AI School

Skills vs. Projects

You might be wondering—if both skills and projects can be used to give more context to Claude, when should I use each? Think of it this way: projects store knowledge, skills perform tasks.

Projects are knowledge hubs. They hold the reference materials Claude needs to understand your work—project specs, meeting notes, research... See more

The 4D Framework for AI Fluency, developed through research collaboration between Professor Rick Dakan (Ringling College of Art and Design) and Professor Joseph Feller (University College Cork), identifies four core competencies that, when combined, can help you make the most of your AI interactions:

• Delegation: Deciding on what work should be done

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The game-changing feature: Interactive Mode.

While listening, I could interrupt the podcast with a question. I typed: “What is the biggest risk going into 2026?”

Notice the “ Constraints ” section. That’s where the power lives.

I’m not asking the AI to find “the best sources.” I’m telling it exactly which sources to trust and which to ignore.

What I got back was a comprehensive 7-page report that would have taken me weeks to compile manually. More importantly, every single citation was from a source I would... See more

NotebookLM’s Deep Research flips this completely. You define which sources matter. You specify “only UN agencies, government reports, and peer-reviewed journals.” You exclude blog posts, opinion pieces, and unverified claims.

The AI then researches deeply within the boundaries you set.