Guides
The shelf
Every card here is the same screenshottable checklist a lesson hands you the moment you pass it. A locked one names itself and the unit that opens it. Nothing behind that gate shows here until you have actually cleared it yourself.
Lesson 1 · Your checklist
What you now own
The three-part shape behind every graded ask in this course, and what a vague answer is almost always missing.
Unlocks after A good ask has partsLesson 2 · Wording moves
The wording moves
Four levers that turn the same deal facts into a sharper answer: the verb, the guardrail, the reader, the example.
Unlocks after How you word itLesson 3 · Steering moves
The steering moves
How to fix a close-but-not-right answer by adding to it, never by repeating the whole ask over.
Unlocks after Steer, don’t restartLesson 5 · Pin moves
The pin moves
Which rules belong on a standing pin instead of retyped into every new chat, and where the real app keeps them.
Unlocks after Pin your rulesLesson 6 · Check moves
What you now own
The one line that makes an assistant show its assumptions before a number leaves your desk.
Unlocks after Trust, but checkLesson 7 · Your profile
What you now own
What belongs in a standing profile so a fresh chat already knows your role, your market, and how you like an answer back.
Unlocks after Introduce yourself onceLesson 8 · Keep it
What you now own
When a good ask is worth keeping as a reusable template instead of rebuilding it from a blank box next month.
Unlocks after Keep the asks that workLesson 8 · Give it the source
What you now own
Why an answer about a document you described from memory is worthless, and the habit that grounds it in your own text instead.
Unlocks after Give it your documentsLesson 9 · Cross-check the stack
What you now own
The habit that keeps one stale page from costing you the deal when a lease, its amendment, and its estoppel disagree.
Unlocks after Cross-check the stackLesson 10 · Where is it going?
What you now own
Why naming the receiver before you ask decides more than the format, and what should never travel to the other side of the table.
Unlocks after Where is it going?Lesson 11 · Take the names out
What you now own
The fifteen-second pass that strips a real ask to the terms that matter and leaves the exposure behind.
Unlocks after Take the names outDepth · The T-12 Recast
The four flattered lines, on a card
The four lines on a self-managed trailing twelve that read clean and are not, and the one line no document can settle for you.
Unlocks after The T-12 RecastDepth · The Line You May Draft To
The line, on a card
Which terms on a letter of intent are yours to negotiate, and which ones you may only flag for counsel.
Unlocks after The Line You May Draft ToDepth · Quote Stack
Compare against the plan, never the rate
Why the cheapest rate on a term sheet is not the recommendation, and what a real lender comparison has to check by hand.
Unlocks after Quote StackDepth · Review a handoff
The handoff review, on a card
The five-step sequence for reviewing another tool’s draft before anything in it gets approved, sent, or published.
Unlocks after Review a HandoffDepth · Worth the Build
The receipt, on a card
The honest receipt that prices a tool you built against the manual pass, exceptions included, before anyone believes it saved time.
Unlocks after Worth the Build