Stage 2 — Create Your Own AI Companion
Go from a generic chatbot to a useful, personal AI experience with your chosen personality, working style and continuity. Build, test and maintain a companion that fits you — without pretending it has abilities it doesn’t.
24-LESSON SYLLABUS PLANNED PREMIUM COURSE IN DEVELOPMENTProposed price: £15. Not available to purchase or enrol in yet.
Who is this for?
For anyone who wants a more personal, consistent AI assistant. No programming required; Stage 1 is helpful but not mandatory.
What you’ll be able to do
- Design a personality and communication style you actually enjoy using.
- Give clear instructions for learning, planning and everyday collaboration.
- Understand memory, its limitations and how to preserve context safely.
- Test whether your companion is useful, reliable and consistent.
- Keep ownership of a portable specification you can update.
Try a complete Stage 2 sample lesson
Build a personality blueprint, see before-and-after conversations, test three scenarios and improve it with a simple scoring rubric.
Take the free sample lessonA real result, not just a lecture
Every course is being designed around a result you can keep: a tested companion blueprint or a safe technical project with documented evidence and checks.
Open the free Companion Blueprint StudioCompanion Builder: 12 free templates
Open twelve practical, reusable prompt templates covering the core skills of this course. Test them using fictional or approved data, keep the versions that work and improve them as you learn.
Explore all 12 templatesCompanion Stress Test
Four realistic scenarios, twelve criteria and an exportable self-assessment. Build a companion, test its behaviour and improve the instructions.
Test your companionSix substantial modules. Twenty-four lessons.
This is the detailed learning plan, not a claim that all 24 lessons are already available. Full tutorials, practical projects, assessment materials and teaching examples are being developed.
01 · Design Your Companion
- What a personal AI companion can and cannot do
- Choose its purpose, jobs and ideal daily uses
- Define personality, boundaries and decision authority
- Create your Companion Design Brief
Each lesson is planned to include an explanation, worked example, hands-on exercise and knowledge check.
02 · Build a Distinctive Personality
- Turn personality traits into useful instructions
- Design tone, humour, style and conversational initiative
- Teach communication, learning and constructive disagreement
- Test real conversations and revise the voice
Each lesson is planned to include an explanation, worked example, hands-on exercise and knowledge check.
03 · Memory, Context and Continuity
- Understand conversation context and available memory features
- Choose useful personal context without oversharing
- Create history, preferences, decisions and actions records
- Build a portable continuity and handover pack
Each lesson is planned to include an explanation, worked example, hands-on exercise and knowledge check.
04 · Make It Useful in Everyday Life
- Configure your chosen AI service and its actual features
- Create routines for planning, learning and creativity
- Explore appropriate voice, images and document assistance
- Separate home and work information safely
Each lesson is planned to include an explanation, worked example, hands-on exercise and knowledge check.
05 · Test, Improve and Protect Your Companion
- Build a twenty-scenario conversation test suite
- Measure helpfulness, personality consistency and accuracy
- Version your instructions and catch unwanted changes
- Set privacy, permissions and escalation boundaries
Each lesson is planned to include an explanation, worked example, hands-on exercise and knowledge check.
06 · Launch and Maintain Your Companion
- Assemble the complete companion personality blueprint
- Test three genuine everyday use cases
- Plan backups, updates and provider portability
- Present your companion and a personal improvement roadmap
Each lesson is planned to include an explanation, worked example, hands-on exercise and knowledge check.
Make something you can use
Your own versioned AI companion blueprint, tested in an AI service of your choice, with approved context, communication rules, a twenty-scenario test set and a continuity/maintenance pack.