Foundations
Use AI for a real task and check its work.
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Draft
Try it
Now you check one.
Same method, your call on each claim. About a minute.
FoundationsLesson 1Practice 0 / 4 checked
A confident answer isn’t evidence.
Fictional case. Tap each underlined claim and judge it against the source.
Source
6people
40requests a week
18min per request
0trials run
?savings unknown
Draft
“Our 20-person team has reduced processing time by 40% with AI. The system is ready for rollout across the organization. We recommend immediate adoption.”
Supported: the source says it. Contradicted: the source says otherwise. Unsupported: the source doesn’t say.
A defensible repair
Our six-person logistics team processes 40 requests each week, taking about 18 minutes per request. We propose a two-week trial of AI-assisted request summaries, with a person comparing each summary against the original request. We would measure accuracy and processing time before deciding whether to expand.Every reported figure traces to the source. The trial, the check and the measurement are proposals, labelled as such. Do the full lesson
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Goal
One objective, stated so you can check it.
Predict
Commit to an answer before you see one.
Worked example
Watch the check happen, one claim at a time.
Guided practice
Three statements. Each verdict explains itself.
Independent case
New facts, five planted problems, your own proposal.
Check
Every wrong option explains its own error.
Keep
Take the useful parts with you.
Return
One recall question opens lesson 2.
FoundationsLesson 1GoalStep 1 of 8
By the end you can
Check a draft against its source and rewrite it so every number traces back.
Read 10 min · Practice 15 min
Complete tutorial, 10:36. Captioned. Optional.Watching marks nothing complete
Predict
A draft says “a trial saved 40%.” What would have to exist for that to be true?
Stays on this device.
A trial that ran, a measurement before and after, and a record of what was compared. A sentence supplies none of these.
Worked example
Source · 6 people · 40 requests a week · about 18 min per request · two-week trial proposed · no trial run · savings unknown
Riley’s draft, checked.
“20-person team”contradicted · source says 6
“40% reduction”unsupported · no trial
“Ready for rollout”unsupported · no trial
“Immediate adoption”unsupported · no trial evidence
Guided practice
Source · 6 people · 40 requests a week · about 18 min per request · two-week trial proposed · no trial run · savings unknown
Your turn. Three statements.
“40 requests a week.”
“Morale has improved.”
“Under ten minutes each.”
Independent case · Morgan
Source · 5 volunteers · 30 requests a week · about 12 min each · one-week trial proposed · no trial run · venue pending · sending not authorized
Morgan’s draft has five problems.
Find them in the practice sheet, then write a three-sentence proposal where every figure matches the source.
Saved on this device
Check
Keep
Take these with you.
Checklist cardClaim → source → status → repair
Matching promptProject Status Report Matching toolSkill translator Return
“A draft reports a 15% gain. In one phrase, what is missing?”
You answer from memory, then lesson 2 begins.
Answer the question first.
Prompts & tools
Need a result today? Start here, and learn to check it later.
Skill translator
MOS, rating or AFSC to civilian job titles and transferable skills, from the O*NET military crosswalk. AI is used only for optional résumé bullets.
Open the tool: Skill translator →How to check this · Lesson 5 →Federal résumé converter
Restructures your résumé for USAJOBS and flags every missing required field. It never invents one. Your text goes to an AI provider for conversion.
Don’t paste classified, CUI or personal details into any AI tool, including ours.
Open the tool: Federal résumé converter →How to check this · Lesson 4 →Separation countdown
A dated timeline from your separation date: SkillBridge window, TAP, BDD claim, VGLI. Exports to your calendar.
Open the tool: Separation countdown →How to check this · Lesson 2 →Project Status Report
Supplied notes in, a clear update out. The facts come from you.
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Open the prompt: Project Status Report →How to check this · Lesson 1 →Interview answer, STAR
Your real example in, a tight answer out, with a check for invented results.
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Open the prompt: Interview answer, STAR →How to check this · Lesson 3 →Progress
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