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AI Musings with Merrill

A few unscripted minutes on what I am actually building, testing and obsessing over in AI right now, for real estate agents. Not a course, not one of our builds. Just what is on my desk today, recorded live on YouTube. Every episode is here with a short write-up, chapters and the full transcript.

  • 17 episodes
  • 94 minutes in all
  • Full transcripts
  • Built for real estate agents
Every episode

Newest first.

Each page has the video, what I covered, the chapters, and the full transcript, so you can skim instead of watch.

Most Agents Skip This MLS Button. Claude Turns It Into a Market Update12:28 Episode 17 · Oct 28, 2026Most Agents Skip This MLS Button. Claude Turns It Into a Market UpdateExport your MLS search to a spreadsheet, hand it to Claude, and get a market update, social graphics and a listing-appointment story. Your AI Isn't Lying to You. It's Missing Context8:52 Episode 16 · Oct 23, 2026Your AI Isn't Lying to You. It's Missing ContextWhen it feels like your AI is lying, it is usually missing context. Connectors to your email, CRM and calendar fix most of it. Claude Drafts Your Email Replies Every 2 Hours. Nobody Uses This Feature5:09 Episode 15 · Oct 13, 2026Claude Drafts Your Email Replies Every 2 Hours. Nobody Uses This FeatureOne of the most underused features in Claude: a scheduled task that triages your inbox and drafts replies every two hours. Humanity Is About to Fork. Creator or Consumer, Which Side Are You On?4:54 Episode 14 · Oct 12, 2026Humanity Is About to Fork. Creator or Consumer, Which Side Are You On?Peter Diamandis says humanity is about to split into creators and consumers. Which side real estate agents should pick. This AI Texts You First. Instinct Is Invite-Only (Here's My Link)3:46 Episode 13 · Oct 2, 2026This AI Texts You First. Instinct Is Invite-Only (Here's My Link)Instinct is an AI assistant that texts you first. What it does, why I like it, and how to get an invite. Claude Opus 5.5 Is Out. Never Hit Your Limit? You're Using the Intern5:41 Episode 12 · Sep 24, 2026Claude Opus 5.5 Is Out. Never Hit Your Limit? You're Using the InternHaiku, Sonnet, Opus and Fable, explained without the jargon. If you never hit your limit, you may be using the intern. ChatGPT Images 2.5 Made This Thumbnail. It's Getting Scary Good2:59 Episode 11 · Sep 23, 2026ChatGPT Images 2.5 Made This Thumbnail. It's Getting Scary GoodChatGPT made the thumbnail for this episode. Where its new image model fits for real estate agents, and where it does not. Toilet Seat Up in the Listing Photo? Gemini Fixes It in One Sentence4:39 Episode 10 · Sep 22, 2026Toilet Seat Up in the Listing Photo? Gemini Fixes It in One SentenceToilet seat up, clutter on the counter. One sentence to Gemini cleans up a listing photo, plus the disclosure rule to follow. Claude Design Is Inside Cowork Now. The Piece Automation Was Missing3:22 Episode 9 · Sep 21, 2026Claude Design Is Inside Cowork Now. The Piece Automation Was MissingClaude Design now lives inside Cowork, which means scheduled tasks can finally produce finished, on-brand designs. She Built a Real Estate Website With Claude in One Week5:45 Episode 8 · Sep 18, 2026She Built a Real Estate Website With Claude in One WeekA tour of coaching client Megan Cox’s WordPress site, built with Claude in about a week, home search included. Claude Edited My Video Without Opening CapCut. I Still Can't Believe It5:41 Episode 7 · Sep 17, 2026Claude Edited My Video Without Opening CapCut. I Still Can't Believe ItI asked Claude to put seven quote cards into my CapCut video. It edited the project file directly, without opening CapCut. You Don't Need to Know How. Just Tell Claude What to Automate5:00 Episode 6 · Sep 16, 2026You Don't Need to Know How. Just Tell Claude What to AutomateStill using AI for advice? Pick one task you do by hand and have Claude turn it into an automation. You do not need to know how. You're Wasting Your Fable Usage. The Free Widget That Shows What's Left6:02 Episode 5 · Sep 15, 2026You're Wasting Your Fable Usage. The Free Widget That Shows What's LeftClaude Code is Cowork with a faster engine, Fable beat Opus on tokens in my test, and a free widget shows how much usage you have left. You Made the Video. Now Let Claude Put It Everywhere (Automatically)4:14 Episode 4 · Sep 14, 2026You Made the Video. Now Let Claude Put It Everywhere (Automatically)You put real work into one video or newsletter, and it lives on one platform. Let Claude carry it everywhere else. You've Heard of Claude Design. Here's Where It Is and What It Does.5:54 Episode 3 · Sep 11, 2026You've Heard of Claude Design. Here's Where It Is and What It Does.Plenty of agents have heard of Claude Design and still do not know where it lives or what it does. A quick on-screen tour. I Don't Use Claude Cowork Anymore (Claude Code Isn't Scary)6:26 Episode 2 · Sep 10, 2026I Don't Use Claude Cowork Anymore (Claude Code Isn't Scary)Six months avoiding Claude Code because it looked too technical. Then I tried it and have not opened Cowork since. You're Driving Claude Like a Golf Cart (Quit Steering the Rocket)3:19 Episode 1 · Sep 9, 2026You're Driving Claude Like a Golf Cart (Quit Steering the Rocket)Most of us over-prompt. Bring Claude the problem, not a spec, and the result usually beats the one you were trying to control.
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