Has anyone figured out a workaround for attaching files to a Gmail draft via MCP? Gmail MCP create_draft doesn’t support attachments. Chrome MCP can drive the browser fine but the paperclip opens Finder picker which is outside the DOM. I’ve tried using Drive to attach since it stays in browser but it’s been very clunky and time consuming. Thanks!

Hey all - the upcoming Claude mastery workshop series in April is going to kick off on Friday, April 3rd with a 3 hour workshop where we will interactively build out the architecture and foundation of your AI Chief of Staff (AICOS) with Claude Cowork and Code. This is for those founders and builders and execs who want to utilize AI to its maximum potential - meaning - you operate and orchestrate and architect a team of AI Agents, using Claude / Cowork & Claude Code - as the backbone of this operating system that integrates into your business and life, to make a quantum leap forward in how you run and operate your business. Stay on top of things, think strategically, and be proactive with building and expanding your own human AI operator skills and capabilities. Not going to be a super geeky technical workshop. Though if you are technical, you will pick up and run with things faster most likely. BUT even if non-technical, I will be sharing the basics to advanced set up for the AICOS. We will be covering and installing specific SKILLS and setting up Connectors in Claude and building on it from there. This workshop will go deep, and it will be paid. Good news for active members (Premium + VIP) - it's included in your membership! And also for those grandfathered in from the AI Author Cookbook+ and Creator+ membership - this is included as part of your membership. No need to buy a ticket. Beyond the workshop, and all the skills, the mindset, the architecture, the resources, and the value I will curate and deliver for everyone on it, will include ongoing support every Tuesday in April at 10am CST April 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th On these workshops, we will cover installing specific skills that you can upload and train your AICOS on, and also modify yourself. I've spent a significant amount of time testing, using, refining, and optimizing these to be plug&play but also easy to modify and customize for your own business, or even for your clients if you're running an agency.

Claude and all things Claude are so great, but I think the Skills that can now be combo’d with Cowork have near infinite potential to unlock. Implement Skills + Connectors the Cowork & Claude Code when it makes sense, it’s insane what you can do. Therefore, I believe we should maintain the focus in February with our Claude Mastery Sprint Series and begin combining Claude with platforms like Google’s Gemini and NotebookLM for starters, to continue leveling up our AI Architect & Operator skills as humans. Normal people don’t get it. But you probably do, and if you don’t but you want to, you’re ahead of the curve already. Who’s locked IN to continue our deep dive with Claude in February? ***Edit: I was thinking of what we should call this as a theme, and since we’ve also been chatting about literally coworking, as part of our members benefits, and Claude Cowork…and skills…. Dibs on calling this: Claude Mastery: Cowork & Skills 🤝 I’m considering running this now as a 6 week cohort sprint that would start officially the 2nd week of Feb and end mid March - with a weekend AI Hackathon at the end of Feb where we dig into writing books and building automations to support our biz ops, sales and marketing during a heads down weekend. I’ll host part of this in person, and have a virtual session planned for this if we roll with it. COWORK AND SKILLS 🙏

Hey all - a few questions came up from the Claude Mastery Sprint kickoff call on Tuesday about how to connect Firecrawl MCP to Claude. So I made this YouTube video here to show you how and created an SOP breakdown that is available in the GenAIU Mastery Workshop here. Hope you find this useful. The same approach is can be done more many tools that support MCP and how to set them up with Claude. 🔗 Links mentioned: → Firecrawl MCP Setup Docs: https://docs.firecrawl.dev/mcp-server → Create a Firecrawl account: https://firecrawl.dev → Claude: https://claude.ai Firecrawl does not have a native integration directly inside Claude to this is one way to do it, or you can go through something like Zapier - but that tends to eat up more Zapier credits than I'd like, and you can get 500 free credits to your account to start in Firecrawl directly. For those joining the workshop today, see you soon!

Replay + resources from the VIP AI Implementation Intensive call (1/6/2026) is up in the VIP Vault. If you haven't filled out the intake form yet, please get that done before Thursday. Ideally, by end of day today. I'm using your responses to build out your Claude Projects this week in my account to support the focus of the playbooks we will be working on each week. Link to both in the Classroom: VIP Vault (here). - Darby