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Week 1 — Setting up your AI dev environment

This is what week one looks like for most people. This is what it's going to look like for you.

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The walkthrough

  1. This is what week 1 looks like for most people. This is what it's going to look like for you.
  2. Education Series · Module 1 · Setting Up Your AI Dev Environment
  3. Cursor · Claude Code · Ollama+LMD · Git · GitHub CLI · Claude API
  4. Cursor: $0 starter / $20 pro · Claude Code: free with API · Ollama: $0 · LMD: $24/mo founder · Git: $0 · GitHub: $0 · Claude API: ~$20-50/mo
  5. Before we start: 1) admin rights on your PC · 2) credit card for API · 3) one hour, no interruptions
  6. cursor.com — Download Cursor button highlighted
  7. Installer progress bar
  8. Sign in with email or Google
  9. Set default model: Claude Sonnet 4.6
  10. Ctrl + backtick → terminal panel opens
  11. console.anthropic.com → API keys → Create key
  12. The key on screen, then dialog closes
  13. Creating folder structure
  14. anthropic.txt with the key
  15. npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
  16. claude command, login prompt
  17. What would you like to work on?
  18. ollama.com → Download for Windows
  19. ollama pull llama3.2:3b
  20. localmodeldojo.com → Download installer
  21. Scanning GPU... RTX 4060 detected, 8GB VRAM, recommending models
  22. Recommended for your hardware: Llama 3.2 3B, Qwen 2.5 7B, Phi-3.5 Mini
  23. git-scm.com → Git for Windows installer
  24. Your Name
  25. winget install GitHub.cli · gh auth login
  26. gh repo create morris-ops-test --private --clone
  27. M:\MORRIS_OPS\ · ├── 01_PROJECT_NAME\ · ├── 06_API_KEYS\ · ├── 07_N8N_WORKFLOWS\ · ├── 08_TEMPLATES\ · └── CLAUDE.md
  28. Writing CLAUDE.md sections
  29. OWNER · MACHINE · STACK · RULES
  30. Cursor reading CLAUDE.md on first chat
  31. cd MORRIS_OPS && claude then asking a question
  32. Two windows, same context
  33. ✓ Cursor signed in · ✓ Claude API key works · ✓ Ollama serves a model · ✓ LMD scanned hardware · ✓ Git pushes to GitHub · ✓ CLAUDE.md drives both AIs
  34. Yearly all-in: ~$600 (Claude Pro + API + LMD founder). Compared to: Wix Pro + Hubspot + Webflow + ChatGPT Team = $4,200/yr
  35. npm errors? → install Node LTS · API key rejected? → check whitespace · Ollama hangs? → restart, check port 11434 · GH auth fails? → use HTTPS not SSH
  36. HOMEWORK: 1. Install everything · 2. Push your CLAUDE.md to a private GitHub repo · 3. Open issue #1 with a screenshot of claude --version running
  37. NEXT WEEK: Planning a real business with Claude Plan Mode → CLAUDE.md → architecture before code

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— Jake Morris · Oklahoma veteran · localmodeldojo.com