AI Power Users · Day 1 — Build Your Private AI Second Brain (Live, Free)
This is Module 1 of AI Power Users — a free, hands-on, live course from the Konrad at Argo.
In the first session you will build your own private AI second brain, a personal AI agent that lives inside your notes and thinks with a private, decentralized model.
In this first 45-minute session we set the whole thing up together, live, step by step. You'll leave with a working private-AI workstation and your first custom agent skill.
Website: https://myargoquest.com/ai-power-users/module-1
Course material and preparation instructions: https://github.com/kon-rad/ai-power-users-course/blob/main/modules/module-01-agent-and-second-brain/student-guide.md
What we'll build (the six pieces):
Handy — talk instead of type, 100% offline speech-to-text
Obsidian — your notes as a visual, linked second brain (PARA method)
VS Code — inspect the machinery: your skills, config, and files
Hermes — an open-source AI agent that lives in your folder
Morpheus — a private, decentralized model powering it all
cmux — a terminal built for running AI agents
By the end you'll have:
The full stack installed and wired together
A PARA-organised knowledge base in Obsidian
Your agent connected to a private model
Your first skill: a daily standup where your AI reviews your projects, goals, and progress with you — and saves the notes for you
Who it's for: anyone curious about AI. No coding experience required. Everything we use is free, and almost all of it is open source.
About the host: Konrad Gnat
Konrad has been a software engineer for the last ten years, a content creator, educator, AI and crypto hackathoner and a digital nomad. He is the founder of myargoquest.com and host of the Argo Podcast. Find all his work at konradgnat.com/links
About the sponsor: Argo
Argo is a private AI journaling companion and soul bound NFT credential on Base main net. It lets you record, reflect, and grow using voice, text, video, or handwriting. Once you hit your daily 750-word goal, it rewards you with a streak count and a beautiful, shareable photo card featuring a custom haiku. Behind the scenes, an all-knowing personal mentor is available 24/7 to help you think different, turn your experiences into words and develop your creative powers.
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