AI course supplements
Companion to ai-course-transcripts (Herman Carter's AI Model Factory course). Where the transcripts skill captures what Herman teaches, this skill captures what Herman misses or gets wrong by 2026.
What's inside
17 lessons, one per topic gap, located in lessons/. Each lesson is 800-1500 words and follows a fixed structure:
- Why this lesson exists (the gap)
- What's the 2026 state of the art (concrete tools + versions)
- How to set it up on Spark (commands)
- Quality benchmarks (numbers + creator quotes)
- Common failure modes + fixes
- When to choose this over the course's recipe (decision rule)
- Sources (5+ Exa-discovered URLs each)
Lessons
| # |
File |
Gap filled |
| 01 |
lessons/01-character-consistency.md |
PuLID-FLUX2, InfiniteYou, OmniGen2, Flux.2 multi-ref replace paid Jack LoRAs |
| 02 |
lessons/02-lora-training.md |
ai-toolkit + kohya + FluxGym + correct hyperparameters fix Herman's "all came out like shit" |
| 03 |
lessons/03-image-models.md |
FLUX.2, Qwen-Image, Z-Image, HunyuanImage 3.0 supersede FLUX.1-dev FP8 |
| 04 |
lessons/04-video-models.md |
Wan 2.2 + Wan2.2-Animate + Wan2.2-S2V + HunyuanVideo 1.5 + LTX-Video v2 replace WAN 2.1 + Kling |
| 05 |
lessons/05-lipsync.md |
MuseTalk 1.5 + LatentSync + Wan2.2-S2V add talking-head capability the course skips |
| 06 |
lessons/06-voice-cloning.md |
F5-TTS + Voxtral TTS + OmniVoice replace ElevenLabs |
| 07 |
lessons/07-nsfw-techniques.md |
Z-Image base + ADetailer Nipples + Florence-2 + clothing-swap workflows beat course's YOLO + Damn Pony |
| 08 |
lessons/08-spark-blackwell-opt.md |
sm_121 SageAttention 2.2 + NVFP4 + TeaCache + cu130 PyTorch (Spark-specific, not in course) |
| 09 |
lessons/09-ig-fanvue-2026.md |
Updated shadowban patterns, Threads/Bluesky channels, Meta Verified, ManyChat funnels |
| 10 |
lessons/10-multi-creator-scale.md |
Subgraph blueprints + ComfyDeploy + per-creator config layer for 5-10 creator agencies |
| 11 |
lessons/11-auto-prompting.md |
DSPy + MIPROv2 + JoyCaption Two reverse-prompt + ComfyUI in-workflow LLM expansion |
| 12 |
lessons/12-post-processing.md |
SUPIR + ImpurePores LoRA + Optical-Realism + Magnific local replicas obsolete Photoshop + CCSR + Enhancer.AI |
| 13 |
lessons/13-spark-only-workflows.md |
Wan 2.2 14B BF16, HunyuanVideo 1.5 + DisCa, multi-character batch, NVFP4 + FLUX.2, concurrent multi-modal pipelines, on-prem privacy — workflows that don't fit on a 4090 |
| 14 |
lessons/14-pricing-and-revenue-2026.md |
Fanvue tier benchmarks ($4.99-$30+ subs, $0-$50k+ MRR distribution), PPV pricing curves, Spark vs RunPod vs SaaS margin math, top-earner profiles (Lani $60k, Ami BNW $50k, Lily Hayes £3k) |
| 15 |
lessons/15-content-calendar-90-day.md |
Day-by-day 12-week launch calendar from aged IG to first $1k month — warmup, Reels ramp, funnel switch-on, paid ads, customs, ambassador application |
| 16 |
lessons/16-legal-rights-and-takedowns.md |
Fanvue TOS, Meta NSFW policy, EU AI Act Article 50 (live 2 Aug 2026), TN ELVIS Act, DMCA procedure, right of publicity, IRS 1099-K $20k+200 threshold, NL ZZP/BV + EU VAT |
| 17 |
lessons/17-automation-and-orchestration.md |
n8n + Hermes blueprint for 5-creator agency: ComfyUI → R2 → Notion → Fanvue webhooks → ManyChat → Telegram multi-bot per creator |
How this skill complements ai-course-transcripts
ai-course-transcripts is the canonical record of what Herman taught.ai-course-supplements is the diff against 2026 reality.
Use them together:
# Look up what Herman said about <topic>
grep -ril "<topic>" ~/clawd/skills/ai-course-transcripts/transcripts/
# Then check what's better in 2026
ls ~/clawd/skills/ai-course-supplements/lessons/ | xargs -I{} grep -l "<topic>" ~/clawd/skills/ai-course-supplements/lessons/{}
For RAG: index both skills into the same vector store (e.g. ai-course namespace in Pinecone). Tag chunks by source (transcripts vs supplements) so retrieval can prioritize one or the other.
Provenance
Research conducted 2026-05-07 by Appie-Opus on Mac Mini using Exa AI search across r/comfyui, r/StableDiffusion, Civitai, GitHub repos, NVIDIA dev blogs, arxiv papers, FanVue creator threads, Reddit, Skool community posts, IRS / EU Commission / state-law primary sources, Fanvue / ManyChat / Notion / n8n developer docs. Total ~85 Exa queries across two batches (lessons 1-12 plus 13-17 supplement, 2026-05-07).
Each lesson cites at least 5 Exa-discovered URLs. All sources are dated where the source provides a date. Tools and model versions reflect the May 2026 state of the field.
When to update
- Per quarter: refresh
03-image-models.md, 04-video-models.md, 05-lipsync.md, 06-voice-cloning.md, 13-spark-only-workflows.md. Frontier models and hardware-specific workflows churn fast.
- Per major Meta/Fanvue update: refresh
09-ig-fanvue-2026.md and 14-pricing-and-revenue-2026.md. Algorithm and platform policies shift.
- Per major regulatory event: refresh
16-legal-rights-and-takedowns.md. Watch EU AI Act enforcement (post-2 Aug 2026), new US state deepfake bills, IRS threshold changes.
- Per Fanvue / ManyChat / n8n API breaking change: refresh
17-automation-and-orchestration.md.
- As needed:
01, 02, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12, 15 are stable until major underlying tech or platform changes.
Related skills
ai-course-transcripts (sibling — Herman's course material)comfyui (Hermes built-in — operational ComfyUI ops)agentic-video-tools (production tooling shortlist)appie-video-production (Appie-fleet video pipeline)
1---2name: ai-course-supplements3description: 17-lesson 2026-current supplement to the AI Model Factory by Herman Carter course. Each lesson fills a specific gap in Herman's 2025-vintage stack with the May 2026 state-of-the-art tools, models, and creator-tested techniques.4license: private (research notes — Exa-sourced URLs, not redistributable 5---67# AI course supplements89Companion to `ai-course-transcripts` (Herman Carter's AI Model Factory course). Where the transcripts skill captures **what Herman teaches**, this skill captures **what Herman misses or gets wrong by 2026**.1011## What's inside121317 lessons, one per topic gap, located in `lessons/`. Each lesson is 800-1500 words and follows a fixed structure:14151. Why this lesson exists (the gap)162. What's the 2026 state of the art (concrete tools + versions)173. How to set it up on Spark (commands)184. Quality benchmarks (numbers + creator quotes)195. Common failure modes + fixes206. When to choose this over the course's recipe (decision rule)217. Sources (5+ Exa-discovered URLs each)2223## Lessons2425| # | File | Gap filled |26|---|---|---|27| 01 | `lessons/01-character-consistency.md` | PuLID-FLUX2, InfiniteYou, OmniGen2, Flux.2 multi-ref replace paid Jack LoRAs |28| 02 | `lessons/02-lora-training.md` | ai-toolkit + kohya + FluxGym + correct hyperparameters fix Herman's "all came out like shit" |29| 03 | `lessons/03-image-models.md` | FLUX.2, Qwen-Image, Z-Image, HunyuanImage 3.0 supersede FLUX.1-dev FP8 |30| 04 | `lessons/04-video-models.md` | Wan 2.2 + Wan2.2-Animate + Wan2.2-S2V + HunyuanVideo 1.5 + LTX-Video v2 replace WAN 2.1 + Kling |31| 05 | `lessons/05-lipsync.md` | MuseTalk 1.5 + LatentSync + Wan2.2-S2V add talking-head capability the course skips |32| 06 | `lessons/06-voice-cloning.md` | F5-TTS + Voxtral TTS + OmniVoice replace ElevenLabs |33| 07 | `lessons/07-nsfw-techniques.md` | Z-Image base + ADetailer Nipples + Florence-2 + clothing-swap workflows beat course's YOLO + Damn Pony |34| 08 | `lessons/08-spark-blackwell-opt.md` | sm_121 SageAttention 2.2 + NVFP4 + TeaCache + cu130 PyTorch (Spark-specific, not in course) |35| 09 | `lessons/09-ig-fanvue-2026.md` | Updated shadowban patterns, Threads/Bluesky channels, Meta Verified, ManyChat funnels |36| 10 | `lessons/10-multi-creator-scale.md` | Subgraph blueprints + ComfyDeploy + per-creator config layer for 5-10 creator agencies |37| 11 | `lessons/11-auto-prompting.md` | DSPy + MIPROv2 + JoyCaption Two reverse-prompt + ComfyUI in-workflow LLM expansion |38| 12 | `lessons/12-post-processing.md` | SUPIR + ImpurePores LoRA + Optical-Realism + Magnific local replicas obsolete Photoshop + CCSR + Enhancer.AI |39| 13 | `lessons/13-spark-only-workflows.md` | Wan 2.2 14B BF16, HunyuanVideo 1.5 + DisCa, multi-character batch, NVFP4 + FLUX.2, concurrent multi-modal pipelines, on-prem privacy — workflows that don't fit on a 4090 |40| 14 | `lessons/14-pricing-and-revenue-2026.md` | Fanvue tier benchmarks ($4.99-$30+ subs, $0-$50k+ MRR distribution), PPV pricing curves, Spark vs RunPod vs SaaS margin math, top-earner profiles (Lani $60k, Ami BNW $50k, Lily Hayes £3k) |41| 15 | `lessons/15-content-calendar-90-day.md` | Day-by-day 12-week launch calendar from aged IG to first $1k month — warmup, Reels ramp, funnel switch-on, paid ads, customs, ambassador application |42| 16 | `lessons/16-legal-rights-and-takedowns.md` | Fanvue TOS, Meta NSFW policy, EU AI Act Article 50 (live 2 Aug 2026), TN ELVIS Act, DMCA procedure, right of publicity, IRS 1099-K $20k+200 threshold, NL ZZP/BV + EU VAT |43| 17 | `lessons/17-automation-and-orchestration.md` | n8n + Hermes blueprint for 5-creator agency: ComfyUI → R2 → Notion → Fanvue webhooks → ManyChat → Telegram multi-bot per creator |4445## How this skill complements `ai-course-transcripts`4647- `ai-course-transcripts` is the canonical record of what Herman taught.48- `ai-course-supplements` is the diff against 2026 reality.4950Use them together:5152```53# Look up what Herman said about <topic>54grep -ril "<topic>" ~/clawd/skills/ai-course-transcripts/transcripts/5556# Then check what's better in 202657ls ~/clawd/skills/ai-course-supplements/lessons/ | xargs -I{} grep -l "<topic>" ~/clawd/skills/ai-course-supplements/lessons/{}58```5960For RAG: index both skills into the same vector store (e.g. `ai-course` namespace in Pinecone). Tag chunks by source (`transcripts` vs `supplements`) so retrieval can prioritize one or the other.6162## Provenance6364Research conducted 2026-05-07 by Appie-Opus on Mac Mini using Exa AI search across r/comfyui, r/StableDiffusion, Civitai, GitHub repos, NVIDIA dev blogs, arxiv papers, FanVue creator threads, Reddit, Skool community posts, IRS / EU Commission / state-law primary sources, Fanvue / ManyChat / Notion / n8n developer docs. Total ~85 Exa queries across two batches (lessons 1-12 plus 13-17 supplement, 2026-05-07).6566Each lesson cites at least 5 Exa-discovered URLs. All sources are dated where the source provides a date. Tools and model versions reflect the May 2026 state of the field.6768## When to update6970- **Per quarter**: refresh `03-image-models.md`, `04-video-models.md`, `05-lipsync.md`, `06-voice-cloning.md`, `13-spark-only-workflows.md`. Frontier models and hardware-specific workflows churn fast.71- **Per major Meta/Fanvue update**: refresh `09-ig-fanvue-2026.md` and `14-pricing-and-revenue-2026.md`. Algorithm and platform policies shift.72- **Per major regulatory event**: refresh `16-legal-rights-and-takedowns.md`. Watch EU AI Act enforcement (post-2 Aug 2026), new US state deepfake bills, IRS threshold changes.73- **Per Fanvue / ManyChat / n8n API breaking change**: refresh `17-automation-and-orchestration.md`.74- **As needed**: `01`, `02`, `07`, `08`, `10`, `11`, `12`, `15` are stable until major underlying tech or platform changes.7576## Related skills7778- `ai-course-transcripts` (sibling — Herman's course material)79- `comfyui` (Hermes built-in — operational ComfyUI ops)80- `agentic-video-tools` (production tooling shortlist)81- `appie-video-production` (Appie-fleet video pipeline)
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