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First AI OS

Build Your First AI OS

End the cohort with your own AI OS running while you sleep.

You bought 11 AI tools. None of them talk to each other.

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Who this is for

Founders, operators, and senior solos who want a personal automation OS that handles their recurring work.

  • Founders running 11+ AI tools that do not connect
  • Business owners eating 15+ hours of recurring work per week
  • Senior solos who need to scale before they hire
  • Anyone who already shipped one AI workflow and wants the OS

What you ship

5 connected automations running on a central event bus, saving 15-30 hours per week, with a hand-off plan for VAs or contractors.

15-30 hours back per week, every week
  • 5 production automations live
  • Central event bus connecting them
  • Daily/weekly trigger schedules
  • Hand-off doc for VA / contractor
  • Cost-per-run dashboard

You went from AI tool-user to AI OS owner. The OS runs your operating layer.

Week by week

1

Identify the 5 flows

Ships: 5 flow candidates picked + ROI math + go/no-go per flow

Live session: Wednesday 12pm ET · 90 min · Map your operating layer and pick the right 5 flows.

Workshops

  • Map your operating layer (10 min audit)
  • The 5 flows that are 80% of your time
  • Pick 5 candidates that are paste-in/paste-out shape
  • ROI math per flow

Homework

  • Run the operating layer audit
  • Score each candidate by hours-saved
  • Write input/output diagrams for the 5 picks

Success criteria

  • 5 flows scoped with input/output diagrams
  • Hours-saved estimate per flow
2

First automation: email triage

Ships: Email triage automation live in your real inbox

Live session: Wednesday 12pm ET · 90 min · Pick a platform and ship your first real automation.

Workshops

  • n8n vs Make: pick your platform
  • First trigger: Gmail/Outlook to AI processor to drafted reply folder
  • Voice calibration so replies sound like you
  • Stress-test with 1 week of real inbox

Homework

  • Set up the platform account
  • Wire the email trigger
  • Run drafts on 1 week of real email and tune voice

Success criteria

  • Trigger fires on real email
  • Drafts land in correct folder
  • Voice passes the read-aloud test
3

Second automation: meeting prep + recap

Ships: Meeting prep + recap automation live

Live session: Wednesday 12pm ET · 90 min · Calendar-driven prep and post-meeting recaps.

Workshops

  • Calendar trigger to AI agent pulls context to pre-brief in your inbox 30 min before
  • Post-meeting: transcript to summary to action items in your task system
  • Connecting to your second brain if you have one

Homework

  • Wire the calendar trigger
  • Test pre-briefs on 5 real meetings
  • Test recaps on 5 real meetings

Success criteria

  • Pre-brief delivered for 5 real meetings
  • Recap pushed to task system for 5 real meetings
4

Third automation: status reporting

Ships: Weekly status report automation running

Live session: Wednesday 12pm ET · 90 min · Aggregate the week and ship the report on a schedule.

Workshops

  • Aggregate: tasks done, metrics moved, blockers
  • Output: Slack post + email + dashboard update
  • Weekly trigger schedule
  • Office hours: week 4 1-on-1 with Rajiv (30 min) to review your 3 automations and unblock issues

Homework

  • Wire the aggregation logic
  • Send the report for 1 real week
  • Track stakeholder open rate

Success criteria

  • Status report delivered for 1 real week
  • Stakeholders read it (track open rate)
5

Fourth automation: decision support

Ships: Decision support automation live

Live session: Wednesday 12pm ET · 90 min · Run real decisions through a structured agent.

Workshops

  • Input: a decision you face to AI runs structured analysis to output decision memo
  • Pulling from second brain if available
  • When to trust the agent vs override

Homework

  • Run 3 real decisions through the agent
  • Log 1 full decision memo
  • Note where you overrode the agent and why

Success criteria

  • 3 real decisions run through the agent
  • 1 decision memo logged
6

Fifth automation: output generation

Ships: Output generation automation live + 5 outputs shipped

Live session: Wednesday 12pm ET · 90 min · Wire your highest-value output to a repeatable pipeline.

Workshops

  • Pick: writing / proposals / content / briefs
  • Connect input format to output template
  • Voice and quality calibration
  • Edge case handling

Homework

  • Pick your output type
  • Build the input-to-output pipeline
  • Generate and ship 5 real outputs

Success criteria

  • 5 outputs generated and shipped (not just drafted)
7

Connect via central event bus

Ships: 5 automations wired to a central event bus, cost dashboard live

Live session: Wednesday 12pm ET · 90 min · Wire the 5 flows together so they trigger each other.

Workshops

  • Why an event bus matters
  • n8n / Make as the orchestration layer
  • How the 5 automations talk to each other
  • Failure handling + retries
  • Cost-per-run dashboard
  • Office hours: week 7 1-on-1 (30 min) for architecture review

Homework

  • Wire the event bus
  • Test downstream triggers across all 5 flows
  • Stand up the cost dashboard

Success criteria

  • Event bus running
  • Each automation can trigger downstream actions
  • Cost dashboard shows monthly burn
8

Hand-off + maintenance

Ships: Hand-off runbook + maintenance plan + 30-day check-in scheduled

Live session: Wednesday 12pm ET · 90 min · Make the OS hand-off ready and plan the next 90 days.

Workshops

  • Hand-off doc for VA / contractor (the runbook)
  • Monitoring: when to know an automation broke
  • 30-60-90 day maintenance plan
  • When to add automation 6, 7, 8
  • Final cohort showcase + alumni community

Homework

  • Write the runbook and have another person test it
  • Wire monitoring alerts
  • Calendar the maintenance plan

Success criteria

  • Runbook complete and tested by another person
  • Monitoring alerts wired
  • Maintenance plan calendared

Companion materials

Everything you need to ship, in-platform

Weeks
8
Workbooks
8
Prompts
43
Templates
32

32 homework tasks · weekly live sessions · capstone showcase

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Q4 2026 -- Oct 26 to Dec 21

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Q2 2027 -- Apr 6 to May 31

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Format

  • Weekly live session: Wednesday 12pm ET, 90 min
  • Homework: 3 to 4 hours per week
  • Slack community open 24/7
  • Office hours: 1:1 with Rajiv mid-cohort
  • Lifetime access to recordings
  • Final cohort showcase

Your instructor

Rajiv [last name]

Founder. Operator. Florida-based. Builds AI systems for himself and ships the patterns to you. Bio placeholder for Rajiv to personalize.

Real questions. Real answers.

Who is this cohort for?
Founders, operators, and senior solos who want a personal automation OS that handles their recurring work.
How is this different from Second Brain?
First AI OS automates your recurring work to save 15 to 30 hours per week. Second Brain organizes your thinking. They stack. Pick what hurts most right now.
What are the prerequisites?
Required: have already shipped one workflow on the platform (Leader/Worker/Solo).
What if I fall behind?
Every session is recorded. Slack stays open the full cohort. Rajiv answers questions in Slack daily. Office hours give you a 1:1 if you stall.
Payment or transfer policy?
All sales are final and seats are limited, so we do not offer refunds once you enroll. If you cannot continue, you may transfer to the next cohort with 7 days notice. Try the free workflows first to confirm it is a fit.

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