Build Your Own Self-Hosted AI Assistant — Guide + Kit

Everything in The Guide (all 11 modules + 3 appendices, 62 pages) — plus the Kit: the genericized template repo the guide is built around, so you assemble your assistant instead of retyping it.What's in the Kit (27 files, ready to clone):• config.starter.yaml + .env.template — the whole assistant config, every secret and path marked <LIKE_THIS>.• System-prompt / "soul" templates — personality and guardrails.• MCP integration blocks — the file-bridge, calendar/email, and tool wiring, drop-in.• The 4 starter skills, pre-wired — backup, idea-inbox, vault-query, nightly-reflection, already pointed at the Kit's placeholders.• 5 helper scripts — backup, restore, cache-pull, send-file, and more (bash-checked).• Cron recipes — morning briefing, nightly backup, digests.• Backup kit — a fails-closed gitignore template (so secrets can't leak into your backup repo) + a restore runbook.• Security kit — firewall sketch + a hardening checklist.• The Ops Runbook checklist — the 7 failure modes as a one-page triage card.Why the Kit is worth it: the guide teaches you why; the Kit hands you the what, so a weekend build becomes an evening one. Every template is genericized — no live values, no mystery — so you understand every line you run.Who it's for: you want the understanding and the head start. You'd rather fill in 20 placeholders than transcribe 20 config blocks out of a PDF.Launch price $69, then $89. Instant download: PDF + HTML guide + the Kit repo (zip). Yours forever. Free lifetime updates.