By the last page, you'll have an assistant that:
Lives on your own box
Home server, mini-PC, Pi, or a $5/mo VPS. You own the hardware and the data.
Talks to you on your phone
A private chat bot only you can message — your assistant in your pocket.
Knows your stuff
Reads your notes and documents through a safe, scoped file bridge — not a cloud upload.
Handles calendar & email
Checks what's coming, drafts replies, books events — with a confirm step before it acts.
Works while you sleep
Scheduled jobs: a morning briefing, a nightly backup, a digest — running on cron, quietly.
Backs itself up & keeps running
A dead machine is a 15-minute rebuild, not a catastrophe — plus the ops runbook for every way it breaks.
11 MODULES + 3 APPENDICES · 62 PAGES
The whole build, in order
Who it's for
You're comfortable in a terminal — ssh, editing a config file — and you've set up some self-hosted thing before. You do not need to be a developer or an AI researcher. Every place you fill something in is marked <LIKE_THIS>. Cost to run: $0–10/mo for the box, a few dollars a month for the model. You control both.
Why this, not the free blog posts?
Because they show you the happy path and stop. This shows the architecture decisions, the cheaper-model delegation that keeps your bill tiny, the security posture, and the failure modes free guides never cover. One build you understand end to end — not a pile of half-matching tutorials.
WANT IT DONE-FOR-YOU?
The Guide + Kit hands you the template repo
Config, system-prompt, MCP blocks, the 4 starter skills pre-wired, backup template, cron recipes, helper scripts — so you assemble instead of transcribe. See the Guide + Kit →
Questions
What exactly do I get?
A 62-page guide as both PDF and a single-file HTML (offline-readable): 11 modules + 3 appendices, with a copy-paste config reference and command cheat-sheet. Instant download, free lifetime updates.
Do I need to be a developer?
No. If you can ssh in and edit a config file, you're ready. No AI background needed — every fill-in is marked clearly.
What does it cost to run?
$0–10/mo for the box (or free on hardware you already own) plus a few dollars a month for the model. The guide's delegation chapter is built around keeping that bill small.
Guide, or Guide + Kit?
The Guide teaches you the whole build. The Kit adds the template repo so you assemble instead of transcribe — a weekend build becomes an evening one. Grab the Guide if you like understanding every line; add the Kit for the head start.
What if it's not for me?
30-day, no-questions money-back. Tax is handled automatically at checkout — Gumroad is the merchant of record, so there's nothing for you to file.
Own the assistant. Don't rent it.
Build it this weekend — on your hardware, wired into your life, yours to keep.
Get the guide — $29PDF + HTML · 62 pages · launch price, then $39 · 30-day money-back