Free 7-day challenge
AI Native.
I'd never opened a terminal. Then I made 9,048 commits to GitHub. This is the starting line I wish I'd had.
Three things made it possible: a context file that tells AI who you are, a skill that encodes how you work, and four terminal commands. One email a day teaches you each one. By Day 5 you'll have done something most founders only talk about.
What you'll build
One email.
One win.
Seven days.
Each day builds on the last. By Day 5 you'll have opened the terminal and done something real with it.
- 01
The failed launch that started 9,048 commits
A pre-sold product. A ghosting developer. The moment I stopped hiring people I couldn't verify and decided to figure it out myself.
- 02
Why AI gives you the same answer it gives everyone else
ChatGPT remembers your dog's name but forgets you run a business. The problem is you don't control what it knows. Tomorrow you fix that.
- 03
Build the file that makes AI stop guessing
20 minutes. No terminal. One plain-text document that makes every AI conversation start with your context, not a blank slate.
- 04
The document that replaced our $6k/month Shopify agency
A single file that holds everything a contractor would charge you to know. Same method turns any business book into a personalized advisor.
- 05
Open the terminal. I'll tell you exactly what to type.
Four commands. One real task, done. Your Downloads folder organized in 30 seconds. Most people skip this step forever. You won't.
- 06
$20K in inventory, a ghosted developer, and one prompt
200 chips needed codes I couldn't generate. No admin panel. No developer. How I sat down with a codebase I didn't understand and shipped by end of day.
- 07
The workbook, the course, and what comes next
You have the foundation. Here's what I built for people who want to keep going.
Who's behind this
I'm Cathryn Lavery. I built BestSelf Co to $45M in DTC revenue, sold it to private equity, realized they were ruining it, bought it back, and still run it. The company used to need 15+ people. Now it runs lean on AI systems I built myself. This challenge is how I'd teach you to do the same thing.