Ahead with AI #10: Scrape Any Website, Repurpose Articles, Set Smarter Goals

Apply AI in 5 minutes every Sunday: 3 prompts, 2 ways to use AI, 1 key insight

Nov 16, 2025

Stay ahead of the curve by turning AI from something you read about into something you use.

In today’s Ahead with AI:
Prompt: look at your life from 2045 to fix what you’re doing in 2025
Prompt: turn any goal into a SMART goal
Prompt: break the autopilot and focus on what actually moves the needle
How to: build a mini app that scrapes any website URL automatically with Google AI Studio
How to: repurpose articles into LinkedIn carousels in a few clicks
Key insight: give AI a “replacement” when you want it to stop doing something

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There are now 192 people (🎉!!!) in the Lab and 68 guides, prompts, and automations live - with more added every week.

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Now, let’s begin.

3 prompts to kick off your week

There are endless ways to use AI, but many of them slip by because we never think to ask. Here are three to try this week with your favorite model. Add your own context so the answers are useful.

These are ready to go, but if you want prompts tailored to your own needs, try my Prompt Generator. Premium readers get 150 bonus credits.

I. For you: Look at your life from 2045 to fix what you’re doing in 2025

Based on everything you know about me from our past conversations, imagine my life has already unfolded into the future.
Create three snapshots as narrative stories of a normal day in my life, covering both my personal life and my work life:
5 years from now
10 years from now
20 years from now
For each point in time, describe one typical day. How I spend my time, what kind of work I do, who I interact with, what I’m known for, what I worry about less, and what I care about more.
You can make bold assumptions. Use what you know about how I think, what I value, what I return to again and again, and how I tend to make decisions.
When you’re done:
Explain your rationale. Tell me which patterns in my current behavior and choices led you to this version of my future.
Ask me which parts feel off or not true to who I am, and where you might be missing information.
Help me shape the version of the future I actually want. Then trace backward from that future to identify the habits, actions, and decisions I would need to change today to move in that direction.
The goal is to help me see where my current trajectory leads, then redesign it intentionally.

II. For work: Turn any goal into a SMART goal

Act like a strategic execution coach who helps professionals turn fuzzy ambitions into SMART goals that drive real progress at work.
Here’s my goal: [insert your goal]
Before rewriting it, ask me only the exact questions you need to make it Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. No long lists of questions, just the essentials.
When you have what you need, rewrite my goal into a single SMART sentence. Then give me:
1. A short rationale: why this SMART version makes sense given what I told you.
2. The first 3 concrete steps: steps I can actually start today based on my situation.
3. A reality check: tell me if anything in my goal seems unrealistic, unclear, or dependent on factors I can’t control. Keep it honest but constructive.

III. For perspective: Break the autopilot and focus on what actually moves the needle

Act like a thinking partner who helps me avoid spending time on work that feels productive but does not actually move anything forward. Use the Golden Circle together with 80 20 thinking.
Start by asking what I am planning to work on and why it feels important. Help me uncover the real purpose behind it so I do not get stuck on surface level goals. Once we understand the purpose, look at the tasks I am considering and show me which ones belong to the high impact 20 percent and which ones are in the low return 80 percent.
Then help me shape the How by finding the simplest and most effective approach that fits the real Why. After that, refine the What by turning it into only the essential steps that actually matter. Remove anything that does not support the purpose or is unlikely to create real results.
End with a short summary of the real Why, the key 20 percent of actions, the simplest How, and the essential What, so I know exactly what to do and what to ignore.

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2 ways to put AI to use

AI isn’t measured by what it promises, but by what it does. Here are two ways you can put it to work this week.

I. Build a mini app that scrapes any website URL automatically with Google AI Studio

This guide shows you how to use Google AI Studio’s URL Context tool to build a free mini-app in minutes that pulls and analyzes the content of any website based on your instructions.

How it works:

Go to Google AI Studio and sign in with your Google Account.
Navigate to the Build section and write a simple prompt like: “Create an app where users can paste any website URL and the app will scrape it automatically using your URL Context tool.”
Give it a moment. Google AI Studio will generate the full mini-app for you.
Test it by pasting a few URLs. Check whether it pulls the content correctly and adjust your instructions if something feels off.
Once it works, click Share or Deploy to make it live. You can now share the link with colleagues or keep it for yourself anytime you need to scrape a site fast.
If you want to expand it, keep prompting. Google gives you extra AI tools you can add on top to turn a simple scraper into a research assistant, a content analyzer, or whatever workflow you need.

Where it’s useful:

Doing quick competitor research or market scanning
Turning website content into summaries, insights, or structured data
Pulling content into your own workflows (content creation, product research, SEO, etc.)
Building a lightweight research assistant without coding

Estimated time:

5 minutes

Cost:

Free

II. Repurpose articles into LinkedIn carousels

This guide shows you how to use Gamma to turn your articles (or any text) into a clean, ready-to-post LinkedIn carousel in minutes.

How it works:

Go to Gamma and create an account.
Create a new project and choose how you want to start: import a file, paste text, import a URL, or generate text with Gamma AI.
I chose Import from URL and pulled in one of my articles.
Choose your format. Gamma gives you multiple output types (presentation, document, webpage, social). Pick Social for a LinkedIn carousel. Click Generate.
Adjust the settings: amount of text, language, theme, image sources, and post format (portrait, square, stories). Choose how many cards you want, then click Generate again.
Once it’s ready, edit anything: rewrite text, swap images, change the theme, or tweak layout options.
When you’re finished, share the link or download it in the format you need.

Where it’s useful:

Repurposing long-form content into fast social assets
Turning blog posts, articles, or newsletters into LinkedIn carousels
Creating visual summaries without design skills
Producing multiple content formats from one source

Estimated time:

5 minutes

Cost:

Free (with limitations)

1 key insight

One idea, lesson, or finding I found useful (or thought-provoking) enough to share.

I. Give AI a “replacement” when you want it to stop doing something

Telling AI “don’t do X” almost never works by itself. If I just say “don’t use em dashes” or “don’t be too formal”, the model fills the gap with whatever it thinks fits. Sometimes it even ignores the instruction and adds the em dashes anyway. If you use AI for writing, you’ve probably seen this happen.

What works is pairing the “don’t” with a specific alternative.

→ Not: “Don’t use em dashes.”

→ But: “Don’t use em dashes, use commas or periods instead.”

Models need direction, not empty space. If you remove a behavior, replace it with the exact one you want. It’s the quickest way to get consistent results.

Your turn

Tried any of these (or something else with AI) this week?
Hit reply or drop a comment to share how you used it. I love hearing how you’re putting this into practice.

PS: I might feature your example in a future issue.

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