Enrol a student myself — they paid elsewhere
Plenty of course businesses don't sell on their own site: places are sold on a call, through a cart like ThriveCart, or given away to the right person. The missing piece was getting that student into the course afterwards. Now it's one ask.
How it works
- Say who and which course. "Enrol [email protected] on Gentle Sleep Educator Level 3 — ThriveCart order 4471." The order note is optional but future-you will thank you.
- bernard does what a checkout would. The enrolment is recorded — who, which course, enrolled by you, when — and the student receives the same welcome email as a paying buyer, carrying their personal magic sign-in link. No password, no account setup (Let learners in without accounts or passwords).
- Check the register any time. "Who's enrolled on the Level 3 course?" lists everyone — how they joined, when, and whether their access is active.
If the student is already enrolled, bernard says so and returns their existing link rather than double-enrolling them or re-emailing.
Worth knowing: enrolling works on a draft course — handy while you're setting up — but the student's link only opens once the course is published. If you sell through a cart today and would rather the cart enrolled students automatically, tell bernard: it's on the roadmap, and your interest shapes the order.
The prompt
“Enrol [their email address] on my [course name] course — they've paid through [how they paid]. Their name is [name].”
The [bracketed] parts are yours to fill in. First time? Connect bernard to your AI over MCP — a one-time setup in bernard → your site → Use your own AI — then paste the prompt above.
Questions people ask
- Can I add a student to my course without them buying through my site?
- Yes. Tell bernard the course and the student's email and they're enrolled on the spot: bernard records who enrolled them and why, and emails the student the same magic sign-in link a paying buyer would get. Nothing about the course itself changes, so there's nothing to approve — but the course must be published before their link opens.
- What if I enrol someone who's already on the course?
- Nothing duplicates and nothing re-sends. bernard notices the active enrolment and hands you their existing sign-in link instead — useful when a learner has simply lost it.
- Is there a record of who I've enrolled?
- Yes — every enrolment is recorded with how it happened (bought on your site, enrolled by hand, imported), who granted it, when, and any note you added (an order reference from your cart, say). Ask 'who's enrolled on [course]?' any time.
- Do hand-enrolled students show up with everyone else?
- Yes. They join your people list like any buyer, receive the course welcome and any course emails you've switched on, and use the same passwordless sign-in as everyone else.