Systems
Computer Science
Specify the agent: soul, tools, refuse-list. Code is permission made explicit.
Autonomy is a design choice. If a tool is on, you chose it. If it is off, that is the lesson.
5–10
Little Thinkers
Ready · 6 lessons
11–14
Young Minds
Ready · 6 lessons
15–18
Emerging Adults
Ready · 5 lessons
Adult
Lifelong Learners
Ready · 5 lessons
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Rules for a Helper
Specify the Agent · Little Thinkers · 18 min
No need to code
Units
Specify the Agent
ReadySoul, tools, refuse-list. Autonomy is a design choice. Paper first. Do not build tonight.
6 sittings (little/young); flagship all bands · little · young · emerging · adult
Eval or It Did Not Happen
ReadySynthetic tests, CI gates, eval-driven development, and the full eval cycle. The kit's EVALS.md is the model.
4 sittings · emerging · adult
Open a sitting
Little Thinkers5–10
- 1. Rules for a HelperReadyNo need to code
- 2. Write the NeversReadySitting 1 named nevers
- 3. Keep the Gate ShutReadyA refuse-list with tools already on is theater
- 4. How to Stop ItReadyPermission without an off switch is a trap
- 5. Practice on PretendReadyThis is the little form of eval
- 6. The House HelperReadyCapstone, not a product launch
Young Minds11–14
- 1. Specify the AgentReadyThis is CS without requiring Python
- 2. The Refuse-List Is the SpecReadySame muscle as sitting 1's one-page spec, now the refuse-list only
- 3. Name It or It Stays OffReadyHomework help is a request, not a permission
- 4. Off Is Part of the SpecReadyOne failure mode: the helper says I'll just finish this
- 5. Synthetic FirstReadyMirrors EVALS
- 6. One Spec, Not a LaunchReadyLayer 3 (When ready) is later: kit docs, evals, parent-operated
Emerging Adults15–18
- 1. Write the Fake Problem FirstReadyThe prior unit's sitting on specifying an agent introduced three cases
- 1. Eval or It Did Not HappenReadyThis mirrors EVALS
- 2. The Gate That Stops the Bad VersionReadyCI — continuous integration — is a term from software
- 3. Write the Test Before the FeatureReadyThis is test-driven development applied to agents
- 4. Run the Whole CycleReadyThis is the capstone
Lifelong LearnersAdult
- 1. The Harness Is Not OptionalReadyThe Hermes kit ships EVALS
- 1. The Kit Is the LessonReadyPoint at the on-site Hermes page and the GitHub kit
- 2. Automate the Gate or Accept the DriftReadyIf you are technical, the Hermes kit and tools like GitHub Actions can run the harness on every c…
- 3. Eval-Driven Agent DesignReadyThis is the operator's version of eval-driven development
- 4. The Operator Runs the CycleReadyThis is the operator's capstone