AI production systems for creative professionals

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A free weekly publication for creative professionals looking to leverage AI in their work. Each week, we breakdown a real AI workflow running inside a real creative business. How it works, what it costs, and what you can copy for yourself.

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Issue #006 · 28 MAY 2026 · 5 min read

Why your AI documents look like sh*t

ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini are great at creating documents. But they come out looking like generic garbage by default.

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The Document Stylist

Tells any AI model how to create beautifully formatted documents that match your brand's aesthetic.

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  1. #005 Find your next 100 clients on autopilot Most creative businesses don't have a proper outreach process. They rely on inbound, word of mouth, and a spreadsheet of "people I should email" that they keep meaning to get to. The reason it's not happening is that outreach can be a full time job in itself. 14 MAY 2026 7 MIN READ
  2. #004 I took 4,305 screenshots last year. You are sitting on years of saved references that you’ve done nothing with - screenshots, links, voice notes, bookmarks. Saved then forgotten, never to be seen again. 07 MAY 2026 7 MIN READ
  3. #003 The one change that increased my client close rate by 63% A proposal that lands within an hour of a discovery call closes clients more often than the one that lands three days later. Not because it's better written. Because client interest peaks on the call and decays from the moment they hang up. 30 APR 2026 8 MIN READ
  4. #002 I used ChatGPT to write my wedding speech Your AI sounds average because it is averaging the internet. That is how these models work by default. 23 APR 2026 9 MIN READ

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Our archive of plug-&-play AI workflows

Every Thursday issue ships with a companion AI workflow you can drop into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and run for yourself in seconds. Built and stress-tested by a working practitioner. Stack and chain them together to build fully AI-accelerated production pipelines.

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  • I spent ages trying to build some of these myself, wish I'd have found you sooner! The proposal drafter alone has paid for the membership ten times over.

    Priya Anand

    Freelance brand designer, Manchester

  • I run a studio of one and I'm now turning around work I'd have turned down a year ago. Same hours, but far more out the door. It changed what I can take on.

    Hannah Olsen

    Studio founder, Copenhagen

  • I'm a photographer, not a developer, and I still had a workflow running the same evening I read the issue. Nothing else has made this stuff feel usable to someone like me.

    Aisha Karim

    Photographer, Glasgow

  • The amount of free value in this is insane. I read it on Thursday morning, build the workflow over the weekend, and it's on client work by Monday.

    Marek Nowak

    Motion designer, Amsterdam

  • I'd tuned out of the whole AI conversation - too much hype, too many people selling courses. This is the only voice that talks to me like a working creative, not a guru. It got me actually trying things.

    Elena Ruiz

    Consultant, Barcelona

  • I'm not a techy person and the whole thing intimidated me. Each issue is plain enough that I never feel lost, and I've gone from avoiding AI entirely to building little workflows for myself.

    Carys Pryce

    Set designer, Cardiff

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