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Overview

Section 0 · Start Here — What AI coding actually is, what the tools are, and a workbench that works.

5 lessons.

By the end of this section you can

  • Decide which path through this wiki is yours, and why.
  • Explain what an AI coding agent is, in your own words, without jargon.
  • Have a working workbench — git, the GitHub CLI, a runtime, an editor, one agent — with secrets stored properly.
  • Open your first pull request from the terminal.

What Is AI Coding, Really?

beginner · ~10 min — Three different products all get called "AI coding" and they fail in different ways.

The AI Coding Landscape

beginner · ~12 min — Every AI coding tool is a trade: the more the machine does on its own, the more it can do wrong before you notice.

Set Up Your Workbench

beginner · ~20 min — Agents are only useful when the boring parts work: a runtime, git, an authenticated GitHub CLI, and one place your API key lives that is not a source file.

How To Use This Wiki

beginner · ~6 min — This wiki is 135 lessons. Read in order, it is a long march; read badly, it is entertainment.

Glossary

beginner · ~8 min — Most friction beginners hit is vocabulary, not difficulty. A term you half-know makes a whole page unreadable.

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