The Knowledge Gardenfield notes on working with AI
The garden
Field note 00 · Start here

Start here

A path through the garden.

The garden is meant to be wandered, and you can open any plot you like. But if it all feels new, there is a calm order that works. It runs from the safe and simple to the powerful and careful - briefing first, agents last. You do not have to finish it. Take one step, use it for a week, come back for the next.

Every note here is short, interactive, and free to read - no gate to cross first. Each one ends by letting you apply the idea to your own situation, so you leave with something you can use, not just something you read.

The order below is a suggestion, not a rule. Its logic is simple: learn to hand over work well before you let anything run on its own.

Safe first, advanced last

The path

Two more when you are ready: Claude Code for working closer to your code, and the glossary for any term you meet along the way.

A quick way in

Where are you right now?

Pick what is true today. I'll point you to the right first step.

Choose one above - the answer grows here.
Wander deeper

Continue in the garden