PretectalThe workflow library
Make the next useful thing.
Start with a problem you understand. Use AI to build a small first version, learn from the people who try it, and leave your team with something they can use and maintain. These guides make each step concrete.
Find your starting point
Where are you in the build?
Choose your starting point. Each route gives you something to make, a useful role for AI, and a way to check the result.
Your starting route
From a recurring problem to a prototype
Make: A working prototype, a focused build brief, and user-test notes.
Bring to the workflow
- One recurring task and a person who performs it
- An example of the current input and desired output, using sample data
- A way to build and preview a small app, plus a place to record decisions
Your first action
Open the prototype workbook and finish this sentence: when [person] needs to [task], they currently [steps], and the difficult part is [observed friction]. Ask that person whether you have described the task accurately.
Selected workflow: From a recurring problem to a prototype. Its inputs and starter template are shown after the choices.
Working across several stages? Browse the product and specialist guides below.
One problem.
One complete path.
The first version should do one useful job from beginning to end. AI can help you move through the build. Your understanding of the task, and what users do with the result, guide what happens next.
Find the tools that fit the task ↗- Define the useful changeName the person, the recurring task, and the desired output.
- Build a version someone can tryKeep the scope small and the expected behavior clear.
- Learn, improve, and hand it overObserve real use and document what the next owner needs.
Build a product
Move from an idea to something useful.
Each guide includes a first action, a reusable prompt, an editable workbook, and a definition of done. You can build with AI without adding AI to the finished product.
From a recurring problem to a prototype
Turn one recurring task into a small, testable product. Use AI to clarify the brief, build a first version, and prepare a task someone can try.
From prototype to team use
Plan a limited team trial with clear access, realistic task checks, user feedback, and a handoff someone can maintain.
Applied workflows · education
Take the method into a specific field.
Healthcare education is where much of my product work began. These specialist guides show how a task changes when source accuracy, scientific visuals, and learner feedback are part of the brief.
From paper to presentation
A practical AI-assisted workflow for turning a study into a sourced teaching narrative, an accurate chart, and a meaningful audience interaction.
Visuals you can explain
Choose reference-based diagrams, clinical images, and interactive models with a clear visual brief, source record, and anatomy review.
Give the audience a decision
Create prediction questions and branching educational cases with reviewed feedback, accessible controls, and a reliable presentation fallback.
Review before the room
A practical presentation review workflow covering evidence, visual accuracy, interaction states, AI disclosure, and a documented handoff.
See the products. Then adapt the process.
WhatsTheDx, OptoConnections, and OptoLearn each begin with a different need. Explore the case studies for the product decisions, the evidence of use, and ideas you can bring to your own team.