Guides that take you from curious to dangerous.
Plain-English walkthroughs for the agentic era. No jargon, no computer science degree, just the shortest path from "what is this" to "look what I built."
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Read these to understand what AI agents can do and how to think about them. Read in order.
From Chatbot to Coworker: A Beginner's Guide to AI Agents
You already know how to chat with AI. This guide teaches the real unlock: handing your personal AI agent actual work.
The chatbot-to-agent shift, what to delegate, how to prompt well, and five starter tasks for your first week.
From Tasks to Systems: An Intermediate Guide to AI Agents
The sequel: stop assigning tasks and start building systems.
Memory that matters, connected tools, schedules that stick, long projects, and five copy-paste plays.
From Systems to Leverage: An Advanced Guide to AI Agents
The finale of the trilogy: compose teams of specialist agents, build your own workflows, feed them your data.
Run the whole thing like a small ops team. Chaining, workflows, data, guardrails, and four advanced plays.
Pick Your Agent: Nine Agents, One Choice
The nine major personal agents compared: what each one is good at, what it costs to start, and how to set it up.
Muse, OpenClaw, ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Manus, Genspark, Poke, and Instinct. One of them is the right first agent for you.
Connect Your First API: Zero to Working Agent in 10 Minutes
The hands-on setup guide: pick a free API, connect it to any agent, and run your first live test.
No signup on the fast path, no specific agent required. The three moves, the 10-minute test, and the 60-second key version.
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Set up your agent, then connect its first tool. One page, every agent.
Set up your agent
One page, every agent: ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Devin Desktop, Gemini, Genspark, Grok, Instinct, Manus, Muse, OpenClaw, Poke.
Pick your tab, follow the steps, end with a working agent. Then guide 004 connects its first API.
Connect your first MCP server
Give your agent its first plug-in: the official Fetch server, added with one command.
No API keys, five minutes. Puts guide 002's "connect your world" into practice.
How to use MCP servers
MCP is one standard way for your agent to reach files, apps, and services.
Three moves and your agent has a new tool: install, paste the config, restart and ask.