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Book / Workshop Outline

Pragmatic guide to building your own personal AI system. JoelClaw is the reference implementation — you build yours.

Framework: 10 Steps to Complex Learning × Workshop Survival Guide × Badass Format: Book/guide + screencasts + possible live workshops. Serialize on joelclaw.com. Audience: Developers and technical tinkerers. Start accessible, graduate to real engineering.

The 10 Steps

# Outcome Working system after
1 Message an LLM from your phone Messaging client → CLI → LLM → reply
2 Agent remembers you across sessions Persistent memory layer
3 Agent performs actions beyond chat Skills, tools, CLI access
4 Runs on your hardware 24/7 Self-hosted on Mac Mini / NUC / whatever
5 Jobs survive crashes and restarts Durable event-driven workflows
6 Agent searches your personal knowledge Ingestion pipelines + hybrid search
7 Agent has your personality and values Soul.md, identity, constitutional constraints
8 You trust it with real access Sandboxing, permissions, threat model
9 Agent creates tangible output Publishing, automations, artifacts
10 System improves over time Feedback loops, community, new skills

Each step: clear learner outcome → scenario challenge → try-it-now → decision forks with optionality.

Full skeleton: Vault → Projects/joelclaw-book/workshop-skeleton.md