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Grand Départ · Barcelona · July 4, 2026

Tour de AI

Master Claude in 21 stages. One lesson a day.

AI splits into two roads: the work it does for you, and the things you build with it. Most people find neither — they open an empty chat box and hunt for a use case. Show it your actual week instead. Over 21 days, Barcelona to Paris, we ride from your first delegated task to an AI system of your own.

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The Route · 23 days · One stage a day

GRAND DÉPART · BARCELONAPARISStage 1 · July 4 — Sign-on: working with AI vs building with it1Stage 2 · July 5 — Your use cases2Stage 3 · July 6 — Basic vs better prompting3Stage 4 · July 7 — Adding connectors4Stage 5 · July 8 — Using & creating skills5Stage 6 · July 9 — Projects6Stage 7 · July 10 — Cowork: delegating the task7Stage 8 · July 11 — Artefacts: making it visual8Stage 9 · July 12 — Scheduled tasks9Rest day · July 13 — Rest day: the grupettoRStage 10 · July 14 — Context is everything10Stage 11 · July 15 — The company brain11Stage 12 · July 16 — Going advanced: APIs & MCPs12Stage 13 · July 17 — Top tips & gotchas13Stage 14 · July 18 — Meet Claude Code14Stage 15 · July 19 — Build your first tool15Rest day · July 20 — Rest day: system checkRStage 16 · July 21 — The solo time trial16Stage 17 · July 22 — Agents 10117Stage 18 · July 23 — Orchestration: many hands18Stage 19 · July 24 — The big climb: assemble your system19Stage 20 · July 25 — Alpe d'Huez, again: harden it20Stage 21 · July 26 — The Champs-Élysées: the road ahead21

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One stage a day, July 4–26. Miss a day? The grupetto always rides back on.

Week 1

AI for working
1July 4Barcelona → Barcelona19.6 kmTeam time trialSign-on: working with AI vs building with it

The one thing to grasp on day one: there are two roads — working with AI and building with it. Get yourself a tool today, and see that it's far more than a chat box. We go deeper on all of it as the tour rolls on.

You'll learn

  • The two roads: working with AI vs building with it
  • Why it's more than chat — Cowork, connectors, skills, Code
  • Get set up on one tool today
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2July 5Tarragona → Barcelona168.5 kmHillyYour use cases

A run-through of real, everyday use cases — the tasks you already do — and why AI helps each one. You leave with a shortlist that's actually yours.

You'll learn

  • Spotting the tasks AI is genuinely good at
  • Why AI helps: speed, volume, first drafts, recall
  • Building a shortlist of your own use cases
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3July 6Granollers → Les Angles195.9 kmMountainBasic vs better prompting

The gap between a basic prompt and a great one. The move: don't guess the perfect words — get the AI to ask you the questions that build the prompt for you.

You'll learn

  • Why basic prompts get basic results
  • Using questions to build a better prompt
  • Setting context, goal and constraints
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4July 7Carcassonne → Foix181.9 kmHillyAdding connectors

Connect AI to the tools you already live in — Drive, calendar, inbox, Slack — so it works with your real information, not in a vacuum.

You'll learn

  • What connectors actually do
  • Connecting your email, calendar and docs safely
  • What changes once AI can reach your work
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5July 8Lannemezan → Pau158.3 kmFlatUsing & creating skills

Skills turn a repeatable process into something the AI runs the same way every time. Learn to use ready-made skills and to capture your own.

You'll learn

  • What a skill is — vs a prompt or a template
  • Using existing skills
  • Capturing one of your processes as a skill
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6July 9Pau → Gavarnie-Gèdre186.2 kmMountainProjects

A project is a dedicated space for one area of work — its own files, its own standing instructions, its own memory. Set it up once and every conversation inside it starts briefed.

You'll learn

  • What a project is, and when to use one
  • Instructions and context — briefing it once
  • Managed vs local project folders — and why local wins
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7July 10Hagetmau → Bordeaux175.1 kmFlatCowork: delegating the task

Cowork is where you stop chatting and start delegating: hand a whole task over, run several at once, and let the routine ones repeat on a schedule.

You'll learn

  • Delegating a task vs chatting about it
  • Running several tasks at once — and on a schedule
  • Setting a task up: projects, approvals, trusted folders
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8July 11Périgueux → Bergerac180.4 kmFlatArtefacts: making it visual

An artefact is just an HTML file — a custom front end for your data. Point your connectors at it to build dashboards and trackers that show only what you care about, and act on them in place.

You'll learn

  • Artefacts as a front end for your data
  • Building a personal dashboard from your connectors
  • Interactive views — update a record, share a link
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9July 12Malemort → Ussel185.5 kmHilly unlocks July 12Scheduled tasks

Set it, forget it. Work that happens while you sleep.

RJuly 13Rest day unlocks July 13Rest day: the grupetto

Behind? Ride back on. Week 1 recap and catch-up.

Week 2

The crossover
10July 14Aurillac → Le Lioran166.6 kmHilly unlocks July 14Context is everything

The disappointing answers aren't a brains problem — they're a context problem.

11July 15Vichy → Nevers161.3 kmFlat unlocks July 15The company brain

One brain, many riders. Point the whole team at the same source of truth.

12July 16Magny-Cours → Châlon-sur-Saône179.1 kmFlat unlocks July 16Going advanced: APIs & MCPs

A flat run into the developer lane — gentler than it sounds.

13July 17Dole → Belfort205.8 kmHilly unlocks July 17Top tips & gotchas

The hard-won lessons: what to watch out for before you trust it with more.

14July 18Mulhouse → Le Markstein155.3 kmMountain unlocks July 18Meet Claude Code

The building road starts with a climb. Your first look at Claude Code.

15July 19Champagnole → Plateau de Solaison183.9 kmMountain unlocks July 19Build your first tool

A mountain worth climbing: make a real thing that's yours.

RJuly 20Rest day unlocks July 20Rest day: system check

Week 2 recap. How's your system holding up?

Week 3

AI for building
16July 21Evian-les-Bains → Thonon-les-Bains26.1 kmIndividual time trial unlocks July 21The solo time trial

One real task, end to end, alone against the clock. The exam.

17July 22Chambéry → Voiron174.7 kmFlat unlocks July 22Agents 101

Delegation, not conversation. What an agent actually is.

18July 23Voiron → Orcières-Merlette185.2 kmMountain unlocks July 23Orchestration: many hands

Divvy the work out like you would to three or four people — and know what to trust each with.

19July 24Gap → Alpe d'Huez127.9 kmMountain unlocks July 24The big climb: assemble your system

Context, brain, skills, connectors, tools — together at last. Capstone, part one.

20July 25Bourg d'Oisans → Alpe d'Huez170.9 kmMountain unlocks July 25Alpe d'Huez, again: harden it

The Tour climbs Alpe d'Huez twice in two days. You harden the system until it holds.

21July 26Thoiry → Paris133 kmFlat unlocks July 26The Champs-Élysées: the road ahead

How this compounds. Your three-month roadmap. Champagne.

Ride the whole tour

One stage a day, July 4–26. Miss a day? The grupetto always rides back on.

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