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Kelly Stratton
Kelly Stratton
I was in healthcare and built two online stores on nights and weekends. Now I'm building a second income with AI, in public, and showing you what works and what doesn't.
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Issue 08Oct 11, 2026Newest

ChatGPT Wants Your Bank Account. Do This First.

ChatGPT can now connect to your bank account on the free plan. Here's the two-minute check to do first. Plus 104 codes that turn any book into study notes, GPT-6 on the free plan, and what Claude's free plan makes now.

Issue 07Oct 4, 2026

The Government Has an AI Helper Now. Any American Can Use It.

The federal government's new AI helper answers your questions about Medicare, passports, and more in plain language, with no account. Plus the one dropdown that makes ChatGPT tell you the truth, OpenAI's always-on agents and who gets them, and a free reset waiting in your Claude settings.

Issue 06Sep 27, 2026

3 Claude Settings Nobody Turns On

The three connectors that stop Claude from working blind, the one paste that makes Claude write your prompt before it answers, the setting that lets Claude open websites and click through them for you, and $320 of free AI for the student in your house. Plus Meta's new agent and what Claude did with a 350-year-old math problem.

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Prompt EngineeringThe Humanizer Prompt for ChatGPT and Claude, October 2026 EditionThe humanizer prompt everybody copied in 2025 bans words AI already quit. This one is rebuilt from 2026 measurements of what ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini write now: paste it once and your AI drafts read like you wrote them.Read the guideProductivity20 New Signs AI Wrote It, Now That the Em Dash Is GoneAI stopped using the em dash. Here's how to tell if ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini wrote something now: the exact words and shapes each one leans on, with the numbers, what real people write that AI doesn't, and a sixty-second check for any text.Read the guideStudy & Exams104 ChatGPT Codes to Study Any BookPaste one priming prompt into ChatGPT, then turn any book, chapter, or PDF into visual study notes, a map of its big ideas, a chapter map, and a theme board with the four codes from the video, plus 100 more short codes for reading faster, remembering more, testing yourself, and putting the book to work.Read the guideSafetyPrivacy Settings to Check Before You Try an AI AgentKeep your messages, photos, and accounts yours while you try AI agents like Meta's Muse, ChatGPT, and Claude: the five Muse settings to check first, then the ones on Facebook and Instagram, on your iPhone and your Mac, and inside ChatGPT, Claude, and Google.Read the guide
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