Ev Chapman

Ev Chapman

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Creator and systems thinker; personal knowledge systems and creative consistency

Ask AI for Complete Thoughts, Not Label‑style Snippets
SocialMar 29, 2026

Ask AI for Complete Thoughts, Not Label‑style Snippets

A surprisingly simple prompt that I use all the time when asking AI to write something for me: ↓ "Write complete thoughts, not compressed label-style phrases dressed up as sentences." BAD: Each week is one workflow, one habit to practice. GOOD: Each week...

By Ev Chapman
Custom Dashboards Turn Hyo HQ Into All‑In‑One Business Hub
SocialMar 28, 2026

Custom Dashboards Turn Hyo HQ Into All‑In‑One Business Hub

Adding the ability to create custom dashboards in Hyo HQ. The idea is: - You connect the tools you use in your business via MCP, API, CLI. - You tell Hyo what dashboards & data you need to track. - And then you...

By Ev Chapman
AI-Powered IDE Tailored for Knowledge Workers
SocialMar 27, 2026

AI-Powered IDE Tailored for Knowledge Workers

WHAT?!? 🤯 I asked Claude to build me an all in one AI Operating System for working with Claude Code. An hour later here we are... → Full ability to chat with Claude Code → Markdown file browser/editor built right in I've been using VS...

By Ev Chapman
AI Chief of Staff Turns Chaos Into Seamless Daily Flow
SocialMar 27, 2026

AI Chief of Staff Turns Chaos Into Seamless Daily Flow

Before I set up my AI chief of staff: ↓ - I'd spend 20 minutes every morning figuring out what to work on - Meeting prep meant scrambling through old emails five minutes before the call - Operational stuff like checking payments, following...

By Ev Chapman
Customize Claude Code UI to Match Your Brand
SocialMar 27, 2026

Customize Claude Code UI to Match Your Brand

You absolutely do not have to accept generic Claude Code front end design. This is the difference between accepting what Claude gives you on the first go & taking the time to train it on your brand & style. Also,...

By Ev Chapman
Twitter Leverages AI for Real‑Time SEO, Threads Lags
SocialMar 26, 2026

Twitter Leverages AI for Real‑Time SEO, Threads Lags

The difference between Twitter and Threads right now: Threads: AI can’t do SEO research for you it doesn’t have access to real time data. Twitter: I just hooked up Claude to SEMrush MCP and setup 5 skills to handle all my...

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Beyond Prompting: Core Skills for AI Collaboration
SocialMar 25, 2026

Beyond Prompting: Core Skills for AI Collaboration

4 skills that matter more than prompting in the age of AI: ↓ 1// Delegation. Knowing what to hand off & what actually needs your brain. Most people either delegate nothing or try to automate everything. 2// Communication. You can't just say...

By Ev Chapman
Speak, and Claude Code Builds Your Automations Instantly
SocialMar 24, 2026

Speak, and Claude Code Builds Your Automations Instantly

Before Claude Code, building an automation for my business looked like this: ↓ Log into Zapier. Pay for the plan that actually lets you do things. Spend two hours dragging boxes around a screen. Hit a wall because the integration you...

By Ev Chapman
Clarity, Not Prompting, Drives Effective AI Results
SocialMar 23, 2026

Clarity, Not Prompting, Drives Effective AI Results

The skill that's helped me most with AI isn't prompting. ↓ It's clarity. When I'm not clear on what I want, the conversation goes downhill fast. Because AI doesn't push back & say "that doesn't make sense." It just produces something mediocre...

By Ev Chapman
Integrate Your Apps, Let AI Become Your Operations Partner
SocialMar 22, 2026

Integrate Your Apps, Let AI Become Your Operations Partner

The single biggest thing that turned my AI chief of staff into an actual operational partner was connecting the tools I use everyday ↓ Once I did, I stopped logging into each platform and just ask my AI chief of staff...

By Ev Chapman
Threaded Docs Let AI Staff Remember Every Project Detail
SocialMar 19, 2026

Threaded Docs Let AI Staff Remember Every Project Detail

People ask me how my AI chief of staff remembers everything about what I'm working on. The answer: He keeps project docs that we call threads Here's what we capture: 1. Current state — What's built, what's live, what's half-done. 2. Decisions made...

By Ev Chapman
AI Generates My Weekly Plan with Deep‑Work Focus
SocialMar 18, 2026

AI Generates My Weekly Plan with Deep‑Work Focus

One prompt I run every Monday that plans my whole week: ↓ "Pull my goals for this quarter. Look at what I shipped last week and what rolled over. Check my calendar for the week ahead. Build me a realistic weekly...

By Ev Chapman
Turn AI Into a Project Memory Assistant
SocialMar 17, 2026

Turn AI Into a Project Memory Assistant

The single biggest upgrade to my AI setup: teaching it to keep running notes on every project I'm working on. ↓ Maybe I'm naive, but AI memory isn't hard or technical. My AI chief of staff just keeps a folder with...

By Ev Chapman
Claude's 1M Context Window Eliminates Conversation Compaction
SocialMar 17, 2026

Claude's 1M Context Window Eliminates Conversation Compaction

Claude 1M context window is SO good. I have not had to compact any conversations today 🎉

By Ev Chapman
Daily Dashboard Checks Boost Goal Attainment
SocialMar 15, 2026

Daily Dashboard Checks Boost Goal Attainment

Another day. Another dashboard built by Claude Code. Slowly converting every spreadsheet that ran my business into live dashboards that pull data directly. Today is my sales & revenue tracker. The cool thing is that Claude also messages me each morning with...

By Ev Chapman
AI-Powered Morning Brief Boosts Daily Productivity
SocialMar 15, 2026

AI-Powered Morning Brief Boosts Daily Productivity

My morning brief is by far my favourite skill I have built. Every morning AI delivers to me: 1. Calendar scan — What's on today, what needs prep, what's going to eat my deep work block. 2. Task triage — Pull today's...

By Ev Chapman
Let AI Trim Your To‑Do List Each Morning
SocialMar 12, 2026

Let AI Trim Your To‑Do List Each Morning

↓ Most people stall on AI because they can't figure out what to actually use it for. Here's what I tell them. Tomorrow morning, before you open your inbox, paste your task list into Claude (or whatever AI you use) and...

By Ev Chapman
AI Builds My Workshop Landing Page in Real-Time
SocialMar 11, 2026

AI Builds My Workshop Landing Page in Real-Time

Current Situation: Drinking coffee on my patio watching Claude build out a landing page for my new workshop ‘Think with AI’ in Webflow. This is what work looks like now 👌 https://t.co/as5kMj9PPB

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Personal Knowledge Systems Give AI Real Context
SocialMar 11, 2026

Personal Knowledge Systems Give AI Real Context

↓ Every person I see getting genuinely great results from AI has figured out the same thing. That prompts & skills are NOTHING without context. And the best way to have consistent context without spending your whole life copying & pasting into...

By Ev Chapman
AI Generates Custom Article Images in 30 Seconds
SocialMar 11, 2026

AI Generates Custom Article Images in 30 Seconds

I'm on the verge of cancelling my Canva subscription and just using Claude Code to design everything. I just built a skill that creates images for my Substack/X articles. I just describe what I want (or leave it up to my...

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Start with Boring Tasks; AI Unlocks Hidden Possibilities
SocialMar 10, 2026

Start with Boring Tasks; AI Unlocks Hidden Possibilities

↓ Every interesting thing my AI chief of staff does started with a boring problem I already had. It started with the boring stuff: 1// Planning my week 2// Drafting emails I'd been avoiding 3// Proofreading proposals before I hit send 4// Brainstorming names when...

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Simplify to Five Essentials for a Sustainable Knowledge System
SocialMar 9, 2026

Simplify to Five Essentials for a Sustainable Knowledge System

↓ If your knowledge system feels like a second job to maintain, you have too many moving parts. I've coached hundreds of people through building these systems and the pattern is always the same. Too many tags, too many databases, too...

By Ev Chapman
Ask AI Your Real Tasks, Not Hyped Use Cases
SocialMar 9, 2026

Ask AI Your Real Tasks, Not Hyped Use Cases

↓ I see this same question every single day on every platform I am on: "What are some good use cases for Claude/Claude Code/AI/Agents?" You're asking the wrong question to the wrong people. All you need to do is... ASK AI I never...

By Ev Chapman
Run Claude Code in VS Code, No Terminal Required
SocialMar 7, 2026

Run Claude Code in VS Code, No Terminal Required

Quick Tip: If you want to use Claude Code but are intimidated by the terminal... 1. Download Visual Code Studio (free) 2. Install the Claude Code Plugin 3. Logins to your Claude account and start a chat. You get a nice chat interface that...

By Ev Chapman