Camderson Academy · CA-AI-009

Build an AI assistant your whole team can rely on.

A practical, self-paced course for every person in every department. Turn a task you repeat into a custom AI assistant with clear instructions, the right files and ready-made starters, then test it, share it and keep it accurate on the platform your organization approves.

Enroll for $149

Or 3 monthly payments of $53

Start with a complimentary first lesson

About 5 hours · 12 lessons with video · Intermediate · No coding needed · Self-paced · Practice files and templates · 30-day money-back guarantee

Building Custom AI Assistants course cover

Set it up once. Help everyone, every day.

The same great start, every time

Your team stops retyping the same background. Everyone starts from the same instructions, facts and tone, so good work becomes the normal work.

Answers you can trust

A scored test set and a simple launch gate show you the assistant is ready before anyone relies on it, and keep it that way as things change.

Ready for any platform

A one-page spec and a test set travel with you, so your assistant can move to a new platform with a rebuild and a retest.

Learning outcomes

What you will be able to do

Eight practical outcomes, each practiced in an exercise and checked in the final assessment or the capstone.

Explain what a custom AI assistant is, name its parts, and describe the main platform options and how they are changing.
Choose a use case worth building by scoring candidate tasks with a simple scorecard.
Write a platform-neutral Assistant Spec with clear boundaries and success measures.
Write clear, structured instructions and add well-prepared knowledge files.
Write conversation starters and complete a first build on an approved platform.
Build a test set, score results with a rubric and improve one change at a time.
Handle data safely in knowledge files, instructions and sharing.
Share an assistant with your team, maintain it over time and review its value.

The Camderson method

Simple tools that take an assistant from idea to everyday use

Plan it: the Use Case Scorecard and the Assistant Spec

Repeats · Stable · Clear · Checkable · Safe · Job · Boundaries · Success measures

Pick the task that will help most and risk least, then write the assistant down in ten lines before you build.

Build it: the Instruction Blueprint and the Knowledge Pack Checklist

Role and purpose · Steps · Rules · When unsure · Examples · Needed · Current · Clear · Named

Write instructions as a plan, keep the files few and current, and give people starters that show them how to begin.

Prove it: the Assistant Test Deck and the One Change Loop

Core · Edge · Out of scope · Missing info · Correct · Grounded · Format · Boundaries

Test with realistic requests, score every reply the same way and improve one change at a time until the launch gate is met.

Keep it: the Launch Card, the Care Plan and the Value Review

Screen · Share · Launch · Review · Retest · Keep · Improve · Retire

Share it safely with your team, keep it accurate on a schedule and decide with evidence what comes next.

Build it once. Test it honestly. Keep it helpful.

Curriculum

Inside the course

Four modules, 12 lessons with worked examples and video

Plan an Assistant Worth Building

Learn the parts of a custom assistant and where you can build one today, score candidate tasks with the Use Case Scorecard, and write a platform-neutral Assistant Spec.

Build It: Instructions, Knowledge and Starters

Write instructions with the Instruction Blueprint, prepare a knowledge pack that helps, write a Starter Set and complete your first build.

Test, Improve and Keep It Safe

Build an Assistant Test Deck with a rubric and a launch gate, improve one change at a time, and screen every file before you share.

Share and Sustain

Share with the right people and a Launch Card, keep the assistant accurate with a Care Plan, and review its value to decide what comes next.

What is included

Skills, tools and templates you keep and use in your work

12 lessons, each with a written lesson, a worked example, a figure and a narrated lesson video, at your own pace
A running example from Ravelston Facilities Group, a fictional property and facilities company whose customer care team builds, tests and shares its first assistant
Ravelston Knowledge Files you can use for a practice build, so you can try everything even if your real work is confidential
A fillable Workbook with Try it and Reflect pages for every lesson
Assistant Builder Templates (Word) with a page for every tool, from the Use Case Scorecard to the Value Review
An assistant test log and scoring spreadsheet with live formulas, a worked solutions version and a reusable template for your own assistant
Quick Reference Cards and the Ravelston Case Pack
An optional visual companion PDF with every lesson slide
Knowledge checks for every module and a 20-question final assessment
An Assistant Build Pack capstone for a task in your own role or for a fictional garden centre business, reviewed by a person
A Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion when you pass the final assessment and the capstone
Access to the Camderson Academy community

Is this course right for you?

This course is for you if

You or your team repeat the same kind of AI task every week and want consistent, trustworthy help with it
You work in any team or department, from customer care, operations and facilities to finance, people and culture, marketing, sales and IT, as an individual contributor, team lead or manager
You can use AI tools your organization approves, such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini or Claude, or you want to practice with the included files first

It is not the right fit if

You want to code AI applications, connect APIs or build agents that take actions in other systems (CA-AI-002 AI Automation & Agents for Business covers agents and automations)
You mainly need AI security and data privacy practice (CA-AI-008 AI Security and Data Privacy Essentials covers that in depth)
You are new to writing prompts (CA-AI-003 Prompt Engineering for Business Results is the recommended place to start)

Your instructor

Meet your instructor

Taught by Camderson Advisory

Strategic advisor and organizational leader

Your instructor is a strategic advisor and organizational leader whose career spans healthcare, public service, human resources, operations, and learning and development. Years of building and facilitating workplace trainings for hundreds of employees and leaders have shown that a good tool helps most when a team builds it carefully and looks after it together. In this course, your instructor helps you turn a task you repeat into an AI assistant your colleagues can rely on, tested, safe and kept up to date.

About

About Camderson Academy

Camderson Academy is the education division of Camderson Advisory Services. Camderson helps leaders build organizations that work without them in the room. Everything we teach has been used in a real organization first.

Training a team?

We offer group enrollment for teams and whole organizations building AI assistants, so everyone in every role and department shares the same way to plan, test, share and look after them. Email connect@camderson.com to talk through your group.

Frequently asked questions

Which AI platform do I need?

Any platform your organization approves. The course shows where each part goes in ChatGPT (projects, skills and plugins, with custom GPTs until OpenAI retires them on December 11, 2026), Microsoft Copilot agents, Google Gemini Gems and skills, and Claude projects. Every exercise also works with the included practice files.

Who is this course for?

Everyone on every team who repeats the same kind of AI task: customer care, operations, facilities, finance, people and culture, marketing, sales, IT, team leads and managers. The example is a facilities company, and the method fits offices, clinics, schools, nonprofits and businesses of every size.

How long do I have access?

Your access does not expire. AI platforms change often, so we review the course every quarter, and any updates are added for you at no extra cost.

How long does it take?

About 5 hours in total, including the written lessons and their videos, the Try it exercises, the knowledge checks, the final assessment and the capstone. Everything is self-paced.

Do I have to use my own work for the capstone?

No. You can build your Assistant Build Pack for a task at the fictional Tallowmere Garden Centres included in the course. If you use your own work, leave out confidential information and personal details.

Is this course made by OpenAI, Microsoft, Google or Anthropic?

No. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any of them. Every platform detail was checked against the vendors' own help pages on October 27, 2026, and the course quotes no prices.

Is the certificate accredited, or does it carry professional credit?

Neither. You receive a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion after passing the final assessment and the capstone, an Assistant Build Pack that a person reviews. It is not an academic credential, is not accredited, is not a certification from any AI vendor and does not carry continuing education or other professional credit.

Is there a money-back guarantee?

Yes. You are covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee. If the course is not right for you, email connect@camderson.com within 30 days of purchase and we will refund you in full. No questions asked. Your course access ends when the refund is issued.

What tools do I need?

Access to an AI platform your organization approves is helpful but not required. You also need a spreadsheet program that opens .xlsx files, a word processor that opens .docx files and a PDF reader. All templates and practice files are included as downloads.