Session 6 is open · $67 · Wednesday, September 2 at 1pm ET See the details →
The Creative Systems Lab · Session 6 · Wednesday, September 2

Build a creative
business that works
smarter.

Welcome to the lab. 🧪

90-minute live build sessions where you walk away with it actually running - not just learned. For artists, surface designers, and creative entrepreneurs who want to use AI to run a real business. Session 6 is Wednesday, September 2: we build a caption system that points every post back to what you sell. Grab it on its own for $67, or take all ten builds in the Founding Season - Sessions 3 through 12 - for $50 a session.

See the Founding Season · $497 → See Session 6 details →

$497 · 10 sessions · $50 a session · Replays yours forever

Want the whole back end built? See the Founding Season - ten builds, Sep 2 to Dec 31 →

Mandy Corcoran, tech instructor and surface designer, founder of Creative Systems Lab, holding a lab flask full of paintbrushes

This is not about generating art with AI. It's about using AI to run the business around your art (writing, email, content, systems, automation) so you spend fewer hours on the stuff that isn't creating.

90 min
per session
1 tool
Claude, that's it
Live build
build it together
2 free
sessions free
Mandy's art & expertise has been featured by
Nordstrom HomeGoods TJ Maxx Spoonflower Apple Altitude Summit Hawthorne Threads Canvas Rebel

How to join the Lab

See the full Season →

Creative Systems Lab is ten 90-minute live builds where you leave with the thing actually running - a lead magnet and welcome emails, a keyword bank, a content engine, an automation that does the boring part while you sleep. It is for artists, surface designers, makers and creative business owners who want the business side handled so they can get back to the work they actually love. No code. If you can open a browser tab, you can finish.

You do not have to buy the whole thing. There are three ways in. Pick the one that fits where you are.

One at a time
$67 a session

See a session you want and buy just that one. Nothing else attached.

  • A single 90-minute live build
  • Permanent replay, yours forever
  • Every prompt we use on the day

Every session is buyable on its own, Sessions 3 right through 12. Nothing is locked behind a bundle.

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Most flexible
Any three
$150 · $50 a session

Three credits. Pick any three of the ten, including sessions that have not run yet, and decide which after you buy.

  • Any three, Sessions 3 through 12
  • Choose them when you are ready
  • Permanent replays of all three

Credits are good through December 31, 2026. Build Clinics are not included - those come with the Season.

Pick any three · $150 →
The whole Founding Season
$497 · $49.70 a session

All ten builds, September 2 through December 31, plus four Build Clinics. Drop your question any time and I work through real member builds on screen.

  • All ten sessions, 3 through 12
  • Four live Build Clinics
  • Permanent replays of everything

The only way to get the Build Clinics, and the lowest price per session.

See the Founding Season →

Brand new? Sessions 1 and 2 are free. Start there - get Claude set up properly and learn the prompting formula before you spend a penny.

All Sessions

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⬤  Next live session · $67
Session 06: Caption & Content System.

Wednesday, September 2 at 1pm ET. Posting more is not the problem. Build a repeatable content engine live with Claude - captions and hooks in your voice, on a system, that point every post back to the thing you actually sell. Works on the free Claude plan.

Buy my seat · $67 → See Session 6 details →
Date
Sept 2
Time
1pm ET
Duration
90 min
Price
$67
Session 01 Free Replay
Set Up Claude For Your Creative Business

Build your Creative Business Cheat Sheet live. Make Claude permanently remember who you are. Now available as a free replay - watch any time.

▶ Watch replay ⏱ 90 min 🔓 Free account
Session 02 Free Replay
Stop Fighting Claude. Build the Project and Prompts That Make It Work.

The two things that get Claude working for you: a Claude Project that knows your business, and the prompting formula that gets it right. Built live July 8 - watch the free replay any time.

▶ Watch replay ⏱ 90 min 🔓 Free account
Session 03 $67 · Replay
Build Your Lead Magnet + Welcome Email Sequence

A lead magnet concept, opt-in page copy, and a 5-email welcome sequence - written with Claude, in your voice. Not a plan in a Google Doc. A funnel that exists. Recorded live - watch the replay any time.

▶ Watch replay ⏱ 90 min Beginner+ 💾 Replay forever
Session 04 $67 · Replay available
Your Offer & Reason-to-Buy with Claude

Figure out why someone should buy YOUR thing - not the 500,000 lookalikes. Use Claude to sharpen your offer and positioning so everything downstream converts.

📅 Aug 5 ⏱ 90 min Beginner+ 🔓 Free account
Session 05 $67 · Replay available
Get Found: SEO Across POD, Etsy, Pinterest & Google

One keyword workflow, every platform. Use Claude to research keywords and write listings, pins, and descriptions that actually get discovered.

📅 Aug 19 ⏱ 90 min Intermediate 🔓 Free account
Session 06 $67 · Open now
Caption & Content System

Build a repeatable content engine for Instagram using Claude: captions, hooks, and a posting rhythm that points back to your offer.

📅 Sept 2 ⏱ 90 min Intermediate 🔓 Free account
Session 07 $67 · In the Season
Get Out of Admin Chaos with Claude

Stop drowning in busywork. Map your manual workflow and build a 30-minute weekly business system in Claude - before you ever automate it.

📅 Sept 16 ⏱ 90 min All Levels ⭐ Pro recommended
Session 08 $67 · In the Season
Meet Cowork · Put Claude to Work on Your Desktop

Cowork is the desktop workspace where Claude stops chatting and starts doing - acting on your real files, start to finish. Set it up and run your first hands-on build.

📅 Sept 30 ⏱ 90 min All Levels 🔒 Pro required
Session 09 $67 · In the Season
Building Skills in Claude · Make Claude Do It Your Way

Build your own custom Claude skills so Claude does things your way, every time, without re-explaining yourself.

📅 Oct 14 ⏱ 90 min All Levels 🔒 Pro required
Session 10 $67 · In the Season
Scheduled Tasks in Claude · Set It and Forget It

Teach Claude to run on a schedule (daily reports, weekly content prep, monthly check-ins) without you lifting a finger.

📅 Oct 28 ⏱ 90 min All Levels 🔒 Pro required
Session 11 $67 · In the Season
Automations for the Solo Creative

Set up your first automation so your business keeps running while you're in the studio creating.

📅 Nov 11 ⏱ 90 min Intermediate 🔒 Pro required
Session 12 $67 · In the Season
MCP Servers · Connect Claude to Everything

What MCPs are, why they matter, and how to wire Claude into the tools you already use, without writing code.

📅 Nov 25 ⏱ 90 min Advanced 🔒 Pro required
What students are saying

Real results from artists already using Claude in their business.

"Before Mandy introduced me to Claude, the to-do list felt insurmountable — especially those marketing items I really wanted to get ahead of. By learning my voice, automating, and integrating scheduled tasks, Claude is helping me prepare newsletters, blogs, and social media posts that took so much time away from art creation before. Now I get to spend more time on what I love: painting!"

Gabrielle Alice
Gabrielle Alice
Surface Pattern Artist

"Claude has absolutely revolutionised the way I do the mundane and admin tasks in my business. What used to take me an hour now takes minutes, and it has become like a 'team member' in any sense of the word. The time it's saving me is huge — I can finally do more of the fun things in my business again (like making art and hanging out in my community!)."

Sophie Timms
Sophie Timms
Creative Business Owner

"With Claude my Pinterest and Instagram captions are now optimized for converting — thanks to Mandy's guidance and support."

Lizzy Clark
Lizzy Clark
Creative Business Owner

"I'm new to Claude and AI in general, but with Mandy's help setting it up, I've created individual C-suite projects in Cowork. My 'CFO' reviewed my YoY numbers and built a full 2026 growth strategy — where to go deeper, what products to cut, funding ideas for slower seasons, a production priority plan, monthly revenue forecasts. As a small business owner, getting Claude started with Mandy's help has changed how I run my product-based business — and I've only scratched the surface."

Desiree Perez
Desiree Perez
Product-Based Business Owner

"Thank you for SUCH an insightful and so bloody useful session! My voice statement that Claude created for me was spot on, my husband and I burst out laughing with approval."

E
Eve
Pesky Cat Studio

"I stopped ChatGPT first thing when I realized what I had been missing. Claude is walking me through every step... I finally think this is going to be an amazing website."

T
Tracy Alex
Surface Pattern Artist

"You make systems, AI and technology feel approachable to artists rather than intimidating. Your philosophy that AI should support the business but never make the art really resonated with me."

C
Caroline
Anduze, South of France

Free Resources

View all on the blog →
Prompt Writing
10 AI prompts I actually use every week in my creative business
Mandy Corcoran · 5 min read
Surface Design
How I use Claude to write every Spoonflower description in 20 minutes
Mandy Corcoran · 7 min read
AI Tools
Why Claude is the only AI tool Creative Systems Lab teaches
Mandy Corcoran · 4 min read
Business Systems
The creative business system that runs even when I'm in the studio
Mandy Corcoran · 6 min read
Email Marketing
Writing a welcome sequence with Claude that actually sounds like you
Mandy Corcoran · 5 min read
Automation
The 3 automations I set up in one afternoon that saved me 6 hours a week
Mandy Corcoran · 8 min read
Session 06 · Live build · $67

Grab your seat for Session 6.

90 minutes, live with me on Zoom. We build your caption system - a repeatable content engine in Claude that writes in your voice and points every post back to the thing you sell. Not a batch of captions you burn through in a week. One system you reuse every time you post.

See full Session 6 details →
📅 Wednesday, September 2 🕐 1:00 PM Eastern ⏱ 90 minutes 💬 Real-time Q&A
Buy my Session 6 seat · $67 →

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Free Claude plan is all you need · Live + permanent replay forever · All sales final once we begin

Questions, answered.

The stuff people ask before they hit join.

Do I have to take the sessions in order?
No — Creative Systems Lab is à la carte on purpose. Take the sessions that meet you where you are right now, and come back for the rest when you're ready. There's no locked track and no wrong order. Each one leaves you with something built.
How long do I keep what I buy?
For life. Every session you buy is yours to keep — the live build and the replay both. No expiring links, no 30-day window. It lives in your private course home, and you can come back to it whenever you want.
Are the sessions live or recorded?
Every session starts live with me — a real 90-minute build, not a pre-taped lecture. Can't make it live? The replay is available to purchase afterward too, so the timing never locks you out.
What if AI changes? Will my session go out of date?
Here's my promise: if a session is for sale, it's current with the latest AI — keeping it up to date is on me. And if something changes enough that I re-record a session, anyone who already bought the earlier version gets the new one free. You never pay twice to stay current.
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    Mandy Corcoran, founder of Amanda Grace Design and Creative Systems Lab
    Mandy Corcoran
    Founder, Amanda Grace Design & Creative Systems Lab

    I'm not a tech bro teaching artists. I'm an artist who taught tech for 25 years. Programming degree, 25 years in tech, a decade teaching network engineering and web design at the high school and college level, and I've spoken on multiple AI summits. Then I left it to homeschool my kids and rebuild as a working surface designer licensed by brands like Nordstrom, HomeGoods, and TJ Maxx. Creative Systems Lab is what happens when both halves of that brain teach you the same thing.