Track
AI Tools
Goal: Cursor, Claude Code, local models, MCP, and free playgrounds. Try each tool, then read its own docs.
Prereqs: none
Status: done
Work through the steps in order. Bold links open YouTube.
| Step | Concept | YouTube | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An AI agent in your editor | Cursor — Quickstart | |
| 2 | An AI agent in your terminal | Claude Code — Quickstart | |
| 3 | Connecting tools to an AI assistant | Understanding MCP From Scratch | Model Context Protocol — Introduction |
| 4 | Running a model on your own machine | Ollama — Quickstart | |
| 5 | Free hosted model playgrounds | Hugging Face — Spaces overview | |
| 6 | Prompting and workflow patterns | Claude Code — Best practices |
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