The AI Shed

Recipe library

AI recipes

Step-by-step setups for real AI workflows — written for people who aren't tech experts.

15 recipes

Small Business

A month of social posts in one afternoon

Once a month, spend an afternoon generating and scheduling all your social content. Claude writes the posts, you review and approve, Postiz handles the scheduling. One afternoon of work, one month of consistent presence.

BeginnerFree

Home & Personal

AI meal planner from what's in your fridge

Tell your AI what's in your fridge, any dietary restrictions, and how many people you're feeding. Get a week of practical dinner ideas with a combined shopping list for what you're missing. No setup required if you use Claude.ai.

BeginnerFree

Restaurant & Food Business

Draft WeChat customer messages in Chinese

Many Metro Vancouver Chinese-community businesses handle customer enquiries on WeChat. If your written Chinese is rusty or you want to respond more formally than you would normally write, paste the message into Claude and get a polished reply in seconds.

BeginnerFree

Restaurant & Food Business

Generate catering quotes and event proposals

After a catering inquiry call, turn your rough notes into a professional proposal with itemized menu, pricing, deposit terms, and a warm cover letter. Email it within the hour — speed closes catering clients.

BeginnerFree

Restaurant & Food Business

Instagram captions for your food photos — in 30 seconds

You took a great photo of today's special. Now you need a caption. Describe the dish and your brand vibe, get an Instagram caption in English and Chinese with local hashtags — ready to drop into Postiz and schedule.

BeginnerFree

Restaurant & Food Business

Menu descriptions in English and Chinese (or any language)

Write your dish names and a brief description in whatever language is natural for you. Your AI writes polished menu copy in both English and Chinese — warm and descriptive for Canadian customers, natural and authentic for your Chinese-speaking regulars.

BeginnerFree

Small Business

Never ignore a Google review again

Check your Google Business Profile twice a week. When you see a new review, paste it into Claude and get a warm, professional draft response in seconds. You edit if needed, then post. Takes 2 minutes per review. No apps to install, no API keys, works today.

BeginnerFree

Restaurant & Food Business

Respond to Chinese-language Google reviews

When a customer leaves a review in Chinese, responding in their language shows real care and builds community trust. Paste the review into Claude, get a warm response in the same language, post it to Google Business Profile. Takes 3 minutes.

BeginnerFree

Restaurant & Food Business

Seasonal drink special ideas — generated for your shop

Describe your shop's style and the current season, and your AI generates 5 new drink concepts complete with English and Chinese names, ingredient lists, menu descriptions, and Instagram captions ready to schedule.

BeginnerFree

Seniors & Accessibility

Set up an AI assistant for a senior family member

Set up a simple, easy-to-use AI assistant for a parent or grandparent. Takes under an hour. Leaves them with a clear one-page guide so they can use it independently. Works best as a family visit project — bring your laptop and set it up together.

BeginnerFree

Home & Personal

Summarize your inbox every morning

Every morning n8n reads your unread Gmail, passes it to your local AI, and emails you a plain-English summary of the 5 most important messages. Your emails are processed on your own computer and never stored anywhere.

IntermediateFree

Trades & Home Services

Turn your job notes into a professional estimate

Walk a job site, take rough notes on your phone, paste them into Claude, get a professional written estimate back. Looks like you have an office team. Takes 10 minutes.

BeginnerFree

Small Business

Write job postings in 5 minutes

Hiring is stressful. This recipe gets you from 'I need someone' to a polished job posting in under 10 minutes. Describe the role informally, and your AI turns it into a proper listing.

BeginnerFree

Home & Personal

Your AI morning briefing

Every morning at 7am, your Mac Mini pulls today's weather, your calendar events, and top headlines — and emails you a plain-English summary. No subscriptions, runs on your own hardware. Setup takes about an hour, mostly waiting for accounts.

IntermediateFree

Home & Personal

Your own AI — free forever, no subscription

Install Ollama and Open WebUI on your Mac or PC. You get a ChatGPT-like interface running entirely on your own computer — no account, no subscription, no data sent anywhere.

BeginnerFree