🧜‍♀️ The AI Collective Hampton Roads

New AI tools are dropping every week. Bookmarks are piling up. “To-be-studied” lists are growing faster than we can keep up with.
Sound familiar?

Peninsula Builders Study Group is a local initiative for students and developers of the Peninsula area who want to stop meaning to learn and start actually doing it—together.
There’s no pressure to be an expert, and no bootcamp intensity. Just a consistent habit, a room full of curious people, and the accountability that comes from showing up.

How it works:
We meet every two weeks on Tuesdays from 6:00–7:30 PM at CNU. Sessions are a mix of focused study and group discussion.

Things to bring:

• Laptop
• Earphones/headphones

Notice: This meeting will be recorded. By joining and remaining in this meeting, you consent to being recorded. If you do not consent, please do not join.

This event is capped at 500 attendees. Register now to secure your spot.

Claude + Browser Automation: Your AI Sees Your Screen — Claude can now see your browser. It reads pages, clicks buttons, fills forms, takes screenshots, and navigates sites — all from a conversation or a script. This isn't a future feature. It's live right now.

Three tools make this work: Claude Computer Use (full desktop control — screenshot, mouse, keyboard), Claude in Chrome MCP (browser-native tools — navigate, read pages, click, type), and Puppeteer MCP (headless automation for scripts and pipelines). Each solves different problems. This event shows you when to use which.

This is a live demo workshop. We'll automate real browser tasks from scratch — starting with simple page reads and ending with multi-step workflows that run unattended.

What we'll cover:

🖥️ The Browser Automation Stack Inside Claude

How Computer Use, Chrome MCP, and Puppeteer MCP work together — and when to use browser automation vs direct MCP integrations vs APIs.

🔧 Demos We'll Build Live:

• Page Reader & Data Extractor — point Claude at any webpage, extract structured data into a spreadsheet. No scraping code required.
• Form Filler & Submission Bot — automate repetitive form submissions across multiple sites using Claude in Chrome
• Research Automator — give Claude a research question, watch it open tabs, read pages, take notes, and compile a summary
• Visual Testing Agent — screenshot pages, compare layouts, flag visual regressions automatically
• Website Poster — post content to platforms that don't have API connectors using Puppeteer browser automation
• Multi-Step Workflow — chain browser actions: log into a site → navigate to dashboard → extract report → save to Google Drive → send summary via email

🔒 Security & Permission Models

What Claude can and can't see in your browser. Permission scoping, supervision best practices, and why browser agents need guardrails. Computer Use is still a research preview — we'll be honest about the limitations.

⚠️ Key Caveat: Claude Computer Use requires macOS. Chrome MCP and Puppeteer MCP work on all platforms. We'll cover all three so everyone leaves with something they can use immediately.

Who this is for: Anyone who spends time on repetitive browser tasks — filling forms, extracting data, posting content, running reports. Business owners, marketers, researchers, and developers alike. If you copy-paste between browser tabs, this event automates that. Prior experience with Claude is helpful but not required.

Who this is NOT for: People looking for a general AI overview. This is a hands-on workshop. Every demo involves real browser automation. If you want theory, see our earlier events in the series.

📚 Free resources at the event:

• Setup guide — follow along with every demo live
• Homework doc — extended exercises to keep building after the event
• Slide deck — full reference for everything we cover

🎯 Want to go deeper?

Meet people and pick up your weekly groceries.

🤝 A casual networking hangout in the grocery store cafe
Chats, connections, & grocery carts is a relaxed, social-first networking event for curious, friendly people across Hampton Roads who enjoy good conversation and knocking out life errands at the same time.

This is not a lecture.
This is not a pitch night.
And you definitely do not need to “prepare” anything.

It is simply a low-pressure space to meet new people, have real conversations, and casually connect while wandering the aisles and picking up your weekly groceries.

Whether you are deeply into AI and automation, adjacent to tech and creativity, or just someone who enjoys thoughtful conversations with interesting humans, you belong here.

✨ What to expect
- Casual, open networking with a mix of builders, creatives, technologists, founders, students, and professionals
- Easy, organic conversations while shopping at your own pace
- Light, optional conversation prompts to help break the ice if you want them
- No presentations, no panels, no pressure to “network correctly”
- A friendly, welcoming environment for all backgrounds and experience levels
- Come as you are. Grab a cart or a basket. Pick up dinner for the week. - - Meet a few new people along the way.

👥 Who should attend
Chats, Connections, & Grocery Carts is for:

People who enjoy meeting others without forced networking vibes
Builders, creatives, technologists, and curious minds
AI, automation, no-code, and tech-adjacent folks
Students and career switchers exploring what is next
Founders, consultants, operators, and professionals
Anyone who likes good conversation and low-stakes socializing

If you enjoy thoughtful chats and meeting people in unexpected places, you will fit right in.

🏪 Why a grocery store
You were probably going to the store anyway.

Hosting this event in a grocery store keeps things human, practical, and approachable. It removes the pressure of traditional networking and turns it into something simple, efficient, and a little fun.

Two errands. One cart.

💡 Why this event exists
Community grows best in relaxed, everyday spaces.

Chats, Connections, & Grocery Carts exists to create an easy, human-centered way for people to connect without titles, talks, or expectations. It is about building relationships, sharing ideas naturally, and strengthening the local community one conversation at a time.

Come say hi. Leave with groceries. Make a few new connections along the way.

ℹ️ Other bits of info & FAQs

• This is a free community event
• Drinks or food are available for purchase depending on the venue
• Photos or videos may be taken for community and marketing purposes
• Come solo or bring a friend
• ​​​Is there free parking in the area? Yes. They’ve got lots of spots available in their parking lot.
• ​​​Is this free? Yes, but space is limited. Make sure to RSVP.

🤝 Organizers & partners

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Claude + Social Media Pipelines: One Post → Every Platform, Automatically —

You create one piece of content. Claude turns it into 10+ platform-specific posts, schedules them across LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok — and keeps your brand voice consistent across all of them.

This isn't AI-generated slop. This is a structured pipeline: source content → repurpose in your voice → schedule → post → analyze what worked. The tools are free or low-cost. The output is content that sounds like you, not a robot.

This is a live demo workshop. We'll build a complete social media pipeline from scratch — starting with a single YouTube video and ending with a week's worth of scheduled, platform-native content across every channel.

What we'll cover:

🔗 The Social Media Stack Inside Claude How Blotato MCP, Meta MCP, Puppeteer MCP, Skills, and Routines combine into a single content engine — and why this stack replaces $200-500/mo in social media tools.

📱 Demos We'll Build Live:

• Blotato Multi-Platform Publisher — connect your social accounts and publish to LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok from one Claude conversation
• YouTube-to-Everything Repurposer — take a YouTube video or podcast episode, extract key insights, and generate platform-native posts for 5+ channels automatically
• Brand Voice Skill — create a voice-guide.md so Claude writes like you across every platform, every time
• Meta Ads Manager — manage Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns directly from Claude using Meta MCP (shipped April 29, 2026)
• Puppeteer Browser Poster — post to platforms that don't have official API connectors using headless browser automation
• Content Calendar Routine — set up a weekly Routine that runs your entire content pipeline on autopilot: research trending topics → draft posts → schedule across platforms
• Full Pipeline Demo — raw source content → brand-voiced repurposing → multi-platform scheduling → performance tracking, end to end

📊 The Numbers The social media management market is growing from $27B (2024) to $125B (2032). 56% of marketers are already integrating AI. Teams adopting agentic AI report a 300x output increase. This event shows you how to capture that — without hiring a social media team.

Who this is for: Content creators, marketers, founders, and business owners who want to multiply their content output without multiplying their time. If you're posting manually to each platform, spending hours repurposing content, or paying for scheduling tools that don't integrate with AI — this is the session. Prior experience with Claude is helpful but not required.

Who this is NOT for: People looking for theory. This is a hands-on workshop. Every demo involves setting up real connections and publishing real content. If you're looking for a high-level overview of AI in marketing, this isn't it.

What you'll leave with: ✅ A working multi-platform social media pipeline connected to your accounts ✅ A free setup guide with every demo walkthrough, step by step ✅ A brand voice skill file you can use immediately ✅ A homework doc with bonus pipelines, advanced automations, and exercises ✅ Understanding of Blotato MCP, Meta MCP, Puppeteer MCP, Skills, and Routines for social media

Prerequisites: — A Claude Pro, Max, or Team subscription (Cowork or Claude Code) — Social media accounts you want to connect (LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok) — A Blotato account (free tier available — we'll walk through setup) — A piece of existing content to repurpose (YouTube video, blog post, podcast episode, or even a set of notes)

🎙️ Your Speaker Andrew Stafford Co-Lead of The AI Collective Hampton Roads. 25+ years across technology, cloud architecture, and AI — including work with Amazon, NASA, healthcare platforms, and enterprise systems. Author of AI for Business. Currently building at the intersection of AI tooling, agentic workflows, and practical business automation.