The journey

Six parts. One arc.

Read the 36 chapters in any order. They each stand alone. But there's a shape underneath, and once you see it, the chapters click into place — what you'd ask first vs what you'd ask at hour 200.

Reframe → Memory → Workshop → Discipline → Building → Frontier. Each part has 3-10 chapters. Each part answers a different question. Read straight if you're new; jump if you know what you're after.

I
3 chapters

The Reframe

Stop using AI like a chatbot. Start using it like an OS.

Three chapters that change the question. The tabs die. The temp agency replaces the genius. The tool count drops from fifty to five. Read these in order; everything after assumes you've crossed this line in your head.

  1. 01 AI as an Operating System

    The Day I Killed My Tabs
  2. 02 The Five-Tool Stack

    Five Tools, Not Fifty
  3. 03 Why Claude Forgets You

    AI Is a Temp Agency, Not a Genius
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II
4 chapters

Working Memory

The handbook every new instance reads on wake-up.

The model is the genius with amnesia. The vault is the journal you hand it every morning. Skills are the recipe cards. Connectors are the kitchen. Without these four, every session starts from zero.

  1. 04 Obsidian as Working Memory

    The Vault — Where AI Becomes Useful
  2. 05 What a Skill Is

    Recipes the Chef Reads Before Cooking
  3. 11 Build a Skill in 30 Minutes

    How to Build a Skill, End to End
  4. 12 Connectors and MCP

    Types, install paths, custom servers
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III
8 chapters

The Workshop

Three doors, one swarm, the modes that own you.

Where the work actually happens. Pick the right surface (Chat / Cowork / Code), pick the right mode (Interactive / Plan / Auto), spawn a swarm when one thread isn't enough. This is the chapter range you'll re-read at hour 200.

  1. 08 Chat, Cowork, or Claude Code?

    Three Doors to Claude
  2. 13 Claude Code in 10 Minutes

    The 10-Minute Quickstart
  3. 14 Slash Commands and Settings

    The Cheat Sheet
  4. 06 Parallel Subagents and Fan-Out

    The Swarm
  5. 21 Which Mode Right Now?

    Interactive, Plan, Auto
  6. 22 Resume, Replay, Fork

    Session Management
  7. 20 tmux, Worktrees, Named Sessions

    Running Six Claudes at Once
  8. 17 25 Operator Tips

    Hard-Won Wisdom from Hour 200
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IV
3 chapters

Policy and Discipline

Hooks turn ad-hoc prompting into policy. Permissions turn speed into safety.

Don't get owned. Don't skip the gates. Don't let the agent off the leash on your main machine. This part is the one most operators skim and most postmortems start with.

  1. 09 Blast Radius and Key Hygiene

    Don't Get Owned
  2. 15 When to Skip Permissions

    Permissions, Sandboxes, and Sharp Edges
  3. 16 Hooks and Custom Subagents

    From Autocomplete to Coworker
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