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MSP Shiphaus #1

May 3, 2026 · Minneapolis

Hosted by Jake Moroshek

Today's Speakers.

Dan McCreary

AI researcher · author of Making Sense of NoSQL · retired Sr. Distinguished Engineer

Claude Skills for Intelligent Textbooks

An open-source initiative bringing Claude Skills and interactive Microsims into educational content — turning static textbooks into adaptive, AI-native learning environments.

Alex Portnoy

Technology innovator · executive coach · AI leader

Stop Prompting. Start Conversing.

LLMs respond better when you stop treating prompts as commands and start treating them as purposeful conversations. A practical model from Speech Act Theory — for prompt engineering and agent design.

What Is Shiphaus?

Free Build Days.
Everyone Ships.

9 events · 4 cities · 50+ shipped · 100+ onboarded

AI Workshops &
Company Automation

The work no one should be doing.

What People Have Shipped...

In a single day.

Consumer App · AI
KillTheList Alexander Makovetsky
Chicago

AI grocery assistant for families

Travel · Maps
Dillydally Daniel James
New York

Find the most fun route, not the fastest

Home Design · Visualization
RemodelViz Alan Babitsky
Chicago

Visualize kitchen & bathroom remodels

Gov Tech · Forms
Digital Arrival Card Network School
Malaysia

Government arrival form for Malaysia

Fitness · AI Coach
Athleteos Julio Cesar Ramirez Jimenez
Chicago

Pro-level training, nutrition & coaching

// ai adoption — global

~22%

have chatted with AI

~1.8 billion people

~0.25%

build with it

~20 million people

You're 0.25%.
You're early.

Today's Schedule.

10:30 Doors + arrival
10:45 Opening remarks
11:00 Build time + optional setup
12:15 Lunch + Dan McCreary (20 min)
12:40 Alex Portnoy (20 min)
1:00 Build continues
4:00 Demos
5:00 Wrap

Get on
WiFi.

Network: TBD

Password: TBD

Posted on the screen at arrival. Ask Jake if you can't find it.

Stay in Touch.

Submit your project, see what others built, and find the next MSP build day.

shiphaus.org/minneapolis

Or find Jake: @moroshek on X

D.Y.A.C.

Did You Ask Your Coder?

Before asking a neighbor, before raising your hand — try your AI coder first. That's the whole point. You'll be surprised how far it gets you.

Live Demo

Live Building Demo
& Onboarding

Building “Who Is in the Room” — live, from scratch, in an AI coder.

Chat Gives Advice.
AI Coders Do the Work.

Chat
“How do I make a website?”

You get instructions. You figure out the rest.

VS
AI Coder
“Make me a website.”

You get a real, working website you can share.

You Talk. It Builds.
You Refine.

Describe what you want in plain English. Claude builds it behind the scenes — you just see the result. Don't like something? Say “make the header bigger” or “change the color.” It's a back-and-forth, like texting a really talented friend.

01

Sign Up for an
AI Account.

Both work great. Pick one (or both):

Claude Pro $20/mo · claude.ai
ChatGPT Plus $20/mo · chatgpt.com

Sign up on your phone or laptop now. We'll wait.

Three Ways to Build.

No-Code Builders Browser

Lovable · v0 · Bolt

  • •Marketing pages & landing sites
  • •Prototype web apps in minutes
  • •One-click deploy
  • •No terminal, no install
Desktop Agents Easiest Start

Claude Desktop · Codex Desktop

  • •Talks to your files & apps
  • •Turn notes into action items
  • •Organize & rename folders
  • •Decks & reports from your docs
Terminal Agents Most Powerful

Claude Code · Codex CLI

  • •Build & deploy full websites
  • •Mobile & web apps end-to-end
  • •Automate workflows & pipelines
  • •The most powerful tier

New to this? Claude Desktop or Codex Desktop is the easiest start. Already comfortable? Pick any tier — they all work.

02

Open Your
Terminal.

Terminal is a text-based way to talk to your computer. It looks techy, but all you'll do is paste a couple of commands.

Mac

Cmd + Space → type “Terminal” → Enter

PC

Press Windows key → type “PowerShell” → Enter

03

Install Your
AI Coder.

Today we'll use Claude Code. Copy the command for your machine, paste, press Enter. Takes about two minutes. (Codex CLI works the same way — see chatgpt.com/codex.)

Mac / Linux
$ curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
PC (PowerShell)
> irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex
04

Make a Folder on
Your Desktop Called
“my-site”

Right-click your Desktop. New Folder. Name it my-site. That's where your project will live.

05

Launch Your
AI Coder.

Back to your terminal. Paste your command — it opens your AI coder inside the new folder.

Mac
$ cd ~/Desktop/my-site && claude
PC
> cd ~\Desktop\my-site; claude

A browser window pops up — sign in with your AI account. When you see a blinking cursor, you're in.

06

Switch to the
Latest Model.

Most AI coders default to a smaller, cheaper model. Switch to the largest one for the heaviest lifting.

/model

Pick the Opus option from the list. Better model = better results.

07

Install
frontend-design.

This plugin makes your AI coder way better at building beautiful websites. (Claude Code commands shown — Codex users can paste an equivalent system prompt.)

/plugin install frontend-design@claude-plugins-official
/reload-plugins

Run both. The reload activates the plugin in your session.

You're Set Up.
Go Build.

If you get stuck, ask Claude first. Then ask a neighbor.