may 04 · 2026
※ week 001 — brief
build an automation that
saves you an hour a week.
pick one task you do regularly. build an automation (a skill.md) that does it with a single prompt: "do my morning briefing" → your day's tasks, emails to answer, what needs attention.
◆ what you could make
some examples to get the brain going:
- competitor research — name an industry, get a comprehensive report
- expense report — receipts → a categorized table shared with finance
- inbox triage — 50 emails → 5 that matter, drafts ready
- ux-reviewer — a screen or flow → a usability check
◆ what you'll submit
when you are done, drop your result in #shipped including:
- a 60-second demo, or a screenshot + a few lines
- your automation (only if you're comfortable, strip api keys first)
- what your manual workflow looked like before
┌─ brief spec ─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ drop mon may 04 09:00 GMT │ │ ship sun may 10 24:00 GMT │ │ review sun may 10 in #shipped │ │ next wk 002 — tba sunday │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
◆ resources
- video claude code: how to build a skill (jump to the moment)
- example anthropic's skill-creator (a skill that builds skills, fork it)
- docs claude skills documentation
- tip and: ask claude code or codex how to build it. they're better at this than you'd think.
what automation will you build?
drop it in #shipped ▌