Michael Gardon · CHIEF AI Accelerator

The program map

Every phase, module, and reference in the accelerator, in one place. Open it while you're in the work, not just once.

Click a phase to see its modules

Phase 0 · Get started

Set the foundation.

Level-set, get oriented, and get in the door.

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Pre-work

Bring Your Chief Up To Speed

What to forward before Session 1.

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0.1 · Mental Model

You just hired a brilliant Chief of Staff

The working model that makes AI compound for you.

0.2 · Frontier Models

Get on a frontier model

What a frontier model is, and why the paid tier is worth it.

0.4 · Getting Set Up

On the right tier, into the tool, through one real interaction.

0.5 · What to Watch For

What to Watch For

Limits, hallucination, the verify posture, what not to paste.

Phase 1 · Tool

Perfect the interaction.

Get better results from pure interaction.

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1.1 · The 4 Ds

Getting Better Results: The 4 Ds

The common AI failures, and the four levers that fix them.

1.2 · Description

Scope what you actually want

The 4 C's, the four sources of context, before/after on real work.

1.3 · Discernment

Discernment

Judging what comes back: quality, accuracy, fit.

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1.4 · Delegation

Delegation

Deciding what's yours and what's the AI's.

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1.5 · Diligence

Diligence

Owning the output as your work.

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Phase 2 · Collaborate

Ship work with you.

Skills, workflows and encoded context.

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2.1 · Conversation Continuity

Continue your work across a new thread, without repeating yourself

The status doc, the three ways to keep it current, and your first skill.

2.2 · Projects & Context

Projects & Context

Graduate your context into a project so it loads on its own.

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2.3 · Encoding Judgment

Encoding Judgment

Turn your standards into reusable instructions.

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Phase 3 · Delegate

Work that runs without you

Scope and automate.

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3.1 · Trust Calibration

Delegation & Trust Calibration

Build the judgment to let work run on its own.

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Proof · Case studies

What it looks like in the wild.

Real founders, real outcomes from the work.

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Case Study · Daniel

Found nearly $900,000 in his own books

The lever, not the labor. One working session, a founder's own data.

Case Study · Fitness OS

Built my own food logging app

Every food app I tried, I quit. So I stopped shopping and wrote the spec. A few chat sessions, no code.

Reference

The reference library

Standing references and decision aids, open them anytime.

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Build Your Claude Strategist

Stand up your first project and let the coach write your context files.

How AI Thinks & Remembers

The plain-English version of what's happening inside the box.

Getting Better Results

The five failure modes, the iteration mindset, a lightweight eval.

AI Vocab Across Tools

The same feature, named across Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini.

A decision tree for picking the right AI surface for the job.

Chat vs. Cowork

When to use a chat window, and when to use Cowork mode.

Make Claude Know You

Set one global instruction so Claude reads your about-me and voice in every chat.

Working With Projects

Set up, structure, and maintain a project that actually helps.