# 12. Connect your notes to a useful next action. Run a reviewed weekly-plan workflow from fictional notes. ## Facilitator preflight Bring laptops, internet, a projector and these local course files. Check tool access before the meetup. Keep samples free of personal information. Quick win: Turn three fictional notes into a short next-action list. Prerequisites: Modules 06–11 or their core outputs. A prepared n8n model connection. ### Tools and cost notes - **n8n, approved note text, a language-model chain; optional bot only after approval.**: Prepared before the meetup.. Use the prepared local model or a checked API budget. External delivery is optional. ## Run of show | Slide | Minutes | Activity | |---|---:|---| | 1 | 3 | Connect your notes to a useful next action. | | 2 | 3 | Before you start. | | 3 | 5 | Your first small win. | | 4 | 3 | What happens between input and output? | | 5 | 3 | Step 01. Define a small success. | | 6 | 3 | Step 02. Create a manual input. | | 7 | 3 | Step 03. Connect the summariser. | | 8 | 3 | Step 04. Inspect the plan. | | 9 | 3 | Step 05. Add an approval decision. | | 10 | 3 | Step 06. Run the final two tests. | | 11 | 4 | Make the working version. | | 12 | 4 | Ask for a review. Then check it. | | 13 | 6 | Prove your result works. | | 14 | 4 | When it does not work yet. | | 15 | 5 | Choose your next challenge. | | 16 | 3 | Keep the result. Keep the evidence. | | 17 | 2 | Sources you can check. | Total: 60 minutes. ## 1. Connect your notes to a useful next action. Outcome: Run a reviewed weekly-plan workflow from fictional notes. This is a 60-minute in-person laptop session after preflight. No setup-duration guarantee. Core first, extensions second. ## 2. Before you start. Use the prepared local model or a checked API budget. External delivery is optional. The facilitator verifies accounts, installed tools and model/host connections before the session. Pair up if setup is incomplete. Do not create accounts or incur costs without understanding the provider terms. ## 3. Your first small win. Quick win: Turn three fictional notes into a short next-action list. Aim for a visible result in the first 15 minutes after preflight. Explain that generated code/output is untested until the learner checks it. If tools are unavailable, inspect the prepared example with a partner. Copyable prompt: [Open prompt](index.html#12-quick-win) ```text Use these fictional notes to suggest three next actions: organise books; ask organiser about room permission; draft an invitation after permission. Mark dependencies. Do not send or book anything. Return Action | Evidence | Approval needed. ``` ## 4. What happens between input and output? Ask a learner to explain each stage in their own words. This is a teaching model, not a promise that all tools behave identically. ## 5. Step 01. Define a small success. Perform these numbered actions on the laptop. Pause after the step and inspect the result. Keep credentials private and use the prepared workshop instance. Source: [n8n: Basic LLM Chain](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainllm/) Source: [n8n: If node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.if/) ## 6. Step 02. Create a manual input. Perform these numbered actions on the laptop. Pause after the step and inspect the result. Keep credentials private and use the prepared workshop instance. Source: [n8n: Basic LLM Chain](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainllm/) Source: [n8n: If node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.if/) ## 7. Step 03. Connect the summariser. Perform these numbered actions on the laptop. Pause after the step and inspect the result. Keep credentials private and use the prepared workshop instance. Source: [n8n: Basic LLM Chain](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainllm/) Source: [n8n: If node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.if/) ## 8. Step 04. Inspect the plan. Perform these numbered actions on the laptop. Pause after the step and inspect the result. Keep credentials private and use the prepared workshop instance. Source: [n8n: Basic LLM Chain](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainllm/) Source: [n8n: If node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.if/) ## 9. Step 05. Add an approval decision. Perform these numbered actions on the laptop. Pause after the step and inspect the result. Keep credentials private and use the prepared workshop instance. Source: [n8n: Basic LLM Chain](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainllm/) Source: [n8n: If node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.if/) ## 10. Step 06. Run the final two tests. Perform these numbered actions on the laptop. Pause after the step and inspect the result. Keep credentials private and use the prepared workshop instance. Source: [n8n: Basic LLM Chain](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainllm/) Source: [n8n: If node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.if/) ## 11. Make the working version. Use fictional practice inputs. Ask learners to show their work, not just the final answer. Copyable prompt: [Open prompt](index.html#12-build) ```text Create a weekly plan only from these labelled notes: {{$json.notes}}. Return Action | Evidence note | Dependency | Approval needed. Use at most three actions. Mark missing facts unknown. Produce a draft only; do not claim to send, book or finish work. ``` ## 12. Ask for a review. Then check it. Use fictional practice inputs. Ask learners to show their work, not just the final answer. Copyable prompt: [Open prompt](index.html#12-review) ```text Audit this capstone plan against its notes. Identify invented facts, missing dependencies and actions needing permission. Return Pass/Revise with reasons. Do not approve on my behalf. Notes: [paste]. Plan: [paste]. ``` ## 13. Prove your result works. These are manual acceptance tests for the learner to perform. No test is claimed to have run merely because it appears here. Ask pairs to demonstrate one pass and one corrected failure. ## 14. When it does not work yet. Choose the observed symptom. Change one thing and rerun the smallest test. Avoid restarting the whole project or adding tools before diagnosing the current step. ## 15. Choose your next challenge. Experienced learners use the extensions while beginners complete the same core outcome. An extension is optional, not a prerequisite for participating. ## 16. Keep the result. Keep the evidence. Save the working version before leaving. Add a short note: what worked, what needed correction and what you would try next. The next module builds on the saved output. ## 17. Sources you can check. Primary sources checked during course creation on 2026-10-08. Provider interfaces and availability can change. The examples, prompts and activities are original community teaching designs. Source links explain capabilities; they do not prove these fictional exercises were executed. Source: [n8n: Basic LLM Chain](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainllm/) Source: [n8n: If node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.if/) Source: [NIST: Generative AI Profile](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ai/NIST.AI.600-1.pdf) ## Extensions - Add a schedule only after manual tests pass. - Add logs and a small failure-recovery path. ## Delivery notes Arrow keys, Space, Home and End navigate slides. N opens notes. Read all slides creates a scrolling lesson. Every prompt has a real Copy prompt button with an honest manual fallback if the browser blocks clipboard access. Keep the whole curriculum folder together: PPTX prompt links open the companion index.html at the same prompt anchor. PowerPoint does not copy directly. For sharing online, rebuild with --companion-base-url set to the published curriculum URL. Motion illustrates input, agent, tool, human review and output. Pause flow stops it; system reduced-motion is respected. PDF contains a static diagram. PPTX uses an animated GIF where available; playback varies by viewer. Original teaching content, synthesized from learning objectives. Public source decks remain separate in library/. No one-to-one rebranding or permission to republish is implied.