Learn Shadow AI Scanner: from zero to expert, then sell it

No AI background needed. Five levels, each with something to actually do, at your own pace. Tick items as you go (your ticks stay in this browser).

Evidence, proof and selling tools for Shadow AI Scanner

Level 1 Beginner: understand it

It reads code and lists AI library imports and calls to AI services, with a score.

Think of it like this: A utility audit that finds devices drawing power you didn't know about.

Read the full plain-English explanation: Shadow AI Scanner, explained.

• I read the explanation above.
• I can say what it does in one sentence, without notes.

Level 2 User: see it work

Run it live: open the live demo. Before each result, guess what will happen. These are checks it must pass:

• Ordinary web app calling GitHub: No AI used: score 0, no false alarm.
• Gemini called over plain HTTP, plus AWS Bedrock: Raw web calls to AI services are found, not only library imports.
• The OpenAI library: AI library import found.
• The Anthropic library: AI library import found.

• I ran the live demo.
• I can explain what one of these checks shows.

Level 3 Verifier: prove it yourself

This is the skill that sets you apart: you don't have to believe us, and neither do your customers.

1. Install Python 3 if you don't have it (python.org/downloads).
2. Download the kit and unzip it.
3. Open a terminal in that folder. On Windows, click the folder's address bar, type cmd and press Enter. On a Mac, right-click the folder and choose New Terminal at Folder.
4. Run python3 verify.py (on Windows, python verify.py). It checks the seal without the internet.
5. Run python3 verify.py --live. It repeats every check from your own computer.
6. Try to cheat it: open transcript.json in a text editor, change one character, save, and run python3 verify.py again. It must now say FAIL. Unzip a fresh copy afterward.

• I ran the kit's check on my own computer.
• I changed a file and saw it fail.

Level 4 Expert: know the edges

An expert knows what a product does not do, and says it first. That is what makes a buyer trust you.

• It reads code; it does not watch network traffic, so AI used through a browser or a SaaS tool is not seen.
• In our own check on 2026-11-03 it did not flag an MCP client session or an AI library imported by a name built at run time. It is not complete.
• It reports what it finds; a score of 0 means none of its checks fired, not that no AI is used.

You can say

• It finds AI library imports and raw calls to AI services.
• Ordinary code scored 0 in our tests.

Never say

• "Finds all AI use": it missed two patterns in our own check.
• "Monitors network traffic".

Read the questions real buyers send, with honest answers: answers to buyer questions.

Test yourself (click a question to see the answer)

• I got every quiz question right without looking.
• I can name one thing it does not do.
• I explained it to a friend, and they understood it.

Want a formal study path? The CAIN Academy has courses and exams. Finishing this page is your own practice; it is not a qualification or certification.

Level 5 Seller: put it in front of a customer

1. Copy, paste, send: the shortest route, no technical skill needed.
2. Who buys it and where to find them.
3. The sales conversation, then the offer and the close.
4. The rules: read these before your first message.
5. Selling tools with this product's evidence built in: pitch, emails, call script, objection answers, one-pager.

• I read the rules.
• I sent my first personal message.

About money: your share is agreed in writing with FIRME AI CORPORATION before your first message (email vincent@firmeai.com). Nothing here promises income. Most messages get no reply; that is normal.