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Make AI part of how you work.

I use AI to build software, publish, and help run All Things AI. AIOS brings what I learn into a practical book you can use.

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By Mark R. HinkleCo-founder, All Things AI · Founder, The AIE Network
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THE PRACTICAL FIELD GUIDEFrom building and teaching
  1. 01
    Questions from real workWhat are people trying to do?
  2. 02
    Experiments & reviewWhat holds up when we try it?
  3. 03
    Lessons you can useBring them into your own work

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265pages of practical guidance

3paths for different kinds of work

32waypoints to put it into practice

Field notes / All Things AI

Developed from working with thousands of AI professionals live.

The work I do with AI and the people I teach at All Things AI both shape this book. Here are a few of those lessons and ways to try them in your own work.

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Ideas worth bringing to workThe keynote stage · All Things AI 2026 · Durham
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The conversations keep goingConversations between sessions · All Things AI 2026 · Durham
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Start with people's questionsIn the audience · Carolina Theatre · All Things Open AI 2025
The 2025 conference The All Things AI community
01Sort + MatchChoose an agent platform for a specific task.

Build an Agent Day · Charlotte · July 28, 2026

In the Charlotte class, I covered choosing agent platforms, writing reusable instructions, and using S.M.A.R.T. Those are the same decisions you need to make for a task in your own work.

Bring it to your workName the task, the context, and what a good result looks like before you pick an assistant.

Explore the workshop
02Automate + RefineTurn a useful first result into a repeatable process.

All Things AI · Behind the events

At All Things AI, we use AI to build our website and ConferenceOS, edit videos, and create ads. Those projects give us specific examples to bring into teaching: what helped, what needed another pass, and what a person had to check.

Bring it to your workKeep the instructions and context that worked. Review the next result against the same standard.

See how we use AI
03Take ControlDecide what needs your approval.

All Things AI · From workshop to publication

In Charlotte, I also covered reviewing results and deciding what needs approval. We use the same approach in our own work: people set the direction, test the result, and decide what is ready to publish.

Bring it to your workDecide who needs to review a draft before it can be published.

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The model, at a glance

What does AI need
to do the job?

Useful AI needs context, clear instructions, access to the work, and a person accountable for the result. The BASIC Stack connects those pieces.

BASIC is the system.
S.M.A.R.T. is how you delegate work to it.

Explore the five layers

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The BASIC Stack

  1. B

    Brain

    The sources and context AI needs

  2. A

    Assistants

    AI tools assigned to a task

  3. S

    Skills

    Instructions you can save and reuse

  4. I

    Interface

    Where you assign tasks and review results

  5. C

    Controls

    Your standards and approval points

Use these five layers to set up a workflow.

Three ways to use the book

Start with the work you do.

Read the whole book, or start with the section that fits your work. Each path includes examples and steps you can try.

01

For leaders

Choose where AI can help your team.

Choose a workflow, give it an owner, and define what success looks like.

The enterprise path
02

For professionals

Make AI part of your daily practice.

Start with a task you can change. Save the instructions that help you get a useful result.

The knowledge worker path
03

For builders

Build and test an AI workflow.

Build the context, tools, skills, and controls that a dependable workflow needs.

The builder path
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Practical guides

Try one useful thing.

All practical guides
Mark Hinkle with Build an Agent Day Charlotte participants at the front of the room
Build an Agent Day · Charlotte · July 28, 2026

Practical guide · Choose your first task

How to choose your first AI workflow

Choose a useful first AI workflow with a five-question worksheet, a worked event example, and a simple way to measure whether it improves your work.

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Igor Jablokov and Mark Hinkle in conversation · All Things AI 2026, Durham.

Practical guide · Keep people responsible

A human approval checklist for AI workflows

Decide what your AI may prepare and what a person must approve. Use a practical checklist, an event publishing example, and a copyable approval record.

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Mark R. Hinkle, author of AIOS
Author. Builder. All Things AI co-founder.

Meet the author

Mark R. Hinkle

Mark builds software, publishes, and teaches people how to use AI.

Mark is the founder of The AIE Network, co-founder of All Things AI, and author of The AI Enterprise newsletter. His career spans Linux, open source, cloud computing, and AI.

AIOS explains the practices Mark uses in that work: give AI useful information and instructions, check its output, and decide what a person needs to approve.

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