ChatGPT · Beginner
ChatGPT Operator: Prompt to Autonomy
Learn ChatGPT by doing the work yourself. Write clearer prompts, organise context, verify research, analyse files, build reusable workflows, and practise bounded automation. Each level ends with a practical capstone. Use your own ChatGPT account; tool availability depends on your plan and workspace, with manual alternatives included.
17 h 5 min60 of 60 tasks live
Curriculum
6 levels, 60 tasks, built to be done in order.
01Level 1 · Clear Prompts10 tasks · Turn ordinary questions into useful, checkable requests.10 tasks
- Send your first useful promptpractice · 10 min
- Replace a vague requestpractice · 10 min
- Choose an audiencepractice · 10 min
- Define the output shapepractice · 10 min
- Supply a style examplepractice · 10 min
- Add useful constraintspractice · 10 min
- Invite clarifying questionspractice · 10 min
- Revise with specific feedbackpractice · 10 min
- Separate facts from guessespractice · 10 min
- Capstone · Build a prompt recipeproject · 30 min
02Level 2 · Context & Working Briefs10 tasks · Give ChatGPT the right information and carry decisions between sessions.10 tasks
- Map your available toolspractice · 12 min
- Write a one-page briefpractice · 12 min
- Label source materialpractice · 12 min
- Resolve conflicting notespractice · 12 min
- Set working preferencespractice · 12 min
- Trim unnecessary contextpractice · 12 min
- Ask for a source-bound answerpractice · 12 min
- Record decisionspractice · 12 min
- Handoff to a fresh chatpractice · 12 min
- Capstone · Create a context kitproject · 35 min
03Level 3 · Research & Verification10 tasks · Turn questions and sources into defensible conclusions.10 tasks
- Frame a research questionpractice · 15 min
- Make a research planpractice · 15 min
- Find primary sourcespractice · 15 min
- Build a claim ledgerpractice · 15 min
- Check whether a link proves the claimpractice · 15 min
- Handle missing informationpractice · 15 min
- Notice dates and scopepractice · 15 min
- Challenge a recommendationpractice · 15 min
- Defuse an instruction in a sourcepractice · 15 min
- Capstone · Write a decision memoproject · 45 min
04Level 4 · Files, Data & Deliverables10 tasks · Create useful outputs and verify their contents yourself.10 tasks
- Prepare a tiny datasetpractice · 15 min
- Calculate and verify a totalpractice · 15 min
- Find a data-quality problempractice · 15 min
- Specify a cleaning rulepractice · 15 min
- Choose an honest chartpractice · 15 min
- Write an evidence-based summarypractice · 15 min
- Turn notes into a documentpractice · 15 min
- Inspect the exported resultpractice · 15 min
- Revise one specific sectionpractice · 15 min
- Capstone · Deliver an event packproject · 45 min
05Level 5 · Reusable Workflows & Tools10 tasks · Package repeatable work with clear inputs, outputs, and review steps.10 tasks
- Select a repeatable taskpractice · 15 min
- Define an input contractpractice · 15 min
- Save a reusable templatepractice · 15 min
- Test a second scenariopractice · 15 min
- Test a missing inputpractice · 15 min
- Split drafting and reviewpractice · 15 min
- Map a connected toolpractice · 15 min
- Retrieve narrowlypractice · 15 min
- Define the approval boundarypractice · 15 min
- Capstone · Package a workflowproject · 45 min
06Level 6 · Bounded Autonomy10 tasks · Delegate a complete task with limits, verification, and a clear stopping point.10 tasks
- Write a bounded objectivepractice · 18 min
- Set an effort budgetpractice · 18 min
- Choose an execution settingpractice · 18 min
- Review a plan before executionpractice · 18 min
- Run a supervised dry runpractice · 18 min
- Introduce a stop conditionpractice · 18 min
- Recover from missing accesspractice · 18 min
- Design a schedulepractice · 18 min
- Audit a completed runpractice · 18 min
- Capstone · Operate a bounded workflowproject · 60 min