Guide

Everything you need to start using AI in your work, from the basics to advanced workflows.

Try an AI tool in your browser. Learn what these models are good at and why they work.

The big three, secondary players, open-source models, and how to think about the tradeoffs between power, cost, and style.

What browser AI (like ChatGPT) does well, where it falls short, and why that motivates installing something more capable.

Walk through installing VS Code, Claude Code, and Codex so you have everything running before the next step.

Project memory with CLAUDE.md, context windows, compacting, and how to delegate work to reusable agents.

Key concepts and tips and tricks for getting more out of your agent: permissions, parallel agents, MCP, git, hooks, and more.

Six worked end-to-end examples of common research workflows, from cleaning a dataset to scaffolding a grant.