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Skill Forge

Free courses on real products. Each track names the product it follows and adapts as that product moves.

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Course 01 · Flagship · Live

Open Harness

A free path from first principles to a working agent you own on Hermes Desktop — lexicon and mental models, then install, soul, gateway, tools, memory, vault, skills, security, and cron. Accessible without an ML background; designed for lasting ownership, not a rented chat tab.

Product: Hermes Desktop. Aligned with official Hermes docs. Day one is local Desktop; Advanced settings appear only when needed.

What you get
  • AI basics and lexicon so the stack is intelligible from day one
  • Desktop install with a verified first chat
  • Identity (SOUL.md), project context, and pocket gateway
  • Tools, memory, vault, skills, security dials, and cron runbooks
  • Optional post–Part I labs for deeper operational drills
Path
  1. 1
    Part I — foundations, install, soul, gateway, first agency
  2. 2
    Part II — memory, vault, skills, security, cron
  3. 3
    Labs — optional drills after install
For: Anyone building personal AI with ownership — beginners through operators on a standard PC.
Labs after Part IOpen Harness
Course 02 · Live

Open Design

Decks, stills, and content packs you open offline — not video engines. Built on Hermes + design workflow (Open Design / stills stack).

Product: Hermes + Open Design / stills. Model and skill names shift with the stack. Proof is always: file opens without Hermes.

What you get
  • design-lab workspace + first real deck offline
  • Image set with prompts logged
  • Brand file (DESIGN.md) and model split habits
  • Handoff zip a client can open
Path
  1. 1
    Part I — stack, deck, images, content pack
  2. 2
    Part II — brand, models, skills filter, export, habits
  3. 3
    Prereq — Open Harness Part I on Desktop
For: Anyone who ships decks and content and is tired of renting design tabs.
Prereq: HarnessOpen Design
Later · not live mastery
Roadmap

Open Video

Motion teaser after Design stills work.

Roadmap

x402 & agent payments

Workshop outline only.

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