Academia & Research · Content Creator

Build a Course Catalog with Attain OS AI

Create a degree requirement guide fast. Atty drafts your course catalog from project context—review, polish, and publish. No third-party tools needed.

Every university or training program needs a clear, accurate course catalog—a document that lists every course, its prerequisites, credits, and a description that helps students plan their degree. But building one from scratch is tedious: you gather info from department heads, cross-check against degree requirements, and format it all into a consistent guide.

Attain OS with its built-in AI agent, Atty, turns this into a one-draft workflow. Instead of juggling spreadsheets, word docs, and emails, you keep everything inside Attain OS. Atty reads your project context—previous course lists, degree maps, faculty notes—and drafts a near-complete catalog. You review, adjust, and ship. No integrations, no syncs, just a single operating system for the job.

Real-world scenarios

Where a course catalog earns its keep

New Program Launch: Building from Scratch

A department chair is launching a new Data Science minor. They need a catalog entry for each of the six new courses, including prerequisites and credit hours. Instead of collecting syllabi from six professors and manually formatting, they use Attain OS to gather all notes in one place, then ask Atty to draft the catalog. Atty produces a structured document with course titles, descriptions, and a sample degree plan—ready for faculty review.

Annual Catalog Update: Revising Prerequisites

Every year, the registrar updates the course catalog to reflect prerequisite changes. A curriculum coordinator has a list of 30 courses with modified prerequisites. In Attain OS, they create a project, paste the old catalog and the change list. Atty drafts an updated catalog with the new prerequisites highlighted. The coordinator reviews, approves, and publishes—cutting weeks of manual cross-checking.

Accreditation Prep: Aligning with Standards

A program director needs to produce a catalog that maps each course to specific accreditation competencies. They upload competency matrices and existing course outlines into Attain OS. Atty drafts a catalog that includes a cross-reference table between courses and competencies. The director reviews for accuracy, then exports the final document for the accreditation site visit.

With Atty

How Atty gets you to a near-finished draft faster

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    Step 1: Gather context in Attain OS

    Create a project in Attain OS and add all relevant documents—previous catalog, degree requirement checklists, faculty notes, accreditation standards. Use the Notes and Documents apps to centralize everything. No need to switch between tools.

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    Step 2: Ask Atty to draft the catalog

    Open the Content Creator app and tell Atty: 'Draft a course catalog for the [Program Name] degree. Include course titles, descriptions, prerequisites, and credit hours.' Atty pulls from your project context and generates a structured draft.

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    Step 3: Review and refine

    Read Atty's draft in Attain OS. Edit descriptions, adjust prerequisite wording, or add missing courses using the built-in Documents app. Atty's output is a strong starting point—you own the final polish.

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    Step 4: Publish or share

    Once satisfied, publish the catalog directly from Attain OS. Share it with stakeholders via the Sharing Hub. No export needed—everyone on your team sees the same live document.

Sample output

What you walk away with

A close-to-finished draft — not a blank page. Here's the kind of result the flow hands you, ready to review, tweak, and publish.

structured text · draft

Bachelor of Science in Data Science – Course Catalog 2025-2026

Core Requirements (30 credits)

DS 101: Introduction to Data Science (3 cr) – Prerequisite: None. Overview of data science lifecycle. DS 102: Data Wrangling (3 cr) – Prereq: DS 101. Techniques for cleaning and transforming data.

Electives (15 credits)

DS 201: Machine Learning (3 cr) – Prereq: DS 102. Supervised and unsupervised learning. DS 202: Data Visualization (3 cr) – Prereq: DS 101. Principles of effective visual communication.

Capstone (3 credits)

DS 490: Capstone Project (3 cr) – Prereq: All core courses. Applied project with real-world data.

Review and approve this draft in Attain OS.
Key takeaways
  • Attain OS replaces the need for separate tools when building a course catalog—everything lives in one place.
  • Atty drafts a near-complete catalog from your project context, drastically reducing manual writing time.
  • You retain full control: review, edit, and publish directly from Attain OS without integrations or exports.
  • The workflow works for any academic scenario: new programs, annual updates, or accreditation preparation.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can Atty generate a catalog for multiple degree programs at once?

Yes. If your project context includes documents for several programs, you can ask Atty to draft a combined catalog or generate separate ones per program. Just specify your request clearly.

Does Attain OS integrate with my university's student information system?

No. Attain OS does not sync with any third-party system. You manually add your existing catalog data or notes to the project. Atty uses only the context you provide within Attain OS.

How do I ensure the catalog follows our brand guidelines?

Attain OS does not enforce brand templates. You can include brand style notes in your project context (e.g., 'use serif fonts for headings'), and Atty will attempt to follow them. Final formatting adjustments are done manually in the Documents app.

Can multiple people work on the same catalog at the same time?

No. Attain OS does not support real-time multi-user collaboration. One person at a time edits a document. You can share drafts via the Sharing Hub for others to review offline.

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