Welcome to The AI Maker 🧠
You’ve been using AI. You know it’s powerful. But Monday morning, you’re still doing the same work the same way.
I’m Wyndo. I grew The AI Maker to 19,000+ subscribers in a year, making it a Top 50 Technology newsletter on Substack. I’ve published 100+ deep-dive guides on turning AI into systems that actually change how you work — not just tools you forget to open.
But here’s what matters more than the numbers: I build every system I write about. If I can’t show you exactly how it fits into a real workflow, I don’t publish it.
The real problem nobody’s solving
The challenge with AI isn’t learning new tools. Many AI tutorials can provide you with those. The real challenge is figuring out which of your actual work problems AI can solve—and weaving it into the processes you already use.
Most people are stuck here:
Chat with ChatGPT occasionally
Ask it to write an email here and there
Use maybe 10% of what’s actually possible
What you actually need: Frameworks that turn AI from “cool tool I sometimes remember to use” into “integrated part of how I think and work every day.”
That’s exactly what this newsletter delivers.
What 19,000+ readers get every week
Workflow integration stories — How I transformed my content planning, research, and decision-making (with specific steps you can copy)
AI as thinking partner — Moving beyond “ask ChatGPT questions” to using AI for complex reasoning, strategy, and creative work
Implementation blueprints — Not theory. Exact prompts, configurations, and step-by-step builds you can deploy today
Honest reality checks — Which AI applications actually save time vs. which ones are just impressive demos
Who reads The AI Maker
Knowledge workers, creators, entrepreneurs, and operators at companies of all sizes who want to stop collecting AI tips and start building AI systems.
If you’re tired of productivity hacks that don’t stick and want systematic approaches that compound over time — you’re in the right place.
Where to start
New here? Pick the path that matches what you need most:
🚀 Build Your AI Operating System — Stop using AI as a chatbot and start treating it as infrastructure that runs in the background of your work.
→ How I Turned Claude Code Into My Personal AI Agent Operating System for Writing and Research
🧠 Make AI Your Thinking Partner — Move past “ask ChatGPT a question” and use AI for real reasoning, strategy, and creative work.
→ Forget Prompting Techniques: How to Make AI Your Thinking Partner
🔧 Master One Tool Deeply — Stop tool-hopping. Pick one and learn what it can actually do.
→ NotebookLM Got Crazy Powerful: Here’s How I Used It to Learn Something Really Hard
Or you can also visit Start Here Page to explore the rest of my contents.
🧪 Inside the AI Maker Lab (Premium)
Free posts show you what’s possible. AI Maker Lab shows you exactly how to build it.
💎 30+ Implementation Blueprints
1. Claude Ecosystem (20+ guides)
From setting up MCP without getting lost in JSON, to building a full personal AI operating system with Claude Code and Cowork — complete with prompts, configurations, and troubleshooting.
2. Make.com AI Automation (9 guides)
Newsletter reading agents, meeting transcript automation, email triage systems, content repurposing workflows, and more — each with ready-to-download templates.
3. Other AI Tools (3 guides)
Custom tool building with Google Opal and creative engine workflows with Glif.
💎 90+ Thinking Prompts
A curated vault of cognitive frameworks — not generic prompts. These transform how you approach problems, make decisions, and think with AI.
💎 10+ Ready-to-Deploy Claude Skills
Download, upload to your Claude account, and deploy instantly:
AI News Daily Digest — Uses Perplexity to research and generate HTML reports
Newsletter to Socials Repurposer — Turns one post into Twitter threads, LinkedIn posts, and Substack notes
SEO Content Optimizer — Analyzes and improves content for search
Voice Memo to Substack Notes — Transforms raw thoughts into 10 polished social posts
Voice Memo to Business Ideas — Extracts business opportunities from brain dumps
Voice Memo to Newsletter Brief — Generates 3-5 newsletter briefs with angles, hooks, and strategic fit
Strategic Decision Framework — Applies 10 thinking frameworks to any decision for blind spot analysis
LinkedIn Carousel Builder — Generate LinkedIn Carousel instantly based on your newsletter posts
1-1-1 Differentiation Builder — Transform vague business ideas into clear, differentiated positioning using the 1-1-1 framework (1 Specific Problem for 1 Specific Person in 1 Specific Way)
NotebookLM to Presentation Deck — Turn NotebookLM Notebooks into Presentation-Ready Decks with Claude Visualizations
👥 What readers are saying
"Wyndo offers entirely new niche of learning how to be AI-native from the inside and not just via using empirically objective context engineering techniques. He deals with self-awareness, leverage, agency and augmentation." — Michael Spencer, AI Supremacy.
"Wyndo writes for knowledge workers looking to augment themselves with AI. If you like my newsletter and you're looking for something more generally applicable, you'll love The AI Maker." — Jeff Morhous 🦾, The Augmented Engineer
"Wyndo's The AI Maker newsletter is one of my favorites. It delivers quick, no-fluff breakdowns of real-world AI experiments that always leave me itching to open a sandbox and try them out." — Jenny Ouyang, PhD, Build to Launch
"Wyndo makes AI feel practical and shares brilliant, hands-on strategies, smart frameworks, and thoughtful tool reviews that will help you build smarter, work faster, and actually enjoy the ride." — Karo (Product with Attitude), Product with Attitude
If you're serious about mastering AI without drowning in technical jargon, @wyndo's The AI Maker cuts through the noise with practical insights." — TechTiff, The AI Creator Drop
Your next step
Join 19,000+ readers who’ve moved beyond basic AI chat to building real systems.
Free subscribers get weekly frameworks, honest tool reviews, and workflow stories you can implement immediately.
AI Maker Lab members ($15/month) get the complete blueprints — 30+ implementation guides, 90+ thinking prompts, 10+ ready-to-deploy Claude Skills, exclusive discounts, and a resource library that grows every month.
While others collect AI tips they never implement, you’ll develop practical systems that make AI a natural extension of how you think and work.
Ready? I’ll see you in your inbox.
— Wyndo
P.S. Need help implementing AI in your specific workflow? Book a free strategy call and I'll show you how to 10x your productivity.
