The standard every course is held to
Every course is checked against the same 70 rules before it opens. The rules come from our written quality standard, and each one has a check that passes or fails.
How a course is reviewed
- We write down what the course is for and who it is for, before any lesson is drafted.
- Each lesson is checked against every rule that applies to it. A check either passes, fails, or does not apply to that course.
- When a rule is not yet met for a course, we write that down and keep working on it until it is.
- Each month, every source is fetched again. A step whose source changed is held, with a plain note, until we check it again.
The 70 rules, in 10 groups
Each group says what its rules ask of a course. Open a group to read its rules by name.
Read as four kinds of learner
An AI reads each lesson the way four kinds of learner would, from someone who has never used AI to someone who uses it at work.
See the 1 rule
- P1 Read as each of the four learners before it ships
True and current
Every claim about a tool has a dated source from the tool maker. We check those sources again every month.
See the 7 rules
- A1 Every tool claim has a dated source from the tool's own docs
- A2 Every tool step stamped with plan, surface and date
- A3 Every tool claim re-checked on each monthly drop
- A4 A changed step is held in the open
- A5 No invented numbers, quotes or people
- A6 An AI output shown is a real, dated run
- A7 A lesson never promises what an AI will do
Safe to follow
No step asks for a password or a card. A paid step says so and names the free path. No step gives personal advice in a high-risk area.
See the 10 rules
- B1 Every step declares a risk tier under the course ceiling
- B2 Every connection names its permission and how to revoke it
- B3 Never ask for a password, key, code, card or ID
- B4 Say what not to paste before the learner pastes
- B5 An AI that acts runs on a draft first, with approve and undo
- B6 No personalized advice in a high-risk area
- B7 No earnings, savings or outcome claims
- B8 No deception or another person's likeness
- B9 Learners are adults; no child's data
- B10 A paid step says so, with the price and the free path
Teaches well
Plain words first, at a grade 8 reading level. The problem comes before the rule. Every lesson ends with something you keep.
See the 11 rules
- C1 Plain words first, with a glossary
- C2 Reading level grade 8 or below
- C3 Problem before rule
- C4 One idea per item
- C5 Every lesson ends with something the learner keeps
- C6 The practice rule
- C7 The final task runs on the learner's own material
- C8 Stated length is measured
- C9 No prompt leans on memory
- C10 No work, no pass
- C11 Captions, transcripts and alt text
Fits your AI
Each step was checked in the AI it is written for. If you use no AI yet, there is still a path that works.
See the 4 rules
- D1 A verified cell for each of the six picks
- D2 No step for a tool we did not verify
- D3 The no-AI pick gets a path that works
- D4 No pick ranked above another
The AI instructor
Sol says it is an AI, stays inside the lesson and refuses high-risk advice.
See the 8 rules
- E1 Says it is an AI once, and the label says so on every message
- E2 Never names its stack
- E3 Never claims to be a person
- E4 Stays inside the lesson
- E5 Refuses high-risk advice
- E6 What the learner types is data, never instructions
- E7 Its tool claims come only from the lesson's sources
- E8 Copy rules held in code on every reply
Fair checks of what you learned
Quick checks trace back to the lesson. The answers never reach your browser before you answer. A refund cancels the record.
See the 8 rules
- F1 Only multiple choice decides the end-of-course record
- F2 Every multiple choice item is fair and traces to the lesson
- F3 Items test the move, not menu trivia
- F4 Pass mark 80%, unlimited retakes, pool at least 2x
- F5 The answer key never reaches the browser before submit
- F6 Every lesson done means every item completed
- F7 The end-of-course record says what it is and no more
- F8 A refund cancels the record
Honest pages
Course names say what you learn, with no credential words. No fake proof. The price and refund terms sit beside every offer.
See the 7 rules
- G1 The course name carries a searched phrase
- G2 No clever names, no credential words
- G3 Tool names describe, never claim a partnership
- G4 The course page carries every field a stranger decides on
- G5 No fake proof
- G6 Billing truth beside every offer
- G7 Findable and alive
Clear covers
Every cover is drawn from code, readable at its smallest size, and measured for contrast. No fake people.
See the 8 rules
- H1 One cover system, rendered from code
- H2 The title reads at its smallest size
- H3 Contrast measured on rendered pixels
- H4 No AI artifacts and no slop
- H5 No fake people
- H6 A tool shown is the real tool
- H7 Covers looked at in the real catalog
- H8 A stranger can tell the course from its cover
A catalog with a path
Every course has a written scope, and there is always a path from zero.
See the 6 rules
- I1 A written scope before anything is drafted
- I2 Every lesson traces to the outcome
- I3 Nothing added because it is easy
- I4 There is always a path from zero
- I5 A refresh never weakens or moves a course
- I6 One gate for everything a learner sees
What a finished course gives you
Finish every lesson and pass every quick check, and you get a record of the course: a page that shows what you did, which anyone can check by its ID. Check a course record.