A friendly, 7-day learning sprint to help you lead URBANtxt forward using Claude AI — no coding required.
You don't need to code. You need to direct, evaluate, and inspire. Think of yourself as a film director — you don't operate the camera, but you give the cinematographer the right direction. Your job this week:
Define exactly how AI should serve URBANtxt's mission — not just what it can do.
Know what to ask developers before, during, and after they build AI tools for you.
Recognize quality AI output from shortcuts, hype, and hallucinations.
Guard youth participants from AI risks: bias, privacy violations, harmful outputs.
You don't need to memorize all of this. Bookmark this page. Come back before every dev meeting. These 10 terms will make you sound fluent in AI — and they'll help you on the quiz at the bottom! 👇
| Term | What It Means for You |
|---|---|
| API | A door between two apps — how Claude connects to your email, Slack, databases, or any tool you use. |
| Agent | AI that takes real-world actions on its own — it can check email, fill forms, send messages, not just answer questions. |
| Prompt Engineering | The skill of writing instructions that get consistent, high-quality results from AI every single time. |
| Context Window | How much the AI can "hold in memory" at once — like a whiteboard that gets erased when it's full. |
| RAG | Retrieval-Augmented Generation — feeding AI your own documents so it answers from YOUR data, not generic knowledge. |
| Fine-tuning | Training an AI model specifically on your org's style, tone, and content so it sounds like URBANtxt. |
| Webhook | An automatic trigger — "when a new donor signs up, fire this action automatically." |
| Token | How AI measures text — roughly 1 word = 1 token. This directly affects your cost and speed. |
| Hallucination | When AI confidently states something completely false. Always verify important facts Claude gives you. |
| LLM | Large Language Model — the AI engine behind Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and all major AI tools. |
Two hours a day. One clear focus. By Day 7 you'll be ready to brief your dev team on URBANtxt's AI vision with confidence.
Sign up at claude.ai. Upload a work doc. Ask it to summarize, rewrite, and improve it.
Practice the formula: Role + Context + Task. Try it on 5 real work problems you face daily.
Have Claude draft an SOP, job description, or 90-day onboarding plan for a real team role.
Upload a budget or grant. Ask Claude to find gaps, write a narrative, build a donor pitch.
Build a training module for a staff role. Create Socratic questions to sharpen your team's thinking.
In Claude.ai create a Project called "URBANtxt". Upload your mission, org chart, and key docs.
Write a 1-page AI vision document for URBANtxt. Present it to your developers with confidence.
Use Claude as your translator between your vision and what your developers build. Before every dev meeting, paste this prompt into Claude:
5 Questions to Ask Your Developers Every Time:
Copy any of these into claude.ai. Replace the brackets with your specifics and watch what happens.
Click any card to open the link. Start with the websites on Days 1–2, then watch videos throughout the week.
The best free guide to writing effective AI prompts. Start with "Introduction" then "Basic Applications." Use on Day 2.
Official guides, tutorials, and tips directly from the makers of Claude. Bookmark this — it answers 90% of how-to questions.
Written for executives. Covers how to use Claude as a strategic tool. Read this on Day 1.
Step-by-step guide for leaders with no tech background. Covers AI strategy, tools, and team leadership. Read Days 3–4.
Free to audit. IBM-designed. No technical background needed. Start Day 2 and work through across the week.
Skill Leap AI channel — Search: "Claude AI full tutorial 2025" once you're on the channel. Perfect for Day 1.
The AI Advantage channel — Practical, no-fluff tutorials for non-technical business users.
Official Anthropic channel. Watch "Intro to Claude" and the Claude Projects walkthrough. Straight from the source.
Matt Wolfe channel — Search: "prompt engineering for beginners." Weekly AI tool reviews everyone can follow.
Learn to set up Projects in Claude.ai for URBANtxt. Do this on Day 6.
Real nonprofits showing how they use AI for fundraising, programs, and operations.
Communication strategies between executives and tech teams. Watch before Day 7.
Understand agents before guiding your dev team on building them for URBANtxt.
Ideas for integrating AI learning in youth programs — directly useful for URBANtxt's coaching mission.
Your first step toward email agents and workflow automation — no code required.
Get it right → fireworks + "You Are Awesome!" 🎆 | Wrong once → encouraging message + try again | Wrong twice → a helpful tip appears. You've got this!