Wall of Love • MacSparky Field Guides

The Robot Assistant Field Guide is the reason I have the bandwidth to take the time to actually write this testimonial right now. I was already using AI regularly, far from a beginner, but I was on the outskirts of what's actually possible. 

David's framework gave me the confidence and the structure to go deeper. It helped me hone my own custom robot assistant into something I now run my entire life through: daily planning, business systems, content creation, health tracking, parenting logistics, all of it. The biggest thing is that the value keeps compounding. Every week my system gets smarter because the foundation David taught me is built to evolve. 

I'd recommend it to anyone who's already using AI but knows there's another level they haven't hit yet, or who is interested in learning the basics from someone who knows how to break it down in the best and easiest to understand way.

I frequently find myself excited about a new software or package that offers the promise to make me more productive and streamline work tasks that I regularly do. However, once I begin to explore the product and follow the tutorial, I discover the product is forcing me into ITS mold. While some aspects of my workflow are addressed, in the end the tasks are not streamlined and my productivity is not increased. 

 My experience with the Robot Assistant Field Guide has been transformative! Initially, I was looking for a better understanding of how AI could be applied beyond a chat window. By lesson six, I decided to automate a workflow I repeatedly use, involving a custom proposal log in Excel and a custom proposal template, also an Excel worksheet. I briefly described the project to the Robot Assistant. 

 The Assistant asked me questions about the location of the Excel file, how the proposal number was formatted, and what other information was logged on the proposal log. The Assistant then asked me about the proposal template, where the proposal number was to be placed, where the new proposal was to be saved and the format of the new file name. Finally, it asked if there were other things to consider, which there were... I needed the proposal log copied to two other locations. The Assistant went to work. In a short time, it asked a few more clarifying questions and then said it was finished, asking me to check its work. AMAZING! It didn't question the logic of my workflow, tell me to use another method to track proposals, or attempt to alter the proposal template... it just automatically did everything I would do manually with no effort on my part! 

 I have charged the Assistant to build several other skills that are unique to my situation and require gathering information from different sources, summarizing content, and then outputting the results in a specific format I requested. I am still amazed by the completion of regular tasks, the Assistant has developed and learned, and can finally say my work has been streamlined and I am more productive.

Since December 2022, I've been deep into AI. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, you name it. Over the past three months alone, I've used Claude to deliver complex projects in IT, law, and fiscal applications that I simply could not have done on my own. I was not starting from zero. But everything was scattered. Every session started from scratch. Every project lived in isolation. I had powerful tools but no backbone. That's exactly what this course gave me. 

 David Sparks doesn't just teach you how to use Co-Work. He delivers a system, a real architecture that becomes the foundation for everything you build on top of it. The skills index, the CLAUDE.md structure, and the text expander snippets for instant context. It all clicks together. I now run my system across Mac, Windows, the Claude Code terminal, and Visual Studio Code, all syncing through the same Obsidian vault. The course made that possible. And here's the thing: I've gone far beyond what the course covers. I've built a complex multi-platform setup with dozens of custom skills. But every piece of it still stands on the foundation David designed. If your fundamentals aren't solid, the more complex you build, the worse it gets. My fundamentals are now rock solid. 

If you're new to Co-Work and want a practical guide that actually delivers, not fake promises, but something you can implement in your life and see real results, this is your course. If you're an advanced user looking for the missing structure behind all the clever things you're already doing, this is also your course. And the best part? The ten weeks of live cohorts are still ahead. This is just the beginning. Would I buy it again knowing what I know now? Without hesitation. Thanks, David.

I'm a long-time MacSparky fan. I've listened to Mac power users for over 10 years and have purchased multiple field guides. The first thing that jumped out to me about the robot assistant field guide is how much more professional the videos look. David has come such a long way in making his videos and field guides, and they were great at the beginning! 

Like David said in one of his videos, this field guide is different than all of his previous ones. I'm not a programmer, I'm a pastor, and I have no idea how to program, but LLM makes programming your own computer possible for people like me. The basic concept is straightforward, creating simple skill files that you point the LLM at regularly so that it always knows what to do and how. Since my work is very different from David's, it's taking me a little time to brainstorm and figure out how best to use it. But it's coming along. 

One surprising thing I've experienced is that it makes reviews fun. I often struggle to do my weekly reviews because it feels like a slog to run through all my projects in my calendar and emails, and I'm just exhausted by the end of the review, not energized. But having Claude take me through my weekly review this morning, having Claude review all that stuff for me, and bring me back a summary made the process feel so much more lightweight and fun! 

I feel like I'm just scratching the surface of creating a robot assistant and figuring out everything I can do with it, and it's exciting. The only downside is that I am constantly hitting the limit on my pro-level Claude subscription. I think to really dig into what David is doing in these videos, you need the $100-a-month subscription. That's the only downside.