Welcome to your weekly Brew & AI
Each week, I’ll share one blog, one tool, and one tip to make sense of AI - no jargon, no hype, just simple insights you can actually use.
Grab your coffee - let’s dive in. 👇
☕ AI in the news
Google AI Studio: Google just launched their version of vibe coding in AI Studio. Not too late to the party yet.
Their killer differentiator - “Annotate mode”. Just highlight elements that need changing, add a comment, and done. I’ve been playing around with an app concept I had in mind, and it’s quite good at getting things done.
Big updates from Anthropic: Claude now has skills, which are essentially instructions that you can save in its memory and have it reference them at any point. Think about including your writing style in detail, and then not having to share it with every single prompt, just tell Claude to check its writing skill.
Claude also launched Haiku-4.5, a new model. I didn’t get the big deal with model updates earlier, but this is interesting. If you code with Claude or use it often, the new Haiku model is lighter, with quicker responses and more usage limits for daily tasks.
☕ Tool of the week
n8n.io: n8n is like having a barista who remembers every order and automatically prepares it the same way every time - except it's also connecting all your business apps to work together seamlessly.
Instead of manually juggling data between tools, n8n automates workflows by connecting anything to anything, letting your team focus on what matters. It's powerful enough for complex automation but intuitive enough that non-technical team members can build workflows without touching code.
Perfect for professionals tired of repetitive tasks that eat up their day.
Here are some ideas to try out with n8n (my personal ones). There are another 500 listed here.
Automated portfolio tracker - Add your stocks to a Google sheet. Have n8n read the sheet, fetch prices online through a web request/API, and then send you an email every morning with portfolio updates.
Content creation - Add content topics to a Google sheet, n8n reads the sheet, speaks to Claude/ChatGPT, and updates the topics based on your instructions. Write back to the same sheet, or automate posting to your LinkedIn/X account
All other tools here
☕ Tip of the week
This one’s a personal favorite. Even more useful with Claude/ChatGPT both integrating directly with slack right now.
Your team makes critical decisions scattered across Slack threads, DMs, and channel replies. Six months later, you can't find why you chose vendor X over Y, or who committed to what deadline. New team members inherit confusion, and you waste 3-5 hours per quarter just reconstructing decisions that should be documented.
Use Claude Projects to upload your entire Slack export, then systematically extract decisions with a structured prompt that captures the decision, reasoning, stakeholders, and current status. This creates a searchable decision audit trail you can reference instantly.
You are a decision extraction specialist. Analyze the following Slack conversation data and extract ALL business decisions made.
For each decision, provide:
1. Decision statement (what was decided)
2. Proposed by (who suggested it)
3. Date proposed
4. Reasoning (why this decision)
5. Stakeholders involved (list names and their position: agreed/concerned/abstained)
6. Current status (active/completed/blocked/abandoned)
7. Related message timestamps or thread links
8. Business impact if quantifiable
Format as a structured list. Include ONLY explicit decisions—exclude opinions, questions, and casual chat.
Slack data:
[PASTE_YOUR_SLACK_EXPORT_HERE]
Extract decisions nowMore tips here
💛 P.S.
That’s it for this week’s brew.
I’d love to hear what you think - what you liked, what could be better, or what you’d love to see next.
Just hit reply - I read every message over my morning coffee ☕.
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