Path
Stay-at-Home Parents
You run a household, which means you do project management, logistics, scheduling, and triage all day, with no quarterly review.
You're already managing more variables than most people running departments. What this curriculum adds is a way to push some of those variables onto an agent that doesn't get tired, doesn't forget, and works while the kids are asleep. It's not a side hustle. It's not a career pivot. It's just useful.
This path is calibrated for someone whose unbroken time arrives in 90-minute chunks at unpredictable intervals. Each section is short enough to read in one chunk and the project section can be paused without losing your place.
Gmail + Calendar Agent
An agent that reads your inbox, drafts replies, and books meetings on your calendar.
Open template →What “shipped” looks like: An agent that reads your family's calendar every morning and texts you what to actually pack in each kid's backpack today, including the thing you would have forgotten.
Time to functional: Functional in two to four weeks of nap times and after-bedtime evenings, depending on which weeks the kids are sick. The path doesn't penalize you for taking longer.
Use these guides in this order, stay-at-home parents.
The shortest path through. Read the five sections below in the chunks you actually have, ship the agent that handles backpacks or meal plans, decide what else to push to it.
Start Here
The pitch in 800 words: AI is finally good enough that it can hold the dozen variables you're already holding, without needing a salary or benefits.
~15 min read02Read This
The five things that have to be true before AI lifts cognitive load instead of becoming another thing on your list.
~25 min read03Set Up Your Tools
The minimum software setup. A laptop or even a tablet you already have, two free signups, and a $20 subscription if it fits this month's budget.
~1 hr setup, nap time04Write Your First Spec
The worked example: turn "I want a thing that watches our family calendar and tells me what's coming this week" into a spec an agent can build.
~45 min write, after bedtime05Ship This Thing
Hand the spec to the agent, watch it work, set it running on something you can leave on a shelf. Save what works; you'll do it again.
~3 hrs build, school hours or weekend morning