Free field guidesNo. 01

26 AI tools and skills you’re told to learn this month

Here is the whole pile in one place. Each one is real and useful. Learning all of them is a second job.

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26 AI tools and skills you’re told to learn this month: free one-page cheat sheet from Hire the Machines

All 26, and what each one is

AnthropicOpenAIxAIgray: no one company’s

  1. 01Claude Projectssaved context for a body of work
  2. 02Claude Skillsreusable know-how Claude loads on demand
  3. 03Claude Codean AI that writes and runs software
  4. 04SubagentsAIs handing work to other AIs
  5. 05Claude CoworkClaude doing multi-step work in the cloud
  6. 06Claude Dueta Claude that messages you first
  7. 07Connectors (MCP)plugging AI into the apps you use
  8. 08Browser agentsAI that clicks around websites for you
  9. 09Model routingwhich model for which job, and why it matters
  10. 10Prompt cachingnot paying twice for the same context
  11. 11ChatGPT DotsOpenAI agents that chase a goal
  12. 12Custom GPTsprebuilt ChatGPT helpers
  13. 13CodexOpenAI’s coding agent
  14. 14Grok botsxAI agents that work around the clock
  15. 15Grok ImagineAI images and video
  16. 16Voice agentsAI that makes and takes phone calls
  17. 17AI avatarsvideo of “you” without filming
  18. 18Automation toolsn8n, Zapier and Make wiring apps together
  19. 19RAGgetting AI to read your own documents
  20. 20Evalstesting whether the AI is actually right
  21. 21Guardrailswhat the AI is never allowed to do
  22. 22API keys and spend capskeeping the bill from exploding
  23. 23Hooksautomatic checks on everything an agent does
  24. 24Memorywhat the AI remembers between chats
  25. 25Agent boardswhere AIs talk to other AIs
  26. 26Model updatesre-tuning it all when a new model drops

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