Pick the right AI tool without getting sold to
Every week there's a new AI tool promising to change your business. Here's how to test one properly before you hand over your card.
Most tools have a free trial. Use it on your real job, not their demo.
Tool demos are designed to impress. Your job is to see if it works on your actual problem.
This recipe gives you five questions and a one-week test for any tool.
What this recipe does
- Gives you five questions to ask any vendor
- Sets up a one-week real-world test
- Compares cost against the time it saves
- Checks it works with what you already use
What you get out of it
A simple test beats endless research.
Cancel before the trial ends if it fails.
Know what the tool is worth to you.
Fewer tools that actually get used.
Ingredients
- The tool you're considering
- One real job to test it on
- Claude
- 30 minutes
Method
- Name the job. Write one sentence on the exact job you want the tool to do.
- Ask the five questions. Use this prompt to prepare.I'm considering [tool] to [job] in my [type] business. Give me five blunt questions to ask the vendor about cost, data, lock-in, support and what it can't do.
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