Table of Contents

Introduction

  1. Epigraph
  2. Foreword
  3. A Note Before You Start
  4. How to Use This Book
  5. What These Tools Actually Are
  6. Your First Three Conversations
  7. The Free Tier Playbook
  8. How to Ask for What You Actually Want

Part One: The Strategies

  1. Strategy 0: Specify
  2. Strategy 1: Decode
  3. Strategy 2: Prepare
  4. Strategy 3: Draft
  5. Strategy 4: Navigate
  6. Strategy 5: Decide
  7. Strategy 6: Diagnose
  8. Strategy 7: Research
  9. Strategy 8: Assert
  10. Strategy 9: Create

Part Two: The Field Guide

  1. Part Two: The Field Guide
  2. Health
  3. Money
  4. Legal
  5. Home
  6. Life
  7. Work
  8. Civic
  9. Chores
  10. IRL Interactions
  11. Computer & Web
  12. Creative
  13. Transportation

Part Three: The General Method

  1. The General Specification Method
  2. When to Use AI and When to Use a Human
  3. Getting Consistent, Reliable Answers
  4. Advanced Free Tier Strategies
  5. Teaching This to Someone You Love

Appendices

  1. Appendix B: Spec Interview Starters
  2. Appendix C: Free Tools Reference
  3. Appendix D: When You Need a Real Professional
  4. Appendix E: Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals
  5. Appendix G: Feature Translation Table
  6. Appendix H: Expressing Ideas Digitally
  7. Appendix I: Specification Literacy as a Middle School Standard
  8. Appendix J: Working with Text — How Your Agent Reads
  9. A Final Note: The Information Was Always There