A Hands-On Course in Personal AI Agents: Build AI That Brings You Closer
Samira Sohail
AI product builder, ex-BBC and Newsela
Kate Marshall
AI strategist, cybersecurity ex-SANS
Build two AI agents that remember for you, safely, in 120 minutes, no code.
Most AI advice is about doing more, faster: emails quicker, decks sooner, code shipped in less time. But what's breaking in your life isn't slow. It's forgotten. The birthday you meant to remember. The friend you meant to check on. The habit you keep meaning to start.
You've tried the usual fixes: reminders that fire too late, habit trackers that ask more than they give back. None of them hold, because none do anything with the information. They notify. They don't help.
What you'll leave with
By the end of a single 120-minute session, you'll have two working AI agents, not a slide deck.
Agent 1: Connection and Belonging. It pulls birthdays, anniversaries, and milestones from your calendar and contacts, then reminds you early enough to act. Each reminder comes with real options: a message to send, a gift to pick, a dinner to book.
Agent 2: Personal Accountability. You set the goals you're working towards. The agent checks in daily with a short reflection prompt and tracks your answers over time, so you have an honest record of your own patterns.
Both agents run on tools you already have. No code, no developer, and your card details never enter the process.
What youβll learn
Build agents that remember for you, so you follow through on the people and goals you care about.
Pull dates from your calendar and contacts, or add them manually.
Set reminders that fire early enough to act on, not after the fact.
Turn each reminder into a real option: a message, a gift, a dinner booked.
Set the goals and reflections you want to track.
Check in daily with a short prompt that asks how you're actually doing.
Build an honest record of your patterns over time, not just a vague feeling.
Limit each agent to only the calendar and contact data it needs.
Set read-only access as the default, with no payment access, ever.
Confirm exactly what an agent can see before you rely on it.
Add relationship tiers, addresses, and gift preferences.
Shape your agent's memory so it learns your patterns, not starting from zero.
Adapt the same structure to a new use case beyond the two you build here.
Know why paid plans typically opt you out of training on your data.
Track what a tool remembers across sessions, not just within one.
Treat anything you tell an agent as discoverable, not private by default.
Build live, in Claude Cowork, using tools you already have
Leave with agents ready to use the day you finish, not a slide deck.
Keep every decision in your hands: the agent suggests, you decide.
Workshop agenda
Welcome & Introductions & Meet your Agents
Your personal life needs an operator too. See what a working AI agent actually looks like before you build one.
Building the ground rules
Access is not the same as trust. Set the one rule that governs everything you build today: read-only where possible, no payment, ever.
Build Agent 1: Connection & Belonging in Community & Celebrations
Build a live agent that remembers birthdays, anniversaries, and milestones before it's too late, and hands you real ways to act on them.
Guardrails checkpoint: what your agent can see, and where it stops
Walk through exactly what Agent 1 reads and exactly where it stops, short of a transaction.
Build Agent 2: Personal Accountability
Build a live agent that holds you to your goals, asks you honest questions, and tracks your reflections over time.
Global Principles: Data, Memory and Personal rights
Before you build anything, know the rules the platform runs on. This applies to every tool you use today and every one you'll use after.
Wrap-up, Questions & Review
Leave with two working agents, a repeatable permissions rule for anything you build next, and none of your data exposed.
Learn directly from Samira & Kate
Samira Sohail
Shipped products reaching millions at BBC, Newsela, and now Luxo Beta
Kate Marshall
18 years in Cybersecurity Training, now AI Strategist and Fractional CAIO
Who this workshop is for
Senior professionals whose careers run smoothly while birthdays, old friends, and family moments quietly slip through the cracks.
People who set real goals each year, health, projects, relationships, and have a drawer of trackers that lasted three weeks each.
AI-curious professionals who use Claude daily but have never built an agent, and want one working agent to show for it.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Samira Sohail & Kate Marshall in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
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