Complete recipes · real minutes, real dollars

SKILLZ

Not tips — whole meals. Each stack is a job done start to finish: every tool, every step, what it costs, how long it takes. Watch it, then run it. Plus free assets from the studio — take something home.

The 4-Minute Ad

A scripted, scored, captioned video ad — no crew, no edit suite.

≈ 40 min · under $2 of credits

Follow the steps on the right — tool, move, minutes, cost. No demo film; the recipe is the product.

  1. 01
    Claude5 min · $0

    Write the 30-second script: hook, three beats, close. Feed it your brand voice first (Vault box 001).

  2. 02
    Veo 3.115 min · ~$1.50

    Generate each beat as its own shot — describe lens and light, not just objects. 4K with synced sound comes back.

  3. 03
    CapCut15 min · $0

    Stack the shots, trim to rhythm. The AI captions button does the subtitles.

  4. 04
    Suno5 min · $0 tier

    One instrumental bed, described in one line ('warm analog synth, 90bpm, confident'). Duck it under the dialogue.

Landing Page in an Afternoon

Live URL, real copy, looks designed — before dinner.

≈ 3 hrs · $0 if you have the subscriptions

Follow the steps on the right — tool, move, minutes, cost. No demo film; the recipe is the product.

  1. 01
    Claude30 min · $0

    Copy first, design second: headline, three sections, one CTA. Run it through the Second Pass prompt (Vault box 002).

  2. 02
    Claude Code90 min · in plan

    "Build a one-page site with this copy" — then twenty small asks, never one big one. Look at it after every change.

  3. 03
    Studio30 min · $0

    Tune the tokens — color, type, spacing — live on the canvas until it feels like yours, free.

  4. 04
    Vercel20 min · $0 tier

    Connect the repo, press deploy. The URL is real now — send it to one person tonight.

The Self-Running Inbox

Every email triaged, drafted, and filed before you open the lid.

≈ 1 evening to wire · saves ~4 hrs/week

Follow the steps on the right — tool, move, minutes, cost. No demo film; the recipe is the product.

  1. 01
    Zapier10 min · free tier

    Trigger: new email arrives. That's the whole trigger — resist the urge to get clever.

  2. 02
    Claude30 min · API cents

    Classify: reply-needed / FYI / noise. Give it five examples of each from your real inbox — accuracy jumps.

  3. 03
    Claude30 min · API cents

    For reply-needed: draft the response in your voice, save to Drafts. It never sends — you approve with one read.

  4. 04
    Zapier20 min · free tier

    File FYI to a weekly digest, archive noise. Check the digest Friday; adjust the five examples monthly.

The giveaway table

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The Butterfly Group runs stacks like these for clients every week.