Glennon AI Articles
A collection of posts exploring various things AI.
Also available at Medium.com/glennonai.
Download the BRIEF Template: A simple tool to make AI agents work for you.
A free copy of the BRIEF Template you can use to set up your first Claude project instructions, GPT, or AI Agent. PDF available for free download.
Building your first AI ‘agent’: A BRIEF explainer
Use the BRIEF framework to help you create your first AI helper (agent or project or prompt).
I Thought I Had To Worry About Bullies And Boys
How three “harmless” moments with kids and AI led me to write the education framework I couldn't find anywhere else.
Opus 4.7 is here. It’s more expensive and it doesn’t even know that Opus 4.6 exists
Opus 4.7 is here. It illustrates 2 important facts: 1) Don't assume AI even knows what it's capable of. 2) Token costs are hard to decipher.
‘Just Use AI’: How The AI Solutions Can Look Very Different For The Same Exact Process
AI use can look very different depending on who is building the solution. From AI-free to AI autonomous, it all depends on what you want
AI Doesn’t Always Know What It’s Capable Of. You Have to Ask.
AI doesn’t always know what its latest models are capable of, because it hasn’t yet been trained on that data. So if you think AI can do more than you’re seeing, just ask it to check. A real-time research prompt could save you a lot of time and rework later on.
People Are Looking At Me Funny: Explaining Why I’m Starting An AI-Focused Business
I’m consulting with businesses on how to integrate AI in practical, useful ways. I’m teaching and building with the AI tools, but the bigger part is doing what really needs to get done: understanding the business, defining the goals, and finding where they can remove obstacles that will have real, immediate impacts on the top and bottom lines.
Building Workflows WITH AI is Different Than Handing Your Workflows TO AI
You shouldn’t hand your processes over to AI. You also shouldn’t keep AI out. Instead, build an automated workflow and see where AI can support the person responsible for getting the job done.
How Do You Build An AI Agent? Be BRIEF
A simple framework to help you build your first AI agent. It’s not a new technical task to master. Just think of it as a new employee to onboard. What are the 5 things someone would need to do the job right? That’s BRIEF.
Bots and Bottlenecks: Don't Build a Solution Before You Understand the Actual Problem
You can’t build an AI solution before you understand the actual problem you’re solving.

