The more I play around with AI, the more creative I become. I realized that AI allows me to create mini productivity engineers within 5 minutes.

They’re fast, always available, and don’t cost a cent (or at least not much).

All you need is a few tools. No computer science degree. No engineer. No waiting.

Let me show you how you can start to automate tasks or even build mini prototypes.

Everything in <60 Seconds

Here’s a real example:

With one prompt, AI will:

• Give you a Python script

• Tell you how to install Python and Cursor

• Walk you through installing the right tools

• Show you how to run the script on your data

You don’t even need to understand the code. Just copy, paste, run. Done.

Once you have the tools set up, you can build a new automation in as little as 5 minutes (see explanation and video below).

News, Tools & Resources

Try out more automation use cases with the skills you learned in this edition, or just stay ahead of the curve with some news and experimental AI tools.

🛠️ Automation use cases

• Categorize leads or companies by industry

• Clean up messy names or email lists

• Scrape websites for data (e.g. pricing, headlines, job posts)

• Analyze surveys or reviews

• Guess missing info (e.g. email patterns)

• Turn spreadsheets into charts or summaries

📰 News from the AI world

• BIG NEWS: ChatGPT can now reference all your past conversations

• Amazon CEO want you to invest in AI now and reveals $100B+ plan to boost AWS AI capabilities

• Stanford’s 2025 AI Index report shows how fast AI is advancing

🧪 Experimental Tools

AudioPen
Go from fuzzy thought to clear text. AudioPen converts messy voice notes into text that's ready to share. All you have to do is talk.

EverArt
Train image models on any product, style, or mood board. Create content like you've never seen before.

From Zero to Mini Engineer in 15 Minutes

✅ What You’ll Need (All have free versions)

1. Python 3 – the "engine" that runs the script

2. Cursor AI – your code editor with built-in AI

3. Claude or ChatGPT – to write the script

4. Your spreadsheet – with the data you want to manipulate

🧠 Step 1: Ask AI to Build the Script

Open Claude or ChatGPT and paste this:

🐍 Step 2: Install Python 3

Go to: python.org/downloads
Download and install Python 3.

✅ Windows users: Check the box “Add Python to PATH” during setup.
✅ Mac users: Skip that — it’s handled automatically.

💻 Step 3: Install Cursor AI

Go to: cursor.com/
Download and install Cursor. This is where you’ll paste, edit, and run the code.

📂 Step 4: Set Up Your Project

1. Create a folder on your Desktop (e.g. IndustryCategorizer )

2. Move your spreadsheet into the folder

3. Open Cursor

4. Click "Open Folder" and select your IndustryCategorizer folder

⚙️ Step 5: Install Tools the Script Needs

Click the Terminal tab at the bottom of Cursor. Then type:

pip3 install pandas scikit-learn nltk

These so called “dependencies” are libraries of code that someone has written in the past and you can re-use. This will help Python work with Excel.

📄 Step 6: Add the Script

1. In Cursor, click "New File"

2. Name it industry_classifier.py

3. Paste the code AI gave you into it

4. Save the file (Cmd+S or Ctrl+S)

▶️ Step 7: Run the Script

In the same Terminal, type:

python3 industry_classifier.py

Press Enter. That’s it.

Python will read your file, categorize the companies, and save a new updated version.

💬 Step 8: Something Broke? Ask the AI

Copy the error and paste it into your Chatbot. Then say something like:

Claude or ChatGPT will walk you through it. You can also use Cursor’s built-in AI by highlighting code and asking questions.

Final Thoughts

I’m constantly amazed at how empowering AI is. If you followed these steps, you just automated a spreadsheet. You just built your own tool. You just took your first step as a builder.

There are no more excuses. Go out and use AI to become a power user, or be replaced by one.

Hope this left you inspired and let me know all the use cases you used this for.