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Real systems, built and documented

Tools, prompt systems, workflows, and learning experiences built by Mattie Labs — written up the way an engagement actually runs: the problem, the constraints, the approach, and what came out of it. No invented clients, no invented numbers.

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BL-008Featured build · Consulting Experience

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Project Intake Lab & AI Working Profile

Starting a consulting conversation is the hardest step. Most visitors don't arrive with a clear brief — they arrive with a vague sense that AI could help, no vocabulary for what they need, and a blank contact form staring back at them.

A guided intake that turns "I think AI could help" into a structured project brief — with a readiness snapshot, a service match, and a draft master prompt, all derived by plain rules.

  • Six-step guided wizard with a review screen and per-step validation
  • AI readiness snapshot — five stages from a transparent additive score
  • Rule-based service matching with primary and secondary recommendations
  • AI Working Profile assembled from the answers
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02The build log

Every build, on record

Filter by the kind of system you're curious about — each entry opens a full case study: the problem, the constraints, the approach, and what came out of it.

Project build log

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BL-008Consulting Experience

Built

Project Intake Lab

A guided intake that turns "I think AI could help" into a structured project brief — with a readiness snapshot, a service match, and a draft master prompt, all derived by plain rules.

intakeconsultingrule-based
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BL-003Prompt System

Built

Prompt Library

A searchable, filterable library of 65 working prompts with starter packs, a fill-in-the-blanks customizer, and a shareable page for every prompt.

promptssearchstarter packs
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BL-006Learning Experience

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Learning Platform

A free, progress-tracked learning system: 8 guided paths and all 48 lessons built, with sequential unlocks, interactive exercises, path capstones, and quizzes — no account required.

educationprogress trackingcurriculum
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BL-007Interactive Tool

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Tools Hub

Three small interactive tools — a prompt builder, an AI skill check, and a use-case finder — that give visitors something to do, not just read. No signup, no AI calls.

interactivequizprompt builder
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BL-009Website / Product

Foundation

Website & Design System

The consulting-first site itself: a dark lab-interface design system, a fully prerendered Next.js build, and a connected ecosystem of learning, prompts, tools, and intake.

design systemstatic siteaccessibility
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BL-001Interactive Tool

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Wire Reel Tag Generator

A small purpose-built web tool that replaces hand-written warehouse wire-reel tags with standardized, validated, printable ones.

custom toolvalidationworkplace
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BL-002Workflow System

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Teams Call Dashboard

A dashboard that pulls Microsoft Teams call activity into one clear, filterable view — volume, patterns, and coverage at a glance.

dashboardreportingworkplace
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BL-004Workflow System

Built

YouTube Content Workflow

An AI-assisted content pipeline covering ideation, outlining, scripting, and metadata — with human checkpoints that keep the creator's voice in charge.

creatorcontent pipelineprompt systems
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BL-005Experiment

In Progress

Custom Business Tools

An ongoing series of small, purpose-built tools — calculators, generators, trackers, and mini-dashboards — built to do exactly what's needed and nothing else.

custom toolsmall businessscoping
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03The method

How every build gets made

The same working rules apply whether it's an internal system on this site or a tool built for a client.

Build philosophy

Understand the real problem

Not the requested feature — the friction behind it. Sometimes the honest answer is that nothing needs to be built.

Choose the simplest useful system

The smallest tool, prompt set, or workflow that solves it. Complexity has to earn its way in.

Build in small testable stages

Working stages over big reveals — each one checked against the real work it's meant to help.

Keep humans in control

AI drafts, suggests, and accelerates. A person reviews, decides, and stays the voice.

Document the handoff

Plain-language docs so what's built is owned and understood — not a dependency on whoever built it.

Improve from real use

The build log stays open. Systems get refined by how they hold up in actual work, not by roadmap theater.

Next entry: yours

Have a workflow, idea, or repeated task worth improving?

The Project Intake Lab turns it into a structured brief in one sitting — or send a quick note and we'll take it from there. Honest scoping either way, including “you don't need anything custom.”

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