start here

Zero to your own Jarvis. This is the whole on-ramp, on one page.

This page is the companion to my free Claude Code beginner series. By the end of it you'll have an AI agent with a name and a memory, set up like mine, working for you every day. Below: what you need, the install (it's one command), and everything else I give away.

~/start

$ cat what-you-need.md

what you need

1.A computer. Mac or Windows, nothing fancy.
2.A Claude account with a paid plan. Sign up at claude.ai. The Pro plan gets you started; the free plan does not include Claude Code.
3.About ten minutes. That's really it. No coding knowledge, ever.

~/start/mac

$ cat install-mac.md

install on mac

1.Open Terminal: press Cmd+Space, type terminal, hit Enter. That black window is the whole scary part. It's a text box.
2.Paste this command and press Enter. No prerequisites, nothing else to install first:

curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

3.Type claude and press Enter. Your browser opens so you can log in with your Claude account. When the terminal says Login successful, you're in.
4.Say hello. Then ask it to build you a one-page website about yourself and watch what happens.

~/start/windows

$ cat install-windows.md

install on windows

1.Open PowerShell: press the Windows key, type powershell, hit Enter. Same deal: it's a text box.
2.Paste this command and press Enter. No prerequisites required:

irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex

3.Type claude and press Enter. Your browser opens to log in. When it says Login successful, you're in.
4.Optional but smart: install Git for Windows too. It gives Claude Code better tools to work with. Not required to start.

Already a Node person? npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code works on any OS (Node 22+). If you don't know what that means, ignore it. The one command above is better.

~/start/series

$ play the-series/

the series

Installed? Now follow the series. It walks you from this exact point all the way to an agent with a name, a memory that never forgets, and real work it does for you every day.

▶ Episode 1: Claude Code For Beginners, Start Here

▶ Watch the whole series (the full playlist)

~/start/free-stuff

$ ls everything-else/

everything else, free

→ The AI Memory Vault: the memory system this series builds. Your AI never forgets anything again.

→ The rules file: the 11 rules that keep an AI agent honest. One copy button.

→ The prompts: paste one prompt, your agent builds the thing (a voice, a visualizer, the flyover).

→ The marketing skills: my whole marketing playbook as files your AI can use.

→ The Half That Pays: the newsletter. Real systems, real numbers.

→ The hub: everything above plus the community, one link.