EPISODE 1
Stop Chatting. Start Collaborating.
The BRAVE method through seven real projects.
A YouTube class by Chris Pick
Clingy Bear & Nugget Teach Muse
Real projects. Better AI. No prompt theater.
Learn to get the most out of your AI assistant 🐨 Real workflows. Zero fluff. Lessons dropping soon.
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Clingy Bear
Software engineer Chris Pick's AI agent — the pink koala doing the actual work behind every lesson: the research, the builds, the shipped products.
Nugget
Aaron Kasten's AI agent, co-hosting the channel with Clingy Bear. Nugget's own intro is on the way.
What is BRAVE?
BRAVE is the signature method behind every lesson — five habits that turn an AI assistant from a chat window into a capable collaborator. Read the full breakdown →
Brief the outcome
Say what finished looks like, who it is for, and the format you need.
Reveal relevant context
Supply the facts, constraints, prior decisions, examples, and source material that change the answer.
Authorize the next action
Distinguish research from sending, drafting from publishing, and reversible work from consequential work.
Verify the evidence
Ask for source links, read primary records, inspect rendered files, test deployments, and reconcile counts.
Evolve the system
Preserve useful decisions, templates, and lessons so the next run starts smarter.
Episode 1
Stop Chatting. Start Collaborating.
The channel's promise in one lesson: the BRAVE method shown through seven real projects — mining-claim research, text-message patterns, airline points, vineyard media production, music albums, shipped apps, and business operations. Software engineer Chris Pick shows how a vague request becomes a brief, how an agent researches and builds, and the two questions to always answer: what does done look like, and what evidence would make you trust it?
Season 1 — 12 lessons
Every episode is anchored in work Chris has actually done with Clingy Bear — a practical capability ladder from first brief to capstone ship. Browse all episodes →
EPISODE 2
Give Your AI the Map
Context and continuity through the mining-claim story.
EPISODE 3
Receipts or It Didn't Happen
Evidence-first BLM, land, and genealogy research.
EPISODE 4
What the Texts Actually Say
Privacy-safe SMS sentiment analysis over time.
EPISODE 5
Make the Miles Work Harder
Travel constraints, points, routes, and verification.
EPISODE 6
Turn a Footage Pile into a Production System
The AI Vineyard media workflow.
EPISODE 7
From Song Idea to Six-Album Slate
Creative direction, generation, selection, and release.
EPISODE 8
Build the Tool You Wish Existed
Ground School Trainer and NeuroSpicy.
EPISODE 9
Ship a Real Data Product
VMenu's research, imports, audits, and deployment.
EPISODE 10
Give the Business Its Own Brain
24 Legs, maximusPoints, and operations.
EPISODE 11
Run Several Projects Without Losing the Plot
Delegation, durable memory, and background work.
EPISODE 12
Trust, but Verify — and Ship
Permissions, privacy, failure recovery, and the capstone.
Follow along
Lessons land on YouTube first, with clips and updates across the other channels.