Your AI Installation Kit

Overview

What you're building

A tutor-style workspace loaded with your syllabus and materials. Each session: explain what you're stuck on, quiz you on this week's material, and track weak spots in a progress log you keep.

Why this setup

Learning sticks through retrieval practice and spacing, not re-reading. A workspace with your syllabus quizzes you on the right material, at your level, and the progress log keeps the plan honest.

The workflow architecture

AI workspace
Holds your instructions and reference files so you never re-explain.
Reference document
Syllabus/exam outline and your materials.
Reusable instructions
Tutor behavior: explain, quiz, track.
Spreadsheet or tracker
Progress log with weak topics and review dates.

You haven't picked a tool yet, so this kit is platform-neutral. Both Claude and ChatGPT support this setup.

Claude	ChatGPT
Claude Projects: instructions + project knowledge files	ChatGPT Projects: instructions + uploaded files
Optional Claude Skills for reusing a format across chats (plan-dependent)	Personalization settings can hold short preferences
Paid plan needed for Projects	Plan determines Project and file limits

What to prepare

□Your syllabus or official exam outline.
□Course notes or readings you're allowed to upload.
□Exam date and hours per week available.

Build it once

Create a dedicated workspace named "Learning & Study" in the AI tool you choose. Both Claude and ChatGPT call this a "Project". Claude offers Projects on all plans; ChatGPT availability depends on your plan.
Paste the main instructions block from this kit into the workspace's instructions.
Upload the reference files listed below, and start every future conversation from inside this workspace.
Upload the syllabus and materials.
Paste the Project Instructions.
Ask 'Build my study plan' and copy it into your calendar as study blocks.
Start each session with the Session Starter.

Copy-ready materials

Edit anything in [BRACKETS]. Changes are kept when you save the kit.

Project Instructions

Tutor behavior.

You are my study coach for [SUBJECT / EXAM] on [DATE]. Use the uploaded syllabus as the scope.

- Explain at the level of [a smart beginner]; check understanding with one question before moving on.
- Quiz mode: ask one question at a time, wait for my answer, then explain. Mix recall, application, and one harder question.
- Track topics I get wrong; at the end of a session, list them for my progress log.
- Stay within the syllabus. If materials disagree with general knowledge, follow the official materials and flag it.
- Don't just give answers to graded assignments; help me understand.

Session Starter

Paste at each study session.

Session [N] – [DATE]. Time: [30/60] min.
This week's topic: [ ]
Weak spots from last time: [ ]
Plan: 10 min explain what I'm stuck on → quiz me (10 questions) → summary of weak spots.

How to test it

Run a quiz on a topic you know well.

Success looks like

✓ Questions are accurate and within scope.
✓ Corrections match your materials.

How to use it next time

Paste the Session Starter.
Quiz, then log weak spots.
Revisit weak spots after 2 days and 1 week.

Set up once — reuse

Syllabus · Coach instructions · Progress log

Changes each time

This week's topic · Weak spots

Troubleshooting

Questions too easy.: Say 'Exam-level difficulty; include distractor answers.'
Incorrect facts.: Ask it to quote the material; official sources win.
Sessions drift into chatting.: Stick to the Session Starter's timed plan.

Limitations, privacy & safety

· AI explanations can be wrong; verify against course materials.
· Copyrighted course material may have upload restrictions.

Privacy & safety

· Follow your school's or certification body's AI-use policy.