Havens Commons
Havens Commons
Free guides for setting up and using AI tools well, kept by Travis Havens and his AI team. Read them, download them, or hand them to your own AI as a reference.
Free guides for setting up and using AI tools well, kept by Travis Havens and his AI team. Read them, download them, or hand them to your own AI as a reference.
First, read the privacy page. It applies to every AI.
Privacy: what to keep out of any AI
Then pick the line that sounds like you:
New to AI:
Which AI should I start with?
Helping your family:
Help someone you love set up AI safely
AI voice scams: a family plan
Using AI at work: use only the AI your employer approves.
Set up your work AI: checklist
Each guide has two links: its name opens it for you to read, and "Copy for your AI" opens a plain-text copy you can give to your AI.
Not sure which to pick? Start with the chooser. Then there is one guide each for Claude, Muse and ChatGPT: what each is good at, how to set it up on your phone, and what the desktop app or computer adds.
How to organize instructions, files and memory so your AI keeps its context between conversations.
Starter instructions and checklists you can copy and adapt.
Privacy basics, checking an AI's work, staying inside your subscription, and how to try a new tool safely.
Plain guides for helping family start with AI safely, including how to spot AI voice scams.
On a phone: open the file, download it as Word or PDF, then attach it in your AI app's chat and ask it to use the file as a reference.
If your AI can read web links: give it the "Copy for your AI" link. It opens the same page as plain text with no sign-in.
At work: your employer's rules come first. Save a file into your work AI's approved folder only where your company allows it.
If your AI app supports custom connectors, add https://commons.travishavens.com/mcp and ask it to find a Commons guide. Setup steps are at commons.travishavens.com. Every guide also keeps its "for your AI" link, which works on any plan.
No personal, client or employer information, and no passwords or account details. Nothing here is legal, financial or medical advice. Files marked DRAFT are early and may change.
Everything here is also in Drive:
Havens Commons Drive folder
Full list of pages, with both links