01 · Start here
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Welcome
Start here. Five-minute orientation to the course and how to use it.
- Start here
- How to use this course
The 1995 window just opened again. With AI.
By Sunday night, an AI agent is doing your work while you sleep.Even if you've never opened a terminal.
Zero to AI is the weekend setup course for non-technical adults. Install Claude on your own machine. Build your first agent — researcher, inbox triager, daily digest writer, your pick. By Monday morning, real work is happening that you didn't do.Mac, Windows, and Linux. No coding background required. The window stays open for about two more years.
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1995
AOL hit 3M subscribers. Most adults still mailed letters.
1999
Mark Cuban sold Broadcast.com for $5.7B. Started in '95 as a complete beginner.
2026
ChatGPT hit 800M weekly users in 18 months. The setup is still hard. That's the gap.
2028
AI fluency stops being an edge. It becomes the floor.
[ 01 ]The 90-second story
Two bedrooms. Thirty-one years apart. Same window. Same dismissive look on the same faces.
90 seconds — sound on
[ 02 ]What you're watching happen
You've seen this movie before.It was called the internet. You missed it the first time.
1995. Some kid in his bedroom learned HTML while everyone laughed. By 2001, he owned a company. By 2010, he owned an industry. The exact same moment is happening right now. And the people in your life are laughing again.
— Pain
Faster than the internet.
The web took 5 years to change everything. ChatGPT hit 100M users in 2 months. AI is doing it in 18 months.
— Pain
Lower barrier than HTML.
In 1996 you had to learn a programming language. In 2026 you have to learn a setup. That's it. That's the moat.
— Pain
The window is closing.
The first window stayed open ~5 years. This one closes around 2028. After that, 'being the AI person' is no longer an edge.
You're not behind because you're not smart. You're behind because nobody handed you the setup. The kid in 1995 had no one to teach him either — but the kid in 2026 does.
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[ 03 ]What's inside
14 sections. 63+ lessons live.More shipping every single week.
The 6 core modules take you from blank laptop to a working AI workstation. The reference, recipes, and tools sections grow with the field — new lessons every week.
02 · Beginner
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Beginner Setup
Everything you need to get Claude Code running on your own computer. Deep-dive setup walkthroughs, troubleshooting, and reference.
- Before you start
- Choose your plan — Pro, Max, or API key
- Mac setup — start to finish
- +9 more inside
03 · Core module
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Module 1 — Foundations
Take a blank laptop to a working AI on the command line. The on-ramp.
- What you're building
- The terminal, demystified
- Installing Node, Git, and your editor
- +3 more inside
04 · Core module
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Module 2 — Your First Real Conversation
Stop using AI like a chatbot. Start handing it real work.
- Prompts vs tasks
- Reading, writing, editing files
- Research and summarize
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05 · Core module
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Module 3 — Building Your First Agent
Move from interactive chats to a single-purpose agent that does one job well.
- What an 'agent' really is
- Picking your first agent
- Writing the agent's instructions
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06 · Core module
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Module 4 — Mission Control
The keystone. Build the dashboard where every agent lives and reports.
- Why a Mission Control matters
- The template walkthrough
- Connecting your first agent
- +3 more inside
07 · Core module
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Module 5 — Automation & Triggers
Make the work happen without you starting it. Schedules. Triggers. While you sleep.
- Scheduling agents with cron
- Email-triggered workflows
- Webhook triggers from any service
- +1 more inside
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Module 6 — Scaling Up
Give yourself a roster of specialized agents and the skill to add more.
- The agent roster pattern
- Starter library tour
- Customizing the starter agents
- +3 more inside
09 · Reference
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Tools Reference
Plain-English reference for every important AI tool. Updated as the landscape shifts.
- Claude Code
- ChatGPT
- Claude (web app)
- +11 more inside
10 · Reference
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Concepts Decoded
The jargon wall — explained for beginners. Read once, never be confused again.
- What is AI, really?
- How Claude was made
- LLM vs agent — what's the difference?
- +5 more inside
11 · Reference
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Business with Claude
The complete playbook for using Claude to start, run, and grow a business. From validating ideas to running ops with AI agents.
- Validate a business idea with Claude
- Build your MVP with Claude Code
- Marketing copy that converts
- +2 more inside
12 · Reference
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MCP Server Library
Setup guides for the MCP servers that turn Claude Code from a chatbot into an integrated workstation. Install, configure, use.
- Filesystem MCP
- GitHub MCP
- Gmail MCP
- +1 more inside
13 · Recipes
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Recipes
Copy-pasteable agents and workflows you can deploy this afternoon.
- Daily research brief
- Inbox triage agent
- Content calendar generator
- +4 more inside
14 · Resources
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Resources
Templates, libraries, and cheatsheets to take with you.
- Mission Control template
- Starter agent library
- Prompt library
- +1 more inside
Want every lesson title? Read the full table of contents — every section, every lesson, nothing hidden — before you decide.
See the full curriculum →[ 04 ]Who this is for
Built for the people on the sidelines.Not for the people already shipping.
For you if
- Everyone around you is starting to talk about AI and you're quietly nodding along.
- You've opened ChatGPT a hundred times. It never quite became a habit.
- You run a business, a team, or a household. You'd trade $39 for one extra hour a day.
- You'll actually do the work. You just need a path someone's already walked.
Not for you if
- You already ship production AI apps. The Beginner section will bore you.
- You want a high-altitude "future of AI" tour. This is hands-on setup.
- You want to build SaaS with the API. That's a different course.
- You won't open your laptop on Saturday. The lessons can't do it for you.
[ 05 ]The morning after
Picture next Monday.
You open your laptop. Your Mission Control is waiting. Three tasks ran overnight. Two are in progress. A morning digest tells you what happened across every project you care about.
You type one sentence. You take a shower. By the time you're back, the work is done. It's 9:15am.
This is what a correctly-set-up AI workstation feels like.
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researcher3 briefs delivered
inbox-triage42 sorted
writerdraft ready for review
bookkeeperreconciled
reviewerqueued — 06:00
next sync in 02:14
[ 06 ]Pick your tier
Two ways in.Same course. The difference is who answers when you get stuck.
Standard
Self-study with the community
$99.99/mo$39.99/mo
The full library, the dashboard, the weekly call, the members-only Discord. Everything you need to set up and run your own AI workstation.
- All 63+ lessons across 14 sections
- Mac, Windows, and Linux walkthroughs
- Mission Control dashboard + 5 starter agents
- 30+ prompt library
- Weekly live setup call
- Members-only Discord — general community of beginners
- In-app course tutor (Claude-powered)
- New lessons every week, forever
Cancel anytime · instant access
Inner Circle
Direct access to the people who built this
$89.99/moOnly $50/mo more
Everything in Standard plus a private Discord where the creators of Zero to AI and other expert AI builders answer your questions, review your prompts, and help you debug agents in real time.
- Everything in Standard — the full library, dashboard, weekly call, general Discord
- Private Inner Circle Discord — creators + advanced AI builders answer your questions
- Prompt reviews — post yours, get tightened by people doing it for a living
- Agent debugging — stuck? Post the error. Someone with answers is in there
- Cross-member network — smart AI users you wouldn't otherwise meet
Cancel anytime · instant Discord invite
Both tiers grow every week. New lessons, new prompts, new agents — automatically included. You can upgrade from Standard to Inner Circle any time from your account.
Running a business?
If you want AI agents deployed across marketing, ops, support, or finance — with a dedicated account manager building it with you — there's a separate operator tier.
[ 07 ]Questions
The honest answers.
What's the difference between Standard and Inner Circle?+
Same course library. Same weekly call. Same general Discord. Inner Circle ($89.99/mo) adds access to a private Discord where the creators of Zero to AI and other expert AI builders answer your questions, review your prompts, and help debug agents in real time. If you'd rather pay for human help than spend hours stuck, Inner Circle is for you. You can upgrade any time.
Do I need to know how to code?+
No. The course is built for total beginners. Every install command and every line of setup is given to you — copy, paste, done. If you can use email, you can finish this course.
What if I'm on Windows? Or Linux?+
Every install lesson is filmed three times — macOS, Windows (with WSL), and Linux (Ubuntu). You pick your OS in lesson 1 and the course follows your path.
How long does it take?+
About 6 hours of video, but plan a weekend if you actually want to build along (which is the point). You can finish Module 1 in a single evening.
Will this be outdated in 6 months?+
The tools evolve, the setup principles don't. You get lifetime updates — when the install steps change, the lessons get re-filmed.
Do you offer a refund?+
No refunds — cancel any time before your next billing cycle and you won't be charged again, but the month you've paid is yours. Same model as a gym or any other subscription. The 90-second VSL above is your chance to see what you're getting before you sign up.
What's actually included?+
All 6 modules with lifetime access, every OS-specific install walkthrough, the Mission Control template, the 5-agent starter library, the prompt library, the setup cheatsheet PDF, and lifetime updates.
Saturday morning is in 4 days