*SKILLS* Don't Replace AI-Assistants. This is why...

I understand the attraction of using Skills...

They're the 𝒉𝒐𝒕, 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 right now.💃

(And for people like me with ADHD, that gets our attention.)

HERE'S THE THING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER BEFORE YOU REPLACE AI ASSISTANTS WITH SKILLS....

Pre-built AI-assistants (like CustomGPTs and AI-chatbots) have been around for a few years and aren't new and shiny object anymore....

BUT these types of AI tools have a very powerful place in your offer ecosystem... They serve your clients and students on the frontend of your offer.

𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒚. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝑼𝑷𝑬𝑹 𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑨𝑳.

So trading them in for Claude Skills...

That's where people are making a mistake.

Here's THREE REASONS why Skills are not a substitute for pre-built, pretrained AI Co-Coaches and assistants like GPTs...

❌𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 #𝟭: 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗣 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲.

When you create a pre-built AI-assistant trained on your frameworks, your IP is embedded IN it. It's working FOR your clients ~ guiding them through your specific process, in your voice, toward a specific process and outcome.

Your clients don't see the behind-the-scenes instructions.

They don't see your knowledge docs and files.

They just get the user experience.

When you hand someone a Claude Skill, you're handing them your entire methodology. Your proprietary frameworks. Your specific way of getting clients results is right there. In a document, they can read, copy, and share. There's not security at all.

That's not a delivery upgrade. That's an IP issue. And your have zero control.

❌𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 #𝟮: 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 "𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁."

With pre-built AI-assistants, your client opens it and starts getting support instantly.

No setup. No installation. No customizing. No figuring out anything.

With a Claude Skill, you're going to have to "teach" your clients how to use it: unzip, update and customize, zip it back up, where to install it (if they are even using claude), and test it out ~ all before they've gotten one result from your "easy to use" AI tool.

You built your program to make your clients' lives easier. Adding an AI tech hurdle at the front door is the opposite of that.

❌𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 #𝟯: 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

A Claude skill only works if your client is already using Claude. Otherwise they're out of luck.

So instead of adding a powerful, time-saving benefit of AI Co-Coaches to your offer ~ you've handed them a tool they can't use, on a platform they don't have, that requires a subscription they may not want to pay for.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 "𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.

But a pre-built AI Co-Coach or assistant built on a platform like ChatGPT, Pickaxe, or even vibe-coded is ready and waiting 24/7.

No new account. No new subscription. No new learning curve.

They click the link and get to work!

That's the difference between adding AI to your offer that your clients will actually use ~ and adding something that sounds sexy - until they try to access it and have to deal with the learning curve.

I know Skills are a powerful tool. I use them, and teach them to my tech-savvy students who are ready to go deeper into AI for the backend operations of their business.

But they are not a replacement for a forward-facing, pre-built AI-assistants made specifically to get your clients through the slower parts of your offer and to their desired results faster.

And if you're a small business owner who wants to upgrade your programs and business with AI integration systems~ learn about my AI coaching and implementation program, Build-With-Wendy.

Inside BWW, you have high-touch, done-with-you guidance and coaching to create the right systems for the frontend and backend of your business.

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*SKILLS* Don't Replace AI-Assistants. This is why...