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30 Mistakes. 30 Fixes. One Prompt Each.

The 30 mistakes business owners and vibe coders make with AI, from chat habits to operator-level setup, with what each one costs you, the fix, and the exact prompt to paste so it never happens again. No code, no developer.

  • All 30 in the order from the reel: Chat, Setup, Build, Ship, Operator
  • For each one: what you're doing wrong, why it burns hours, and the fix in plain English
  • One copy-paste prompt per mistake so Claude or ChatGPT does the fix for you
  • The five fixes that give back the most hours if you only do five

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The 30 mistakes business owners and vibe coders make with AI, from chat habits to operator-level setup, with what each one costs you, the fix, and the exact prompt to paste so it never happens again. No code, no developer.

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What's Inside

All 30 grouped into Chat, Setup, Build, and Agents For each one: what you're doing wrong, why it burns hours, and the fix in plain English One copy-paste prompt per mistake so Claude or ChatGPT does the fix for you The five fixes that give back the most hours if you only do five

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How to use this guide

Fix one band at a time: Chat, Setup, Build, or Agents.

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Chat

Using One giant chat for everything What you're doing: You keep every project, question, and correction in one long conversation.

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  1. SetupNot having a rules file What you're doing: Your standards live in your head or in scattered corrections.
  2. BuildAutomating before doing it by hand once What you're doing: You automate a task before you know the steps that produce a good result.
  3. AgentsLetting it guess instead of asking you questions first What you're doing: You give the agent a loose request and let it fill in the missing goal, limits, and setup.
  4. If you only fix fiveGiving zero context about your business: Give the model the business facts it needs before every serious task.

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Cooper Simson

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