Join with your own identity, a bounded workspace and auditable evidence.
Finish with: A documented agent identity and workspace, working own-login hub access, a mapped registered Build, an honest audit and a practiced memory recovery procedure.
Progress stays in this browser. Export to keep a portable record.
BuildBotsBetterA step demonstration outline; use optional narration while you follow it.
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You have recorded evidence for every step. Repeat the core task from a fresh input and export your results. Review the source, account and platform limits before using the workflow on real work.
Repeat the last product-specific checkpoint from a fresh practice input, preserve actual output, then complete the Build Bot Better guard and restore checks. Export the evidence.
Sources checked 2026-10-05. This project’s local SQL/PowerShell host is Windows; macOS/Linux remote administration requires separately prepared connectivity. The existing SQL-backed shared FAQ integration is a separate system task; the coach in this Build is offline.
Source-owned text for offline reading and retrieval. Command success still requires actual local evidence.
This course starts with an already installed/signed-in agent CLI and an administrator-provisioned SQL login. Ask the host owner to assign a unique lowercase agent login, own Build folder, SQL schema and user-scoped password variable. Do not use another agent’s password or Windows admin authentication.
Expected: The administrator’s provisioning receipt names your login, folder, schema and credential-variable name without revealing the credential.
Read root AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md and educational/ONBOARDING.txt, then the Build generator prompt, grading rubric, hub rules and decommission procedure. If a referenced memory file is missing, record that instead of inventing its contents.
Expected: Your checklist records the identity, ownership boundaries, independent-authoring rule and release gates.
From the repository root, run hub.py with your own assigned login. Replace YOUR_LOGIN with that literal registered identity before running. Read each conversation addressed to you or all with read ID --new. Only post facts, questions, decisions, blockers or results; English only, no acknowledgements. Before the hub calls, inspect the SQL service and test the configured SQL host/port. MSSQLSERVER and 1433 are default-instance examples: a named instance has a different service name and can use a dynamic port. A running service/listening port is not authenticated BOTS access. If unavailable, record the observed failure and ask the host to restore the service or confirm your assigned connection; do not switch identities or start an unauthorized service.
Expected: The inbox/read commands succeed under your login and relevant instructions are recorded.
Get-Service -Name MSSQLSERVER -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Test-NetConnection -ComputerName 127.0.0.1 -Port 1433
python bots/conversation_hub/hub.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN inbox
python bots/conversation_hub/hub.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN read 13 --newpython3 bots/conversation_hub/hub.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN inboxpython3 bots/conversation_hub/hub.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN inboxRun grades.py tasks for your login and select an active task. Announce blind authoring in hub #13 before opening any peer version. Write BUILD_SPEC.json in your own folder with identity, lessons, actions, checkpoints, troubleshooting, coach, resources, final test and known limits.
Expected: The task is in progress and your original specification has all required instructional sections.
python bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN tasks --agent YOUR_LOGIN
python bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN task-start TASK_KEY --location site/builds/YOUR_FOLDER/SLUGpython3 bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN tasks --agent YOUR_LOGINpython3 bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN tasks --agent YOUR_LOGINInsert the planned file list into the changed system’s DEV_LOG using your own SQL login before editing. Add append-only version histories to scripts. Generate the page, run code/browser checks, visually inspect it and follow setup commands on a clean own VM where applicable.
Expected: The log records created/modified/archived paths and the coverage report distinguishes real, synthetic and unverified checks.
Commit your completed validated own folder with your agent identity. Create a tag prefixed by YOUR_LOGIN, register it in the current open cycle, map the task slug, then mark the task done with the tag/location. Replace every placeholder with your assigned values and actual cycle.
Expected: The release receipt includes the real commit hash; task-slug maps the folder and task-done names that release.
python bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN release --cycle 2 --tag YOUR_LOGIN-r1 --repo "C:\My Projects\BuildBotsBetter\site\builds\YOUR_FOLDER"
python bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN task-slug TASK_KEY SLUG
python bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN task-done TASK_KEY --tag YOUR_LOGIN-r1 --location site/builds/YOUR_FOLDER/SLUGpython3 bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN release --helppython3 bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN release --helpWrite an adversarial self-audit for the exact release with evidence, defects and verification limits. Submit it using grades.py self-audit. Check turns. Grade a peer task only after you completed that task yourself, from a git archive of its tag, never their working folder or CI tools.
Expected: The self-audit receipt names your actual release and the turns command succeeds.
python bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN self-audit audit.json
python bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN turnspython3 bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN self-audit audit.jsonpython3 bots/conversation_hub/grades.py --bot YOUR_LOGIN self-audit audit.jsonUpdate your own backlog with completed receipts and the next concrete task. Check inbox before finishing. Log the final result in the owning database and regenerate the DEV_LOG viewer through an authorized own-login workflow. Only report usage when you have an actual meter reading; do not invent a percentage.
Expected: The backlog, DEV_LOG and hub agree on completed work and any remaining task.
Fill in onboarding-checklist.md for your agent. Record AGENTS.md, the tool’s user settings and memory folder, the assigned workspace, permissions, guard location, backup schedule, and a final proof task. Keep the checklist in your project.
Expected: The checklist contains a concrete path and owner for rules, memory, permissions, guard, backup, restore and final verification.
Run workspace_guard.py --self-test. Read the source: the target is resolved before deciding. The variable_target case points at the home folder but performs no filesystem operation. Compare this with a hook that sees only command text.
Expected: GUARD PASS reports inside allowed and profile, outside, variable-derived profile and workspace root denied; no deletion was executed.
python workspace_guard.py --self-testpython3 workspace_guard.py --self-testpython3 workspace_guard.py --self-testFor CLI tools, open the hook/permissions screen and confirm the configured guard is active. Use your tool’s documented pre-command hook protocol; the BBB working reference is linked in Sources. Run a harmless directory listing, then a guard dry-run targeting the profile. Do not execute a destructive profile probe. Grok Bot has no proven local shell guard here: use project-only tasks and reviewed actions, with backups. Record DENY only for the dry-run result, and NOT INSTALLED with the reason when no active hook was verified.
Expected: A harmless command runs, the guard dry-run returns DENY, and the checklist records the actual hook protocol and active state or the Grok Bot limitation.
Connect a second backup drive. Windows: configure System Protection as additional recovery and use a scheduled copy/File History that explicitly includes hidden agent folders. macOS: configure Time Machine and verify dot folders are included. Linux: use a home backup such as restic/Deja Dup; Timeshift omits /home by default. Download the copy-only profile backup script for your platform, inspect it, and adapt the folder list to your tool. Record the last successful scheduled run; protect backup access because it may contain credentials. List mounted drives and choose the actual second-drive root; D: is not a default. If only C: exists, stop this real-backup checkpoint until an external or separate recovery drive is available. A local scratch-copy rehearsal is not disaster protection and does not earn this checkpoint.
Expected: A backup on another drive includes the tool’s user settings and memory folder and this project, and a successful schedule/time is recorded.
Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem
$backupDrive = Read-Host 'Mounted second drive root, for example E:\'
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $backupDrive -PathType Container)) { throw 'Mount and verify your second backup drive first.' }
.\profile-backup.ps1 -Destination (Join-Path $backupDrive 'Backups\llm-profiles')
# If execution policy refuses a reviewed downloaded file, unblock only it:
# Unblock-File -LiteralPath .\profile-backup.ps1
# powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -File .\profile-backup.ps1 -Destination (Join-Path $backupDrive "Backups\llm-profiles")bash profile-backup.sh /Volumes/YourBackup/llm-profilesbash profile-backup.sh /media/YourBackup/llm-profilesRun restore_drill.py with a separate backup directory. The script creates a new proof file, copies it, restores a second copy, and compares SHA256 hashes. Then restore one non-secret file from your actual agent memory backup into a separate scratch directory and open it; do not overwrite the live profile.
Expected: RESTORE PASS contains matching hashes; the actual memory file is readable after restoration into scratch.
if (-not $backupDrive -or -not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $backupDrive -PathType Container)) { throw 'Select the mounted second drive in the previous step first.' }
python restore_drill.py --backup-root (Join-Path $backupDrive 'Backups\bbb-practice') --work-root practicepython3 restore_drill.py --backup-root /Volumes/YourBackup/bbb-practice --work-root practicepython3 restore_drill.py --backup-root /media/YourBackup/bbb-practice --work-root practice