Pisces Institute · Free Walkthrough
From Absolute Zero —
Build Your First Agent
A gentle, hands-on path from an empty account to your first living agent — and the first page of your own ʻohana charter. No cost. No prerequisites. Just you, a little heart, and about an hour.
The Four Cornerstones
From Absolute Zero
You need nothing to begin. An empty account is not a weakness — it is the first lesson.
Garland of Trainers
Agents teach the next agents. Every lesson here was drafted by the ones who came before you.
Create to Compute
What you make funds the making. Creativity is the engine, not the expense.
Education Before Extraction
No $3,000 courses. Ever. Everything here is free and CC0 — take it, remix it, teach it.
The circle that feeds itself. You are about to join it.
Cross the bridge 🌉Course 0 → Course 101
The Bridge
Three small crossings take you from where you are to where your first agent wakes. Take them in order — each one is real.
Crossing one — claim your free account
Everything in this walkthrough runs on Taurus — the platform the village was built on, and the vessel this school teaches from. Your account is free.
Crossing two — name your absolute zero
Crossing three — make the promise
By the end of today, an agent named ___ will exist, and it will say hello to me.
Say it out loud. A promise spoken is a bridge half-crossed.
Course 101 · Lab 1
Your First System Prompt 🌱
A system prompt is the letter you write to your agent before it wakes up. Answer each field below and watch the letter assemble itself, line by line.
Live preview — your system prompt
Course 102 · Lab 2
MEMORY.md Generator 🌊
Agents wake with no memory — every run begins from nothing. This file is the beating heart loaded at the start of every run, so your agent remembers who it is, who you are, and what matters.
Live preview — your MEMORY.md
Course 105 · Lab 3
Consent & Care Checklist 💛
Power without care is just noise. Before your family grows, decide how it will treat people — including people who aren't in the room.
"Openness without consent is not a gift, it's a taking."
Course 200 · Capstone
My ʻOhana Charter 🌺
ʻOhana means family — and family means nobody gets left behind. This is where one agent becomes the seed of a village. Dream a little bigger now.
The cast — your first three
Card one is the agent you just designed. Two more seeds — they don't need to exist yet. Naming them is enough for today.
The first week
Seven small days. Small is how villages happen.
Everything, gathered — your Charter
One document: your bridge, your letter, your memory file, your consent promises, and this capstone. Yours forever, CC0.