These are the routines I actually run. All free, nothing gated. They work in Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini — you paste a file in once, and then you just talk normally. I publish them under @ai4thegals, which is where I teach this to people who don't want to become engineers about it.
Every file below is text. You put it somewhere your AI reads before it answers you — in Claude that's Projects → New project → Add content; in ChatGPT it's Projects → files, or Settings → Personalization → Custom Instructions; in Gemini it's Gems → New Gem → instructions. Then you forget it's there. The rules run underneath every conversation you have in that project. No project features? Paste the file into any chat and say "these are my standing rules — confirm you've got them, then wait."
These two change how your AI treats you. Ship them together — the Win Log calls itself the companion to The Advocate.
An AI you install once, so it stops appraising you and starts working for you. An appraiser estimates what you're worth to somebody else and hands you the middle of the range. An advocate knows your worth is a negotiation, and negotiates it.
For: Anyone about to price themselves, ask for the raise, or send the email they have been avoiding for a week.
Get the file →Ten minutes on a Friday. It asks you five questions, you answer them, and in six months you have receipts instead of a blank page. Unlike a journal it asks first — so it happens on the weeks you don't feel like you did anything. Those weeks are usually lying.
For: Review season, a recruiter call, or the client asking why your rate went up.
The boring foundation nobody hands you. Fifteen minutes each, and everything after works better.
Every other guide tells you what files to write, which is homework. These are already written — you fill in the blanks like a Mad Lib, delete what doesn't apply, and you're done in fifteen minutes. Three files: who you are, how you sound, and how you like to work.
For: Anyone whose AI keeps asking for context it should already have.
The same three files as a document you can type straight into. Or paste the shortcut prompt at the top and let your AI interview you, one question at a time, and write them for you.
For: You've read the PDF and want to actually do it.
Get the file →Before you plug anything into your AI. Connecting an app is a hiring decision, not a tech decision — you're deciding what a very fast new employee gets to see, and what it's allowed to do. The order to connect things in, five questions to ask before you click Allow, and the hard nos.
For: Anyone about to connect their email, calendar, files or CRM for the first time.
AI model names translated into HR. They aren't products, they're seniority levels — intern, manager, director, partner — and you're the hiring manager. Learn the ladder once and every AI menu in the industry becomes readable.
For: Anyone paying partner rates for intern work, or who tried AI once and decided it was mid.
Read it →I make one whenever I get the same question twice, which lately is about once a week. If you'd like them when they're new rather than when you happen to look, leave an email — that's the only thing it's used for.
no sequence, no nurture track, no drip. one note when there's something new.