# AI For Dummies — Start here
AI For Dummies: a practical route map for models, agents, worktrees, skills, rules, and verification.

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The short route

# Ship the
system.

Start with the map. Then open the one chapter that matches the decision in front of you: model, agent, worktree, skill, rule, or proof.

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## Models

Capability and effort are separate knobs.

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02

## Agents & trees

Bound roles, handoffs, and worktrees.

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03

## Skills

Capture repeatable decisions in small packages.

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04

## Rules

Connect guidance to enforcement.

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05

## Hands-on

Compare a strong prompt with skill-enabled work.

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06

## Review desk

Browse original packages, references, scripts, and improvements.

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THE THREAD Frame uncertainty → isolate execution → preserve judgment → verify the change.