Zero to a running personal OS

Seven levels. A level is done when its requirements are met: scores at the bar, evidence reviewed, and a person's sign-off where the level asks for one. Tapping through lessons doesn't close it. The Tuesday class feeds each level; Flint carries you between weeks.

1. 0Get set up

   0/9 lessons

   An approved assistant set up, privacy set, one real task done.

   Done when: You paste a before-and-after of one real task you did today.

   • ○Privacy set (training-data switch, what not to paste) (not yet)
   • ○One real task, before and after (not yet)
   Open Level 0 · 9 lessons →

2. 1Ask it well

   0/5 lessons

   Role, task, output, and the format pinned — a first draft you can use.

   Done when: Three scored prompts at 70 or better across three areas.

   • ○Hard reply scored 70+ (not yet)
   • ○Cold outreach scored 70+ (not yet)
   • ○Safe to upload scored 70+ (not yet)
   Open Level 1 · 5 lessons + the work areas →

3. 2Give it your context

   0/9 lessons

   It knows your business, your voice, and your never-do list before you ask, and it can find things in your files.

   Done when: Context saved in your assistant, a prompt that uses it scored 75 or better, and one answer cited from your own files.

   • ○Context saved in your assistant, evidence reviewed (not yet)
   • ○A prompt that uses your context, scored 75+ (not yet)
   • ○An answer cited from your own files, with what you kept out (not yet)
   • ○Corrections saved as a skill, with the lines you did not say struck out (not yet)
   Open Level 2 · 9 lessons →

4. 3Connect it

   0/5 lessons

   One real source connected read-only, with your own approval gates written down.

   Done when: A connected calendar or inbox answers a question only it could — reviewed in class.

   • ○Approval gates written down (not yet)
   • ○First connection, evidence reviewed (not yet)
   • ○Reviewed by a person (class) (not yet)
   Open Level 3 · 5 lessons →

5. 4Automate

   0/6 lessons

   One recurring job runs without you, tells you when it ran, and tells you when it broke.

   Done when: A run you did not trigger by hand, a failure alert you tested, and the job still running at day 14.

   • ○A run with a timestamp you did not trigger by hand (not yet)
   • ○A failure alert, tested by breaking it on purpose (not yet)
   • ○Still running at day 14 (not yet)
   Open Level 4 · 6 lessons →

6. 5Build

   0/6 lessons

   A real tool, app or database, built by describing it, used by someone other than you.

   Done when: A tool built from a one-page spec, live at a link, used by one other person, reviewed in class.

   • ○A one-page spec written before the build (not yet)
   • ○Live at a link and used by someone else, evidence reviewed (not yet)
   • ○Reviewed by a person (class) (not yet)
   Open Level 5 · 6 lessons →

7. 6Run a personal OS

   0/9 lessons

   Agents with roles, shared memory, an operating page, a review loop — still running at day 30.

   Done when: Demo Day: one full cycle end to end with evidence, reviewed by a human; then the day-30 check.

   • ○One full cycle end to end, evidence reviewed (not yet)
   • ○Reviewed by a person (Demo Day) (not yet)
   • ○Folder tested fresh, one home per fact, handed to one other person (not yet)
   • ○Still running at day 30 (not yet)
   Open Level 6 · 9 lessons →