ARTIFICIALLY NERDY · NERDY HACKS

AI hacks for coaches

Real AI shortcuts from and for coaches, credited to the people who shared them.

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11 real examples so far, each with the tool, the result and a prompt to try. Free tools first where we can.

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Claude + 4

Son rebuilds his mother's career-coaching site with Claude

A son moved his 70-year-old mother's resume and career-coaching business off an old WordPress site to a new site built with Claude, with Calendly bookings.

Revenue quadrupled in two months · their claim

WEBSITE REBUILDONLINE BOOKING

Spotted on u/gosuruss

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Claude Code + 5

Small business AI coach builds a Calendly-style booking page with Claude Code

A small business AI coach used Claude Code and a free open source repo to build their own booking page with meeting types, Google Calendar sync, Zoom links and branded confirmation emails.

BOOKING PAGEAPPOINTMENTS

Spotted on Alice Bazdikian

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ChatGPT + 1

Business coach builds a content tracker in Google Sheets with ChatGPT, then trims its ideas

A coach who admits spreadsheets aren't their strength asks ChatGPT which columns and dropdowns a content tracker needs, cuts what's too granular, and builds a reusable video and blog tracker in Google Sheets.

CONTENT TRACKERGOOGLE SHEETS

Spotted on Work With Rita

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iPhone Voice Memos + 1

Salesperson records calls in iPhone Voice Memos and has Claude break them down instead of paying for call software

Instead of a paid call-recording tool, a salesperson records sales calls with iPhone Voice Memos, uses the built-in transcribe button, and pastes the text into Claude with a checklist prompt that grades talk time, objections, hedging language and missed questions.

Call analysis without a subscription · their claim

SALES CALLSCALL REVIEW

Spotted on @revenumaxxing

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Claude + 2

AI coach turns one rough idea into a Substack article and a week of Notes with a Claude skill

An AI coach gives a custom Claude skill one rough idea and gets back a full Substack article, five to seven Notes and a posting schedule. They spend 20 to 30 minutes making it sound like them, then store it all in Notion.

Review takes twenty to thirty minutes · their claim

SUBSTACK NOTESCONTENT BANK

Spotted on Angelina Shively (AI Coaching with Angelina)

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Claude + 4

Beauty business podcaster turns each episode transcript into show notes, a blog, an email and more with Claude

A podcaster who coaches salon and clinic owners puts every episode transcript into Claude and asks for YouTube and podcast show notes, a title, a blog post, a database email, a caption and a magazine-style article.

SHOW NOTESREPURPOSING

Spotted on Katie Godfrey

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Claude Cowork + 3

Shopify store owner has Claude triage the support inbox twice a day

An ecommerce coach's own Shopify store runs a Claude Cowork scheduled task at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. that reads support emails, checks the Shopify order and drafts a reply in Gmail for a person to send.

Hours of inbox time · their claim

CUSTOMER SERVICEEMAIL TRIAGE

Spotted on Brendan Gillen

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Claude Desktop + 2

Descript coach lets Claude cut bad takes, add chapters and publish a tutorial through Descript's connector

A Descript trainer connected Claude Desktop to Descript and had it remove bad takes and filler words, add chapter titles, speed up long pauses and publish the project, then counted the credits it used.

MCP CONNECTORBAD TAKES

Spotted on Make Videos with Ross

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Perplexity

Every Sunday, a content coach has Perplexity research audience pain points and builds the week's posts around them

A coach who grows audiences for founders gives Perplexity a full picture of the person and what they sell, asks for their ideal customers' pain points and recent conversation topics, and plans that week's content from the answers.

CONTENT PLANNINGAUDIENCE RESEARCH

Spotted on @arnoeu_

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Gemini + 1

Parent scans textbook pages and has Gemini make quizzes and spelling drills for the kids

A parent photographs pages from the kids' textbooks and has Gemini turn them into multiple-choice quizzes, spelling-error texts to correct and dictation practice, plus asks it for coaching on helping with hard topics.

HOMEWORKQUIZZES

Spotted on u/LegitimateHall4467

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Gamma + 2

Freelancer turns a coach's tired PDF freebie into a Gamma lead-magnet deck with a video and sign-up form

A freelance assistant rebuilt a fintech coach's outdated budget PDF as a Gamma presentation in about 30 minutes, with a short Loom walkthrough and a Typeform sign-up embedded, and says it brought in 27 qualified leads in 48 hours.

LEAD MAGNETFREEBIE

Spotted on @EkawuFreedom

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