Build With AI Route

AI, do with me a Chrome extension

Build and publish a real Chrome extension with AI-powered features. You will go from idea to Chrome Web Store listing, using Claude to generate code, handle Chrome APIs, and integrate intelligent capabilities into your extension.

21 steps ~3 hours For all professionals Free
Start This Route → Free to start · No credit card

You Have the Idea. You Just Can't Build It Yet.

AI can write code, generate scaffolding, and debug errors. You just need to know how to direct it. This route gives you that skill.

Before this route

  • You have product ideas but can't turn them into working tools without a developer.
  • You've tried no-code tools but got stuck when things didn't work as expected.
  • You know what you want to build but have no clear starting point.
  • Building something real with AI feels like it requires skills you don't have yet.
  • You can prototype ideas on paper but can't get them to actually run.

After this route

  • Choose a real problem to solve, design the extension concept with AI, and set up the complete project structure with manifest, scripts, and build tooling.
  • Implement the main functionality of your extension — the feature that actually solves the user's problem — using AI to generate and refine the logic.
  • Create a polished, functional popup UI that users interact with.
  • You've shipped a working tool — a bot, a page, or an app — using AI.
  • You know how to turn an idea into something real without needing a developer.

What You'll Actually Do

This isn't a lecture. Each step has you doing something real with AI — and by the end, you'll have a finished result you can use immediately.

1
Steps 1–4

Define your extension and scaffold the project

Choose a real problem to solve, design the extension concept with AI, and set up the complete project structure with manifest, scripts, and build tooling.

2
Steps 5–8

Build the core AI-powered feature

Implement the main functionality of your extension — the feature that actually solves the user's problem — using AI to generate and refine the logic.

3
Steps 9–11

Design and build the popup interface

Create a polished, functional popup UI that users interact with. Keep it focused — a popup should do one thing well.

4
Steps 12–14

Add AI capabilities to your extension

Integrate an AI API to give your extension intelligent features — summarization, classification, generation, or analysis of page content.

5
Steps 15–17

Test, debug, and polish the extension

Ensure the extension works reliably across sites, handles edge cases, and provides a smooth user experience.

6
Steps 18–21

Package and submit to Chrome Web Store

Prepare store assets, package the extension, and submit for review. Your extension goes live for the world to install.

Built for People Who Use AI at Work

You don't need to be technical. If you use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini for work — this route will make that time more productive.

Marketers

Content, briefs, and campaigns — done in hours instead of days.

Sales & BizDev

Prep calls, draft outreach, research prospects — in minutes.

HR & People Ops

Job descriptions, interview kits, onboarding docs — built, not copy-pasted.

Managers & Leads

Reports, presentations, and team comms — handled faster.

Founders

Move fast on everything — pitches, pages, research. AI as your first hire.

Ops & Analysts

Summaries, process docs, and structured output — from messy inputs.

How This Route Works

Read the Step

Each step gives you a task and a prompt to try. No fluff — just what to do and why it matters.

Do It With AI

Open your favorite AI tool. Paste the prompt. See the result. Then tweak it using the techniques you just picked up.

Stuck? Hit "Help"

The AI assistant knows what step you're on. Ask it anything — it sees your context and gets you unstuck in seconds.

"I had the idea for months. After this route, I had a working prototype by the end of the afternoon."
— Early access user, product manager

What You Walk Away With

Define your extension and scaffold the project

Choose a real problem to solve, design the extension concept with AI, and set up the complete project structure with manifest, scripts, and build tooling.

Build the core AI-powered feature

Implement the main functionality of your extension — the feature that actually solves the user's problem — using AI to generate and refine the logic.

Design and build the popup interface

Create a polished, functional popup UI that users interact with.

Add AI capabilities to your extension

Integrate an AI API to give your extension intelligent features — summarization, classification, generation, or analysis of page content.

Questions

No. If you've used ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini even once, you're ready. This route works at any level.

Any of the major ones — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Copilot. The techniques in this route work across all of them. Use whatever you already have open.

About ~3 hours end to end. You can pause and pick it back up — your progress is saved.

Every step has an AI assistant built in. It knows your context — what step you're on, what you've done so far. Just ask, and it gets you unstuck.

Courses teach concepts. This route has you doing real work at every step. You don't watch someone else do it — you do it yourself, on an actual task. By the end, you have a finished result and a system you can reuse.