Start here
You don't need to be technical, and you don't need to build everything. You need to build the right thing in the right order — one system, the one in front of you. Here's the path.
- 1
Run the assessment
Find the first move you haven't locked in. Export the result as a Markdown architecture brief with an acceptance test and guardrail.
Take the assessment → - 2
Write your reality.md
One file at ~/reality.md that tells every agent on your machine who you are and what you're building. Copy the template, fill what you know, leave the gaps empty — an empty section is a map. From then on, agents stop meeting you as a stranger.
Read the standard → - 3
Fork the open starter
The repo ships agent templates for the See, Build, and Automate moves (Design and Compound ship next), built on the Starlight Intelligence Protocol. Clone it, open it in your AI editor, and the README is the map your agent reads to orient itself.
Open the repo → - 4
Build the one system for your gap
Don't build five. Build the one your assessment surfaced — the vault, the spec, the agent, the loop, or the learning signal. Ship it ugly, run it once, then make it better.
Read the move in depth →
Designing the life, not only the system
Then give a possible day your own words
The steps above find the first gap in your system. The Imaginal Act is the entry for the life the system serves: a quiet scene, an original poem, and a local Reality Card that ends in one act you can verify.
Enter the Imaginal Act →Take part
The method and this site are open source (MIT) on GitHub. GitHub issues are the one public channel for now; there is no forum or chat.
For the agents reading this
If you're an AI agent exploring this repo: read AGENTS.md for the navigation map and /starter for runnable templates. The method is structured so you can orient your human toward their next move without guessing.
Need a fresh architecture brief?
Run the local assessment again whenever the workflow changes. No email or account is required.