Written by Hector Garcia
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5 AI tools you can learn this weekend
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Every link from the carousel, plus a plan so you actually finish them. These are 5 free YouTube courses covering the AI skills people are getting paid for right now. Start with prompt engineering on Saturday morning, it makes every other tool on this list easier.
The 5 courses
- 1. Claude Code: Claude Code Full Course 4 Hours by Nick Saraev
- 2. n8n: Build & Sell n8n AI Agents by Nate Herk
- 3. Prompt Engineering: Prompt Engineering Full Course by Tech With Tim
- 4. AI Video Generation: Full AI Filmmaking Course by AI Master
- 5. ElevenLabs: Master ElevenLabs AI Voice Agents by Brendan Jowett
What each one teaches you
| Tool | What you walk away with | Try it here |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Setup, IDEs, and automation like sub agents to build and scale real projects | Claude Code |
| n8n | How to build, deploy and sell AI agents without writing code (8+ hours, pick your chapters) | n8n |
| Prompt Engineering | The core techniques for getting better results from any large language model, in 37 minutes | Claude |
| AI Video | A full workflow for professional AI video using models like Seedance | Higgsfield |
| ElevenLabs | Voice agents from system prompt and voice choice to knowledge bases and booking tools | ElevenLabs |
Your weekend plan
You won't finish 13+ hours of video in two days, and you don't need to. Watch the foundations fully, then pick chapters from the long ones.
Saturday morning: Prompting
About 1 hour- Watch the Tech With Tim course start to finish
- Rewrite 3 prompts you already use with what you learned
Saturday afternoon: Claude Code
About 3 hours- Follow the setup chapters with Claude Code open
- Build one small project alongside the video, even if it's tiny
Sunday morning: n8n
About 2 hours- Skip to the chapters on your first agent
- Build one workflow that saves you time this week
Sunday afternoon: Video and voice
About 2 hours- Make one short AI video clip
- Build one simple ElevenLabs voice agent and call it yourself
How to actually learn from a YouTube course
- Watch at 1.25x speed and pause every time they build something
- Build along in a second window, don't just watch
- Rewind and redo any step that breaks instead of skipping it
- Write down one thing you can use for work after each video
- Ship one small project per tool before moving to the next
Turn any course into a study plan
Paste the video's chapter list or transcript into Claude with this prompt.
Course to study plan
You are my learning coach. I want to learn [TOOL] this weekend and I have [HOURS] hours. Here is the chapter list or transcript of the course I'm using: [PASTE CHAPTERS OR TRANSCRIPT] My goal: [WHAT I WANT TO BUILD OR BE ABLE TO DO] Task: 1. Pick only the chapters I need for my goal and skip the rest. 2. Put them in order with a time estimate for each. 3. Give me one small hands on exercise after each chapter. 4. End with one mini project that proves I learned it. Output format: A numbered plan with chapter name, time, and exercise.