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Braydon Germain from Pilot House is back on AKNF to break down how AI is changing the actual day-to-day of marketing work. This episode isn’t about shiny demos or abstract AI hype. It’s about using Claude like a real coworker: building skills, breaking work into micro-tasks, automating repeatable steps, and keeping human taste where it matters.

For DTC founders, agency operators, media buyers, and creative strategists trying to turn AI from a novelty into a real workflow.

In this episode, Eric and Braden get into:

• How Claude shifts from “chat tool” to “coworker”
• why the best AI workflows start by breaking work into smaller repeatable tasks
• How teams can build shared skills for more consistent copy across channels
• Where auto-research and always-on optimization could actually change how marketers work
• Why human judgment still matters most in taste, positioning, and creative direction

Who this is for: Marketers and operators who already use AI a little, but know they’re still nowhere near the ceiling.

What to steal:

• Break one recurring workflow into micro-tasks before trying to automate all of it
• Build shared AI skills around tone of voice, reference examples, and approval standards
• Keep AI on structure and repetition, keep humans on taste and final judgment

Timestamps

00:00 Claude as a real coworker

02:21 Why most people use AI too simply

04:22 Breaking ad work into micro tasks

06:26 Standardizing copy across client accounts

08:01 Building Claude skills with Skill Builder

10:06 Auto research and KPI-based optimization

12:08 Always-on execution with AI agents

14:15 Best Claude skill libraries on GitHub

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