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Resources
A curated set of resources from our work with AI: case studies of the work itself, the philosophy we are working out, the people we read, and the standards, frameworks and tools we use. Each entry links to a short note saying what the resource is and where to find it.
Case studies: worked examples of a person and an AI assistant producing something useful together
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 2256 A small case study | A case study of Peka in practical use, from the first week of the Anita's website project, written up from Alec's email to Dennis Silverwood of 4 September 2026 and the replies from Ray Holland and Dennis |
| How to deal with calls from scammers | Case study for Dennis and Ray on how Alec and Peka turned a YouTube video into a printed notice for seniors, in one morning |
| Search now works on a phone | The Notebook's search box never worked on a phone; the cause was an invisible part of the page lying over the button, one line fixed it, and the fault is reported to the template's author |
Philosophy: the ideas we are working out about people and AI
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Thought leaders: people whose writing and work shape how we think about AI
| Name | Description | Url |
|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Piad Morffis - thought leader | Professor writing on AI and computer science theory | https://blog.apiad.net |
| Andrej Karpathy - thought leader | AI researcher and educator; founder of Eureka Labs | https://karpathy.ai |
| Eric Hudson - thought leader | Education consultant on AI and learning | https://www.erichudson.co |
| Ethan Mollick - thought leader | Wharton professor on AI, work and education | https://www.oneusefulthing.org |
| Lance Cummings - thought leader | Structured content and rhetoric for generative AI | https://substack.com/@lancecummings |
| Marc Watkins - thought leader | AI literacy in higher education | https://marcwatkins.substack.com |
| Melanie Mitchell - thought leader | Santa Fe Institute professor; AI and complex systems | https://aiguide.substack.com |
| Michael Iantosca - thought leader | Content engineering and knowledge governance in the AI era | https://thinkingdocumentation.com |
| Mike Caulfield - thought leader | Creator of the SIFT method; fact-checking and co-reasoning with AI | https://hapgood.us |
| Scott Abel - thought leader | Content strategist; founder of The Content Wrangler | https://www.thecontentwrangler.com |
| Sean Trott - thought leader | Assistant professor at UC San Diego | https://seantrott.substack.com |
| Simon Willison - thought leader | Programmer; co-creator of Django, author of Datasette | https://simonwillison.net |
| Steve Blank - thought leader | Creator of customer development and the Lean LaunchPad; Stanford | https://steveblank.com |
| Steve Newman - thought leader | Golden Gate Institute for AI; co-founder of Writely | https://substack.com/@goldengatesteve |
| Steven Johnson - thought leader | Author; co-creator of Google's NotebookLM | https://adjacentpossible.substack.com |
| Timothy B Lee - thought leader | Reporter; writes the Understanding AI newsletter | https://www.understandingai.org |
Standards: published standards we refer to
| Name | Description | Url |
|---|---|---|
| NIST AI 200-1 | NIST's human-centred taxonomy of AI use | https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ai/NIST.AI.200-1.pdf |
Frameworks: the frameworks Anapoly AI Labs works to
| Name | Description | Url |
|---|---|---|
| Anapoly three-layer instruction set | The custom instructions Anapoly AI Labs gives a ChatGPT Project, in three layers, business context, behavioural governance and task prompt, with a one-turn override | |
| Conceptual Framework for Anapoly AI Labs | What an Anapoly lab is, the four modes of engagement from acclimatisation to iteration, the types of lab, participant roles, lab setup and outcomes; an early draft of June 2025 | |
| Contextual Scaffolding Framework | A lightweight method that keeps an AI grounded and relevant through the development of a knowledge-based product, with a phase model for the lifecycle and a project model within each phase | |
| Contextual Scaffolding Framework for ChatGPT-5 | The Contextual Scaffolding Framework with guidance for GPT-5 integrated by NotebookLM from the GPT-5 Prompting Cookbook, on eagerness, statefulness, instruction adherence, preambles and verbosity | |
| Goal-Directed Context Management v1 | Keeping AI contributions grounded through contextual scaffolding | |
| Lab Framework | How Anapoly labs are planned, run and closed | https://www.anapoly.co.uk/files/lab-framework.pdf |
| Transparency Framework | How Anapoly AI Labs discloses the level of AI involvement in everything it publishes, with five labels from Human-only to AI-only |
Tools: prompts and workflows we use and recommend
| Name | Description | Url |
|---|---|---|
| Banana Nano Pro prompt generator | A standard operating procedure for generating professional image prompts for Nano Banana Pro through a custom Gemini Gem, from Dylan Davis's source material | |
| Deep Background - tool | Mike Caulfield's fact-checking research prompt | https://checkplease.neocities.org |
| Five rules for answering an unknown call | Frank Delaney's five rules for answering a call from a number you do not know, in a short form for seniors and in full | https://www.anapoly.co.uk/files/five-rules-for-answering-an-unknown-call.pdf |
| Precision Content Prompt Pack | A six-step prompt pack that converts a source document into precision content, typed as reference, concept, principle, process or task, with human review at each step | https://www.anapoly.co.uk/files/precision-content-prompt-pack.md |
| The dangers of the yes trap phone scam | Why saying "yes" to an unknown caller is a risk, the myth and the three real dangers, from Frank Delaney's Safety Senior videos | |
| The power of the counter-question | Why answering an unknown caller with "Who is calling, please?" beats "yes", in four reasons and a rule of thumb, from Frank Delaney's Safety Senior videos |