LOKAL x ACCELER8 · MAKATI · JULY 8, 2026 — THAT'S A WRAP
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Acceler8. Stay tuned — the next one's coming.
A full room, four hands-on hours, and one clear framework: Agents, MCPs, and Skills — and how to put them to work in your business. Here's what we covered on the day.
WHAT WE COVERED
Everything ran on a real Claude account — most of it on the free tier. Laptops open, results in hand. Here's the ground we covered.
01 — AGENT
An agent doesn't just answer — it plans, acts, and delivers. We walked through exactly what that looks like across hotel, retail, and clinic use cases, so everyone left knowing which part of their week it can take off their plate.02 — INTEGRATION
Model Context Protocol is how Claude connects to Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and your CRM. Without it, the agent is a brain in a jar. We connected one live — and the room watched it find what we were looking for in seconds.03 — SKILL
A skill is a workflow your agent has memorised — same input format, same on-brand output, every single time. Proposals, exec summaries, content calendars. We walked through the ones already built, and showed how to make your own in under an hour.04 — SKILL ECOSYSTEM
LOKAL has spent months building a library of production-grade marketing skills — Brand Engine, Competitive Brief, Campaign Plan, AEO Audit, Performance Report, and more. We showed which ones to start with and why.05 — HANDS-ON PROMPTS
Everyone ran three live exercises on their own data — voice of customer, a board-ready summary, and a competitive intel brief. Each one took under five minutes and worked on the free tier. People left with output, not homework.
WHO TAUGHT IT
Marketing Director
LOKAL (lkl.ai) · Philippines & Australia
CJ has spent 20+ years in sales, marketing, and training — the last three running AI workflows for businesses across APAC. At LOKAL, he leads training and operations for 65+ clients across hospitality, ecommerce, and enterprise.
LOKAL has trained 5,000+ professionals across APAC. CJ has personally led 20+ of these sessions in the Philippines — for hotels, retail brands, and enterprise teams. He builds the same tools he teaches.
THE SESSION
Every block was hands-on. Nothing theoretical. If it couldn't be used the next morning, it didn't make the agenda.
Why most AI use is wrong, what the three words actually mean, and how they connect.
What an agent actually does, how it sequences work, and live demos on use cases the room recognised. No more confusing agents with chatbots.
We connected Claude to Google Drive live. It found what we were looking for in seconds. Then we applied the same idea to Gmail, CRM, and calendar.
How skills work, where they come from, and a walkthrough of the ~40 marketing skills built for real business use.
Everyone ran the prompts on their own data. Voice of customer, board summary, competitive intel. People left with output, not homework.
One workflow. One tool. One template. Then the floor opened up.
Everyone left with the guidebook, the prompts, and one clear thing to try the next morning.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
LOKAL has trained 5,000+ professionals across APAC. Here's what they walked out saying.
I'm not techy at all I still ask IT to help me with Excel. But I finished the workshop having built my own AI assistant for HR, customized to our company policies. CJ and the team made sure no one was left behind. If I can do it, anyone in this room can.
HR Associate, Great Deals E-Commerce
HR and Supply Training
I calculated the workshop cost after. The first week back, I used the AI tools to cut my content production time by about 6 hours. At my billing rate, that's already more than 3x the investment in week one. Wish I had done this sooner.
Marketing Manager, PowerMac Center
AI Training
Honestly, I signed up thinking it would be another seminar where someone just demos ChatGPT on a projector. It wasn't. By 11am, I had already built a prompt template that drafts our client reports in under 10 minutes. I went back to the office and used it the next morning.
Sales Support, APG Philippines
Sales Training
Companies whose teams have trained with LOKAL
THANK YOU
To everyone who joined us at Acceler8 Legazpi on July 8 — thank you. And thank you to Acceler8 by UnionSPACE for co-presenting and hosting the room. We'll be running this again soon. Stay tuned for the next one.