Taptico AI Operator School
Eight weeks. Three certifications. One real product shipped to CIG. By July 17, you will know more practical AI than ninety percent of working professionals.
How this program works
This is self-paced. You work through each week on your own schedule alongside your CIG intern duties. Once a week you check in with Nick (your uncle and Taptico's founder) for 30 minutes to demo what you built, ask questions, and unblock anything stuck.
You are CIG's intern. Your day-to-day reporting and team is set by CIG (TBD). Your job is to be a great Assistant Project Manager. The AI training in this program makes you sharper at that job and gives you a real skill set for after college.
Four skills you build every week
This program runs on Anthropic's AI Fluency framework. Each week practices all four.
| Skill | What it means |
|---|---|
| Delegation | Decide what to send to an AI and what to keep yourself |
| Description | Write prompts that clearly explain what you need |
| Discernment | Evaluate AI output for accuracy, bias, and usefulness |
| Diligence | Verify, cite, and take responsibility for what you ship |
Start here
Click Week 1 in the sidebar. Check off items as you complete them. Your progress saves automatically in this browser.
Master Syllabus
The full eight-week arc at a glance.
Program at a Glance
| Duration | May 26 to July 17, 2026 (8 weeks) |
| Hours per week | 40 (split between CIG intern duties and AI learning) |
| Format | Self-paced + one weekly check-in with Nick |
| Your email | JShaf@cig-atl.com |
| Nick (mentor) | nick@taptico.com, 770-363-2160 |
| You report to | Your CIG team (TBD) |
| Capstone | Live demo of an AI workflow to your CIG audience (TBD) in Week 8 |
Eight-week roadmap
| Wk | Theme | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI Foundations and Setup | What LLMs are, the major labs, AI Fluency course start |
| 2 | ProjectIQ Deep Dive | Orient to ProjectIQ architecture and how it connects to CIG's workflow |
| 3 | Claude and Microsoft 365 Mastery | Deep dive on Claude, Excel power skills, M365 ecosystem |
| 4 | Prompt Engineering and OpenAI | Prompt patterns, ChatGPT for work, OpenAI Academy |
| 5 | Microsoft Copilot and Power Platform | Copilot in Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams. Intro to Copilot Studio |
| 6 | AI for Project Managers | PMI AI training, construction PM workflow, AI helpers for PM work |
| 7 | Agentic AI and Certification Sprint | Agents, Grok/Manus/Perplexity/Gemini, finish certifications |
| 8 | Capstone and Handoff | Build, ship, and demo a working AI workflow to your CIG audience (TBD) |
What you will ship
- A personal prompt library, organized by use case
- A Claude Project for CIG ProjectIQ documentation
- A working Copilot Studio agent
- Three or more industry certifications added to LinkedIn
- A capstone demo presented live to Chuck and the CIG team
- An intern playbook documenting what you learned, for the next person
Certifications
Every cert below is free. Target: three or more on your LinkedIn by July 17.
Where to sign up
- Anthropic Academy for AI Fluency and Claude with the API
- OpenAI Academy for AI Foundations and ChatGPT for Work
- Microsoft Learn for Copilot Foundations and AB-900
- Coursera for Google Prompting Essentials and Generative AI for PMs
- PMI AI in Construction
My Progress
Everything you have checked off in this site.
Week-by-week
| Week | Theme | Progress |
|---|
Reset
Need to start fresh? This clears your local progress only.
Rules of Engagement
With CIG
- You report to Chuck, Adam, Matt, and Alyssa. They are your team. Treat them as such.
- Never speak about another Taptico client by name to anyone at CIG.
- Mobile-friendly is not optional. Half the team is on a job site.
- If you do not know the answer, say so and write it down for follow up.
- All work product lives in SharePoint or OneDrive. Never on a personal device.
With AI tools
- Never paste CIG client data into a free or personal AI account. Use your CIG-licensed seats.
- Always verify factual claims before sending to a client.
- No em dashes and no emojis in any external content (Taptico brand rule).
- If Claude refuses a task, do not fight it. Reframe the request or ask Nick.
- Document every prompt you use more than twice. That is the start of a SOP.
With Nick
- One scheduled weekly check-in. Thirty minutes. Bring a demo, blockers, and questions.
- You can text or call anytime as family, but try not to. Batch your questions.
- If you are stuck for more than thirty minutes, that is when you ping.
- Nick has other clients. Respect the calendar. Be sharp in your check-ins.