Tutorials
9 hands-on tutorials, each producing a concrete outcome. Grouped by difficulty — start at Beginner if new to aDNA, or jump to Intermediate if you already have a vault and a CLAUDE.md.
Beginner — Start here (≈ 50 min total)
Three tutorials to build your foundation. By the end: a working vault, a CLAUDE.md, and a way to classify any piece of project knowledge.
Create Your First CLAUDE.md
20 minutes — A working CLAUDE.md file — the master governance document that tells AI agents who they are, what rules to follow, and how your project is structured. B...
Navigate an aDNA Vault
15 minutes — Nothing — this is a guided tour. By the end, you'll understand how an aDNA vault is organized and be able to find any piece of knowledge within it. You'...
Apply the Question Test
15 minutes — A sorted inventory of 10 project items placed into the correct triad leg. By the end, you'll be able to instantly sort any new file into what/, how/, or...
Intermediate — Build it out (≈ 80 min total)
For vaults already running. Add curated context, domain-specific entity types, and mission decomposition. Any order; sequence here is recommended.
Design a Mission
25 minutes — A mission file that decomposes a multi-session task into claimable objectives. By the end, any agent can pick up your mission, understand what needs to ...
Extend the Ontology
25 minutes — A new entity type for your project — complete with a directory, AGENTS.md, template, and your first instance file. By the end, your vault speaks your do...
Write a Context File
30 minutes — A quality-scored context file ready for your vault's context library. By the end, you'll have a file that an AI agent can load to make better domain dec...
Advanced — Scale and connect (≈ 90 min total)
Compose executable workflows, run phased campaigns, share lattices across instances. Prerequisites: at least one Beginner + one Intermediate tutorial.
Build a Lattice
30 minutes — A validated .lattice.yaml file that defines a workflow as a directed graph of nodes and edges. By the end, you'll have a composable, FAIR-annotated latt...
Federate a Vault
30 minutes — A federated connection between two aDNA instances — exporting a lattice from one project, importing it into another, and composing it into a larger work...
Run a Campaign
30 minutes — A campaign document with phased execution, a mission board, and quality gates. By the end, you'll have a strategic plan that can coordinate multiple age...