The official companion to the book

Welcome to the Jobsite.

The Builder's Playbook helps ordinary people build useful applications with artificial intelligence — without becoming software engineers.

The book is the foundation. The workshop is where you keep building.

Who this book is for

If you solve problems, you're a builder.

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Teacher

Build classroom tools.

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Contractor

Build business tools.

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Nonprofit

Build mission tools.

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Business Owner

Build workflow tools.

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Entrepreneur

Build your ideas.

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Anyone

If you solve problems, you belong here.

What you'll learn

A way of working you'll use for the rest of your life.

Not a pile of technology to memorize — a repeatable process for turning a problem into a working application.

Notice problems worth solving
Create a Project Binder
Have Builder Conversations
Build one room at a time
Use AI as your Foreman
Walk the Room
Create a Punch List
Finish useful applications

What makes this different

Most AI books teach technology. This one teaches builders.

Traditional AI books
  • Teach the technology
  • Focus on prompts
  • Go outdated fast
The Builder's Playbook
  • Teaches builders
  • Teaches a process
  • Teaches confidence
  • Teaches how to build
  • Supported by BuilderPlaybook.ai

Inside the book

Built to be worked, not just read.

Five Parts

A clear path from mindset to finished app

21 Chapters

Short, practical, one step at a time

Builder Principles

The mindset that keeps you moving

Builder Checkpoints

Know you got it before moving on

Jobsite Assignments

Do the work, not just read about it

Morning Meetings

Start each part with a plan

Real stories

From real builders, not theory

Real projects

You finish with something useful

The companion workshop

The book gives you the foundation. The workshop helps you keep building.

When you buy the book, you unlock the workshop at BuilderPlaybook.ai — your online jobsite for continuing the work with real tools at your side.

Inside the workshop:

  • Prompt Library
  • Project Binder templates
  • Downloadable worksheets
  • Builder Conversations
  • Blueprints
  • Sample applications
  • Walkthrough videos
  • Future updates & community
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The workshop opens with the book.

Buy the book, get your Builder access, and walk straight onto the jobsite.

Get the book & unlock the workshop

Your first project

You won't just read — you'll build a real application.

Inside the workshop you'll build a working AI Document Management Application — one useful room at a time — using the exact process from the book. By the end, you'll have built something real, and you'll know how to build the next one.

About the author

Brent is a builder.

Entrepreneur. Software engineer. General contractor. For 30+ years he's built software, businesses, and homes — and learned that building is building, whatever the materials.

His mission: help people become builders. More about Brent →

Questions

You probably want to ask…

No. If you can describe a problem in plain words, you can build.

No. The book teaches you to use AI as a tool — your Foreman — not to build AI.

No. It's a builder's guide. Simple beats clever; useful beats impressive.

Anyone who wants to solve problems — teachers, contractors, business owners, nonprofits, parents, entrepreneurs.

Yes. The workshop unlocks after you purchase the book.

Choose to Build.

The world doesn't need more spectators. It needs more builders.