easabode / Before you try a new AI tool
Use this as a research checklist. Confirm answers in current provider documentation.

[ ] Define the one task you want help with.
[ ] Check required accounts, permissions and devices.
[ ] Check the price, usage limits, trial end date and cancellation process.
[ ] Understand what information you would share and who can access it.
[ ] Check how the provider handles retention, training and deletion.
[ ] Start with a non-sensitive example you can inspect.
[ ] Decide which outputs need your review.
[ ] Keep purchases, messages and other external actions under deliberate control.
[ ] Find a way to export your work and stop using the tool.
[ ] Compare the result with a simpler manual approach.

Tool: _____________________  Documentation checked on: ______________
Sources: ___________________________________________________________
Questions still unanswered: ________________________________________
Decision / next step: ______________________________________________

easabode / AI & automation for everyday life