Your Guide to Local AI Agents
Step-by-step guides to set up AI agents on your Mac or Linux. Start from zero or level up your existing setup.
Get Started
New to AI agents? Start with the first guide. Each one walks you through every step, with screenshots and troubleshooting tips.
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Set up a complete local AI workflow with OpenCode, OpenRouter free models, and Obsidian. $0/month, no credit card needed.
Which free model should you use? A comparison of 10+ free models for different tasks.
Something not working? Common errors and how to fix them in 2 minutes.
Practical prompt patterns for product work — spec writing, user stories, agent instructions, and copy-paste templates.
Protect your agents from prompt injection, token leaks, and security risks. Practical guide for builders.
Fun Things to Try
Practical projects you can build with your local AI setup. Each tutorial walks you through a real use case from start to finish.
AI that manages your groceries, finds deals, and suggests recipes based on what you have.
Auto-draft replies, sort your inbox by priority, and summarize long threads so you never miss what matters.
Read articles, summarize papers, and create structured reports on any topic you throw at it.
Track spending, categorize expenses automatically, and get budget alerts — all running locally on your machine.
Clean up your messy Downloads folder. AI sorts files by type, date, and project — automatically.
Paste your meeting notes. Get action items, decisions, and a clean summary — ready to share with your team.
Generate immersive short stories in your target language with vocabulary lists and grammar notes.
Skills from skills.sh
Install pre-built skills that teach your AI agent new abilities. One command to add. Works with OpenCode and more.
Explore 91,000+ skills on skills.sh. Search by category, framework, or task. Install with one command: npx skills add owner/repo
Verified skills from Anthropic, Microsoft, Vercel, Firebase, and Cloudflare. Frontend design, Azure AI, browser automation, and more.
Write a SKILL.md file to teach your agent custom workflows. Package it and share on skills.sh for others to use.
Deep Dives
Once you're comfortable with the basics, dive into production-grade patterns.
Design production systems with multiple specialized agents. Supervisor, swarm, and pipeline patterns with real implementations.
Track agent performance, costs, and failure modes. Build dashboards, set alerts, and debug production issues.