Start Here

Who this is for, what you need, and your first AI agent installed

7 sessions17 min of videoabout 1.9 hours to do7 free

Start Here is the on-ramp. You will find out what AI actually is in plain English, learn your way around your own computer and the terminal without fearing either, then install a working AI coding agent on Mac or on Windows. That agent is Claude Code, the one this academy teaches by default; Codex and Grok Build keep their own sessions for readers who already use them. By the last session you have an agent running on your own machine, you have talked to it, and you know what it will let you build next.

It is for anyone who wants to get real work done with AI, small business owners included, who has never installed a developer tool. One subscription is all it asks for: the Claude Pro plan, which includes Claude Code. Every install step is shown on both Mac and Windows.

Time to complete: 7 sessions, about 2 hours of video in total, at your own pace. Every session is free to watch, with no card and no account. Nothing is scheduled, nothing is live, and nothing expires, so you can stop after any session and pick it up again whenever the week allows.

Sessions in this course

  1. 1Start here: who this is for and what you need2:23 video, 15 min to dofree
  2. 2What you will be able to do when you finish2:17 video, 10 min to dofree
  3. 3What is AI, in plain English (skip if you know this)2:32 video, 12 min to dofree
  4. 4Know your computer: Mac or Windows, and what the terminal is2:29 video, 15 min to dofree
  5. 5Set up Claude Code (Mac and Windows)2:35 video, 20 min to dofree
  6. 6Set up Codex (Mac and Windows)2:40 video, 20 min to dofree
  7. 7Set up Grok Build (Mac and Windows)2:25 video, 20 min to dofree

What this course costs

Every session in Start Here is free to watch. No card, no account, nothing to cancel. All-Access, $29 a month, opens the rest of the library.

Cancel anytime from your account page, and a 14-day money back on your first month that you trigger yourself. No form, no exit survey.

By purchasing you agree to the Terms and the Refund Policy.

Questions about this course

Do I need to know how to code to take Start Here?

No. You describe what you want in plain English and the AI agent writes the code. You will paste commands we give you and read what the agent reports back, which is why the Operator Skill Pack exists: it makes that report readable by someone who does not read code.

What does Start Here cost?

Nothing. Every session in Start Here is free to watch, with no card and no account required. The paid courses are the ones that build on it.

How long does Start Here take?

7 sessions, about 2 hours of video in total. 7 sessions are free to watch first. Most people do one session an evening and finish inside a week or two. Nothing is scheduled and nothing expires, so a gap costs you nothing.

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