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Membership Mysteriously got cancelled!!!
Help just got canceled from VIP group - what’s happening???
1 like • 4d
@Johnny L Who did you reach out to - Matthew Creamer?
New Clief Notes Logo!
My Cousin @Ryan H. was tasked with making me a new logo for the group (the old fashioned way, not much AI help here) and I think he SMASHED it out of the park. Perfect nuance, what do you all think?
New Clief Notes Logo!
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Took me a bit to see it - very clever, looks great.
🏁 The Archive 3.4 Check-In
Vote below, then tell us in the comments: where are you with computational orchestration right now?
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1 like • May 12
Looking back at what I’ve built, without knowing it, it’s all turned out to be roughly 60/30/10. Keeping the human in the loop for the final judgement and people to people contact I’ve found important and a necessity. Computational Orchestration - excellent framing. Really appreciate your style of teaching Jake.
🏁 Foundations 2.3 Check-In
This one reframes what prompting actually is. Vote below, then fill in the blank in the comments: Before this, I thought prompting was ___. Now I think it is ___.
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1 like • Apr 18
Before I thought prompting was simply to get the AI to work efficiently but now I see it as the most important piece of the puzzle. If used correctly with the right information and instruction, it can ensure the bespoke abstraction layer can exist and work
From 2 Hours to 10 Minutes: First Major Automation Win
This is my first major win applying what @Jake Van Clief ef teaches. Since subscribing to Claude Code on March 19th, I’ve been able to show so much progress that my company has now upgraded me to the Max 5x subscription. Looking forward to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and continuing to improve our processes! As a Finance Manager responsible for month-end closing, I wanted to see what Claude Code could actually achieve—and it delivered! Even without Azure or backend access to our ERP system (D365 F&O), I didn't let that stop me from being "efficiently lazy." Claude Code showed me how to use the Playwright MCP to control Chrome and handle the heavy lifting for me. The script now automatically downloads the monthly trial balance, populates an Excel template, identifies discrepancies via color-coding, and even takes screenshots to document numbers from various reports. I’m already tackling my next big automation project—a task that is notoriously tedious when done manually. Stay tuned for that post, as well as more month-end automation updates in the near future! I had Claude code describe the workflow: Common Reconciliation — Monthly Close Automation with Claude Code + Playwright MCP Every month-end I run a single slash command (/mec-common) and pass it a month number. Claude then drives the entire reconciliation process end-to-end, touching both a live D365 ERP system and a multi-sheet Excel workbook — no manual steps. The workflow in three phases: Phase 1 — Trial Balance Claude navigates to the D365 Trial Balance page, clears any stale filters, sets the correct date range, triggers a recalculation, and downloads the export. The Excel file is placed in the right folder, and the data is pasted (values only) into the reconciliation workbook's Trial bal D365 sheet. A full workbook recalculation is then forced before anything is read. Phase 2 — Revaluation Check Claude loops through ~50 reconciliation sheets. On each sheet it finds the last row where column C says "Revaluation" (there are two — the second one holds the actual diff) and reads the value in column G. If the diff is outside ±1, the sheet tab is colored red. One sheet (150070) is always flagged red and requires manual review regardless.
3 likes • Apr 17
Hi Ellen, Wow, sounds like you're on fire. I wonder if you could help me with something? I'm currently advising a client about the in-house accountants' workflow. They are pushing back on using the software which has built-in AI to handle the repetitive reconciling-type jobs. They are obviously worried that if they use the AI it's going to dramatically reduce their hours, which is understandable. My question is, with the time that you are reducing doing those jobs that can be automated, what do you see yourself doing with that extra time?
2 likes • Apr 17
Sorry meant Allan!
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Pete Lucas
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Just a normal guy with a curious mind, always learning something new and passionate about all things tech

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