Teaching AI to Use Your Tools: It's Not Just Devs Using Your Code Anymore
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AI isn’t just assisting us anymore — it’s starting to use our tools.
But here’s the catch:
Most code is built for humans.
AI needs structure. It needs affordances. It needs clarity.
In this session, I’ll walk through what it really takes to make your code AI-usable:
- What makes a tool “agent-ready”
- Why LLMs struggle with human-centric code
- How to redesign commands, scripts, and APIs so AI can call them reliably
- Real examples from my own PowerShell modules
- How I used ChatGPT and Copilot to create agent-friendly wrappers — recursively
You’ll see live demos, practical techniques, and new ways to think about your codebase.
Whether you're experimenting with Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or anything else — this session will help you level up and see your stack through AI’s eyes. 👀
About Doug Finke:
Doug Finke is a 16-time Microsoft MVP and creator of the PowerShell AI module—think Chat in your console, NLP in your scripts. Plus other popular tools like PowerShell and Excel integration.
With 40+ years in tech (punch cards to AI), Doug’s now focused on the next evolution: building autonomous tools and teaching others how to think and build with AI—not just code around it.