Raw-Clauding: How to Think with AI
Laura Esquibel Ackerman
producer/non-technical raw-clauder
Build a thinking partnership with AI that gets better every session.
The most important thing for all of us to keep up with is our own thinking, especially when we're thinking with AI because how we show up shapes what shows up. But humans don't have persistent energy and AI doesn't have persistent memory. It's exhausting keeping up with all our sh*t and helping AI keep up with it too.
raw-clauding = files + partnership (intelligence meeting intelligence in markdown)
By the end you'll be able to collaborate with AI as a thinking partner and have an archive of your own thinking texture (not compressed summaries); pick up any thread, any thought, any time . Everything lives in plain text you own and can edit directly so you stay close to your thinking as it compounds. You'll think deeper, your AI will find connections you don't see, and you won't have to hold it all in your head anymore. The system and the way you show up together carry it.
What you’ll learn
How to think *with* AI and build a system where each session compounds.
Practice 50/50 partnership: from "give me an answer" to "let's figure this out together"
Pressure-test decisions through multiple lenses to catch what either of you might miss
Push back (and forth) to let ideas find shapes you wouldn't reach working alone
Codify your own knowledge and flows into custom skills you can read, edit, and share
Skills can pull you closer to your thinking or further from it; understand why you want both, and when to use which
Build a local markdown system you can plug into whichever AI you want to think with
Learn how where you put things shapes how you and AI think together
Capture sessions verbatim: both voices, full texture, nothing compressed
End sessions with dedicated handoffs so you and AI can jump right back in
Learn directly from Laura
Laura Esquibel Ackerman
producer/non-technical raw-clauder
Who this course is for
Tired of tool mode. You want AI that pushes back, builds on your ideas, amplifies your thinking, and can pick up wherever you left off.
Brains that can't stop. You think in non-linear tangents, side quests, and brain dumps and want AI to help connect all of it.
Execs, leadership, PMs, knowledge workers, students, jobless... anyone who wants to stay close to their thinking (ideas > titles).
Prerequisites
Daily AI users and curious/motivated dabblers will do best
All will benefit from architecture + methodology but beginners won't have practical support
Recommended tools/subscriptions
Claude Pro ($20/mo), Cursor ($20/mo or free), Obsidian (free)
This course is NOT for everyone
Those who just want AI to do things for them (tool mode) might not enjoy the 50/50 collaboration modeled in this course
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Laura Esquibel Ackerman in a real-time, interactive format.
Architecture and infrastructure
A year of iteration compressed into a ready-to-use system (you move in on day one; explore, then make it yours).
Small cohorts, conversational learning
Small groups so we can think together in real time, follow the threads that matter to you, and troubleshoot in your actual system.
Alumni cohort
Private community to share insights and stay connected so we all keep learning together.
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Course syllabus
2 live sessions • 14 lessons
Week 1
Apr
23
Day 1: System/Capture
Apr
24
Day 2: Loop/Partnership
System
Capture
Loop
Partnership
Free resources
Schedule
Live sessions
4 hrs
Thu, Apr 23
3:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Fri, Apr 24
3:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Projects
2-4 hrs
(self-paced, in your own system)
Frequently asked questions
$1,200
USD
16 hours left to enroll