Course

Custom Skills 101

Nate Grahek AI Educator @ The Rundown University

7 chapters · 1h 15m

About this course

Learn how to identify, design, and build reusable Claude custom skills that turn repeatable workflows into reliable AI-powered tools.

What you'll learn

6 outcomes

Find Skill Opportunities

Identify repetitive, low-risk tasks where saved instructions, examples, and templates can improve repeatability.

Design Reliable Instructions

Build skill recipes that define context, standards, review steps, guardrails, and when to pause for human judgment.

Organize AI Tooling

Differentiate connectors, projects, skills, and plugins so each workflow has the right access, context, and process.

Use Existing Skills

Test built-in or public skills with real inputs and compare outputs against brand, quality, risk, and style standards.

Refine Skill Outputs

Coach outputs with targeted feedback and lock successful changes into personalized skills for future use.

Chain Workflows

Sequence brainstorming, drafting, building, and packaging across specialized skills with clean handoffs between stages.

Course curriculum

1 part · 7 chapters

Your instructor

Nate Grahek AI Educator @ The Rundown University

Nate is a SaaS founder and Fractional CMO who helps product-driven businesses build marketing systems that actually work — without the fluff. He's spent years helping founders and operators cut through marketing complexity and put the right things on autopilot.

At Rundown University, Nate brings that same hands-on, no-jargon approach to AI education. His workshops and courses focus on practical automation and AI workflows you can deploy the same day — no engineering background required. If you've ever wanted to use AI to get your time back, Nate shows you exactly how.

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