.
Your reusable prompt
Use these writing preferences to produce an 80-word training update from the notes. Keep unverified attendance and the proposed date visibly uncertain.
PRACTICE INPUT
Writing preferences: Australian spelling; short paragraphs; ask if a missing fact changes the answer. Test notes: two training sessions delivered; attendance total not yet checked; next session proposed for Tuesday.Refine your result
Check whether the output follows each preference. Tell me which settings I still need to verify myself in the app.Check the result
The update should not invent attendance numbers. A pasted preference is a usable fallback but not evidence that account-level instructions were saved. Stop setup if an unexpected permission or payment request appears.
Save and reuse
Keep setup-notes.txt with the controls you checked and one successful draft. Reopen the app later and test the preferences again.
Sources and notes
- Memory controls and their limits Checked 2026-10-05
- The practice input and teaching prompt are original 5HO material. Examples are fictional; they are not screenshots or claims of a completed real-world task.
- Official documentation supports the relevant product concepts. Setup availability depends on your account; where a guide offers a fallback, it does not prove the connected capability worked.