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Productivity
Summarise Your Emails with AI
Spend less time in your inbox. Learn how to paste your emails into ChatGPT and get clear summaries and suggested replies in seconds.
Home Setup
Set Up a Local AI That Costs $0/Month
Run a powerful AI assistant on your own computer — no subscription, no data sent to the cloud. This recipe walks you through Ollama and Open WebUI.
Career
Write Better Job Applications with AI
Let AI help you tailor your cover letter and resume to each job posting without it sounding robotic. A simple, repeatable workflow.
Small Business
Transcribe and Summarise Meetings
Never lose track of what was decided in a meeting again. This recipe uses Otter.ai to transcribe and ChatGPT to pull out action items automatically.
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