Do I need a paid Claude account to attend Session 2?

No. Session 2 works entirely on the free Claude plan. The prompting framework, the Prompt-Builder tool, and your prompt library all work on the free tier. Pro users get a one-click Prompt-Builder skill install; free-tier users paste the same tool into their Project Instructions. Both versions do the same thing.

Session 02 · Free Replay · Recorded July 8

Stop Fighting Claude. Build the Project and Prompts That Make It Work.

The two things that get Claude working for you: a Prompt Builder Project that already knows your business, and the prompting formula that gets it right. Built live on July 8 - the full replay is free.

Recorded live July 8, 2026 90-minute build Free with your account

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Mandy Corcoran, founder of Creative Systems Lab, smiling at the camera in her kitchen with her own pattern design as a tile backsplash behind her

You leave with

A Claude Project that knows your business + the prompting formula that gets it right.

What You'll Walk Away With

Three things in your hands by 2:30 PM.

A Claude Project that knows your business.

Claude stops starting from nothing. Your Project holds your business context, so every chat inside it already knows who you are and what you sell - no re-explaining, no blank slate. The free plan includes five.

The prompting formula that gets it right.

Role + Context + Task + Format. The repeatable way to ask that turns generic, useless answers into exactly what you needed - every time, not by luck. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

A prompt library, started.

Prompt-Builder installed - the CSL tool that builds prompts for you - plus your first prompts saved and ready to reuse. You never face a blank chat box or rewrite the same prompt twice again.

Mandy Corcoran at her digital drawing tablet in her studio, mid-build

Why This Works

"I'm not a tech bro teaching artists. I'm an artist who taught tech for 25 years."

I have a programming degree, 25 years in tech, and a decade teaching network engineering and web design at the high school and college level. I've spoken on multiple AI summits.

Then I left it all to homeschool my kids and rebuild as a working surface designer - licensing my art to stores all over the world.

Now I do both. I license my art. I speak. I teach. And I run all of it on the same systems I used to teach engineers - translated for how artists actually think.

Multiple AI summit speaker 25+ years in tech 10 years teaching Licensed surface designer

The Format

Built live with a real room. The replay is the full session - nothing cut.

July 8

Recorded live, 2026

Replay

Free, yours forever

90 min

Full live build session

Q&A

Real attendee questions included

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The free Claude plan is all you need. The prompting framework, Prompt-Builder, and your prompt library all work on the free tier. No card required.

The free plan has a usage cap that resets every few hours. If you hit it while building along, no stress - pause the replay, your work is saved, and the cap resets in a few hours.

Radical Clarity

What's in the session - and what's not.

✓

What you get

The full 90-minute build session - recorded live July 8, watch on your schedule
Real-time Q&A - your actual questions, not pre-submitted
A Claude Project set up for your business - a workspace that keeps your context loaded so Claude never starts cold
The 4-part prompt formula - Role + Context + Task + Format - the repeatable way to get useful output every time
Prompt-Builder installed - the CSL tool that builds prompts for you, plus your first prompts created live
A personal prompt library, started - saved and ready to reuse, so you never start from a blank page
Works on the free Claude plan - no Pro upgrade needed for Session 2

What this is NOT

Not an AI art class. No Midjourney. No Stable Diffusion. The art stays yours, full stop.
Not a theory lecture. You build a real prompt library, live - not notes you'll never open.
Not a sales pitch in disguise. The session is 100% building.
Not ChatGPT or Gemini training. CSL is a Claude lab - same way a Procreate educator teaches Procreate.
Not gated behind Claude Pro. The free plan is all you need - a Claude Project, the prompting formula, and Prompt-Builder all work free.

The 90 Minutes, Mapped

Here's exactly what we're building.

The CSL session format is locked: 5 minutes to orient, 15 to demystify, 60 to build live, 10 to celebrate and hand off what's next. No fluff intro. No outro filler. Just building.

Here's what we're building today

"Last session you got Claude set up. Today we make it actually work for you." The deliverable on the screen, a quick poll on what you've tried since Session 1, and we get moving.

5 min

How it works

Why bad prompts get bad output. It's not Claude. It's the ask. Vague in, vague out. Specific in, specific out. That's the whole lesson - and a Project gives every ask a home, so Claude never starts cold.

The formula - Role + Context + Task + Format - plus the iteration principle: your first prompt is a draft, not a final. This is the repeatable part you keep forever.

15 min

Build it together (the live portion)

Screen-share. Follow along. Ask questions in real time. This is where you stop watching and start doing - a Project, the formula, and your first prompts.

Step 1 - Set up your Claude Project What a Claude Project is, and why it's the home base for your business inside Claude. We create one, name it, and load your business context in - so every chat inside it already knows who you are and stops starting from nothing. The free plan includes five Projects, so this costs nothing.
Step 2 - The prompting formula Role + Context + Task + Format. The repeatable way to ask that turns generic answers into exactly what you needed. We run the same task with a vague prompt and a good one, side by side, so you see the difference for yourself - then you've got it for good.
Step 3 - Install Prompt-Builder + make your first prompts The CSL tool that builds prompts for you. Installing it takes one step - I'll show you exactly where. Then type "prompt builder" and watch: it interviews you one question at a time and hands you a complete, ready-to-run prompt. You're not writing prompts, you're answering questions.
Step 4 - Save your prompt library Every prompt that works, you save. We start your library live with your first few - an Etsy listing, a customer reply, whatever you actually need - so the next time you reach for Claude, you start from something that already works, never a blank page.

60 min

You leave with it running

Real-time Q&A - yours, not pre-submitted. Then the soft handoff: three things to do with your prompts this week, and what comes next in two weeks.

10 min

This session, free

That's not a stripped-down version, a teaser, or a "preview." It's the full session - full deliverable, full me, full 90 minutes, full Q&A. Same product I'll be charging for starting at Session 3.

Session

Live

Replay

Session 1June 24 · Foundations Pt. 1

FREE

Session 2July 8 · Projects & Prompting

FREE

Session 3 onwardEmail Funnel build + every session after

$67

Yours forever, included

No fake "$497 value" anchoring. No countdown timer that resets when you refresh. No "only 50 seats left" if it's actually unlimited. The price is the price - and the first two are free because I want you to see how I teach before you ever pay.

For paid sessions: live only. Recording yours forever after. And every session is beginner-friendly. No code. If you can open a browser tab, you can finish.

What's Next

After the two free sessions, the build series continues. Telling you now, on purpose.

$67 · Session 03 · Open now

Build Your Lead Magnet + Welcome Email Sequence

Wednesday, July 22 · 1:00 PM ET

The first paid session. We build an opt-in and a 5-email welcome sequence - live. I'm telling you the price now so there are zero surprises later. $67, live, recording yours forever.

$67 · Every other week

The series keeps building

Twice a month, à la carte

Each session is a standalone live build on a new topic - business systems, automations, content, AI tools. Come to the ones you need. Every session, you walk away with something built, and the recording is yours forever.

You don't have to commit to anything after watching. Build your prompt library. See how I teach. Decide from there.

Questions

Before you press play.

Do I need to have attended Session 1 to join Session 2?

You need Claude set up with your business context loaded - which is exactly what Session 1 walks you through. If you missed Session 1, grab the free replay and get your Claude Project or account-wide Instructions set up before you build along. You'll get far more out of Session 2 if Claude already knows who you are. You can still follow along without it, but the workflows land harder when your context is already loaded.

What will I walk away with from Session 2?

Three things by the time the 90 minutes end: (1) A Claude Project set up for your business, so Claude keeps your context and never starts cold. (2) The 4-part prompting formula - Role + Context + Task + Format - the repeatable way to get useful output every time. (3) A prompt library started - Prompt-Builder installed plus your first prompts saved, so you never start from a blank page.

What's a Project, and do I need a paid account for it?

A Project is a workspace inside Claude that holds your business context - what you sell, who you sell to - so every chat in it already knows you. It's free: the free plan includes 5 Projects. Everything in Session 2 (Projects, the prompting formula, Prompt-Builder) works on the free tier. Pro users get a one-click Prompt-Builder skill install; free-tier users paste the same tool into their Project Instructions. Both do the same thing.

What if I run out of free messages during the session?

The free Claude plan has a usage cap that resets every few hours. If you happen to hit it mid-session, no stress - I'll show you exactly where to pick back up, and your work is saved. Nothing you build during Session 2 is lost if you reach the limit.

Will the prompts work for my specific business?

Yes. The framework works for any creative business - Etsy sellers, wholesale designers, surface designers, stationery businesses, product makers, illustrators. You adapt the prompts to your own products and platform live during the session. If you don't sell on Etsy, you build the listing prompt for wherever you do sell - Pinterest, your website, a wholesale catalogue.

Is Creative Systems Lab about using AI to make art?

No. It's the opposite: AI runs the business, never makes the art. The art stays yours. Session 2 uses Claude to write, think, and communicate for your business - listings, customer replies, product ideas, content - not for generating images.

I missed the live session - am I too late?

Not at all. Session 2 is a free on-demand replay. Claim it with a free account and the full 90-minute session, the prompt library, and the take-home guide land in your library to watch and build from anytime. For future paid sessions: live only, and the recording is yours forever after.