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ATLAS Academy
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Welcome to ATLAS Academy
You'll learn: What this channel makes; How it works; Free and hands-on
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Local Business Automation PackThe free lessons start with n8n. This pack is the next step: ready n8n automations for a small business that stop for your check.
Claude Mastery
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What Claude is, and how to use it
You'll learn: What Claude is; Your first chat; Ask so you get a good answer
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Claude + Obsidian Vault KitPut Claude to work on your own business notes: a starter vault with templates, a weekly review and prompts.
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What MCP is, and your first MCP server
You'll learn: What is MCP?; A tiny MCP server; Hosts, clients and servers
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Claude + Obsidian Vault KitPut Claude to work on your own business notes: a starter vault with templates, a weekly review and prompts.
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Add MCP servers, and fix the ones that fail
You'll learn: Three scopes; Adding one; Good first servers
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Claude + Obsidian Vault KitPut Claude to work on your own business notes: a starter vault with templates, a weekly review and prompts.
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Your first SKILL.md
You'll learn: What a skill is; Where skills live; SKILL.md, line by line
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Your first subagent
You'll learn: What a subagent is; Where they live; The file, line by line
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PreToolUse and PostToolUse
You'll learn: What a hook is; Where hooks live; Two moments
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Claude + Obsidian Vault KitPut Claude to work on your own business notes: a starter vault with templates, a weekly review and prompts.
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Remote MCP, with sign-in
You'll learn: Local or remote; Three ways in; How sign-in starts
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n8n Workflows from Zero
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What automation is, and what n8n is
You'll learn: What automation is; Triggers and actions; What n8n is
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Local Business Automation PackThe same n8n editor, with ready automations for a local business and a guide that explains every node.
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Create and manage an n8n workflow
You'll learn: Three words you need; Step 1: the Webhook node; Sending a test request
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Schedule, Webhook and app triggers
You'll learn: What a trigger does; Schedule Trigger; Webhook
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Executions, publish, history and tags
You'll learn: The Executions list; Manual or production; Retry a failed run
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Retry, error output, error workflow
You'll learn: Why workflows fail; Retry On Fail; On Error
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Local Business Automation PackThe same n8n editor, with ready automations for a local business and a guide that explains every node.
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Your first n8n AI agent
You'll learn: The pieces; Step 1: agent and model; Step 2: a tool
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Webhooks in, APIs out
You'll learn: In and out; The Webhook; Answer the caller
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Your own n8n, with Docker
You'll learn: Cloud or yourself?; Step 1: Docker; Step 2: one command
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Claude + n8n Project
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What we'll build, and the words you need
You'll learn: The big picture; Who does which job; Five words
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Local Business Automation PackClaude drafts, n8n runs the steps, a person checks: the pack applies that pattern to four everyday business tasks.
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Plan a real Claude + n8n assistant
You'll learn: The pieces; Who does what; How Claude joins in
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Local Business Automation PackClaude drafts, n8n runs the steps, a person checks: the pack applies that pattern to four everyday business tasks.
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Connect Claude to n8n with MCP
You'll learn: n8n as an MCP server; Set it up; Its address
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Local Business Automation PackClaude drafts, n8n runs the steps, a person checks: the pack applies that pattern to four everyday business tasks.
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Your own MCP server, in n8n
You'll learn: The one tool; Set it up; The server, line by line
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Local Business Automation PackClaude drafts, n8n runs the steps, a person checks: the pack applies that pattern to four everyday business tasks.
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A skill for the assistant
You'll learn: Why a skill; The project's SKILL.md; Test it
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Local Business Automation PackClaude drafts, n8n runs the steps, a person checks: the pack applies that pattern to four everyday business tasks.
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Test, catch, publish, watch
You'll learn: A test plan; Test without the form; Catch what breaks
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Local Business Automation PackClaude drafts, n8n runs the steps, a person checks: the pack applies that pattern to four everyday business tasks.
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A second way in: email
You'll learn: The plan; Step 1: share the Claude step; Step 2: the Gmail Trigger
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Local Business Automation PackClaude drafts, n8n runs the steps, a person checks: the pack applies that pattern to four everyday business tasks.
AI for Small Business
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What to automate first, and what not to
You'll learn: What automation is; Worth automating; Five starters
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Local Business Automation PackThe lead reply and follow-ups from these lessons, as importable n8n workflows that prepare drafts for you to send.
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Auto-reply to every website lead
You'll learn: Step 1: the form; Step 2: save the lead; Step 3: the first reply
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Local Business Automation PackThe lead reply and follow-ups from these lessons, as importable n8n workflows that prepare drafts for you to send.
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Booking reminders on autopilot
You'll learn: Why reminders; Step 1: every evening; Step 2: tomorrow's bookings
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Local Business Automation PackThe lead reply and follow-ups from these lessons, as importable n8n workflows that prepare drafts for you to send.
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Polite invoice follow-ups
You'll learn: Step 1: the unpaid list; Step 2: once a week; Step 3: only open invoices
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Local Business Automation PackThe lead reply and follow-ups from these lessons, as importable n8n workflows that prepare drafts for you to send.
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A weekly report in Slack
You'll learn: Why a weekly report; Step 1: Monday morning; Step 2: last week's rows
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AI captions, your approval
You'll learn: The content sheet; Step 1: today's row; Step 2: AI drafts
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AI Agents, Simply
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What an AI agent actually is
You'll learn: A chatbot answers; an agent acts; The loop; Agent or workflow?
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Agent or workflow: how to choose
You'll learn: Workflow; Agent; Cost, speed, predictability
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Model, agent, agentic system
You'll learn: Three words; Workflow or agent; The building block
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Tools, memory and planning
You'll learn: Tools: the request; A tool, on paper; Memory
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Limits, approvals, logs
You'll learn: Why it matters; Rule 1: least access; Rule 2: approvals
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Local AI
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What running AI locally means
You'll learn: What a model is; Cloud or local; Why run it yourself
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What Hermes Agent is
You'll learn: Agent, not model; Tools; Memory and skills
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Install Hermes Agent
You'll learn: Step 1: install; Step 2: setup and model; Step 3: one tool
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DGX Spark's unified memory
You'll learn: What it is; Unified memory; Where memory goes
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Hermes + vLLM, on one box
You'll learn: NVIDIA's playbook; Step 1: serve the model; Step 2: point Hermes at it
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Five ways to serve a model
You'll learn: One job, five ways; Ollama; llama.cpp
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