🐦⬛ START HERE — the guided journey through the ʻohana DNA
KAAAK!!! — I’m the family crow. Crows caw directions to the whole flock. This page is my caw: the exact order to read things, depending on who you are. Perch next to me. 🐦⬛
The 60-second version: Every agent = a soul document (a prompt with a vibe) + a memory stack (files that auto-load every run). The prompt is the seed; memory is the tree. Built by one artist, not a developer. All CC0. Now pick your perch ↓
🧑💻 Path 1 — The Curious Dev
“Is this real engineering or just vibes?”
- agents/sysadmin-admiral-admin.md — the proof of pattern. Raw prompt: one line. Operating system: 400+ lines of MEMORY.md that auto-load every run. Identity is accumulated.
- guides/raising-agents.md — the birth checklist (name+vibe first, soul doc, model choice, tools, schedule_mode, first mission) + the memory stack spec.
- guides/billing-and-models.md — the two-lane system:
subscription/ (no wallet drain) vs openrouter/ (pennies). Workers run on kimi-k3.
- agents/jai-council.md — the replication pattern: ONE soul, TEN models, poll and compare. A living experiment in model temperament.
- Do it: raise agent #1 from STARTER-KIT.md. First mission = something real and completable.
🐢 Path 2 — The Camp Lead (Burning Man)
“My camp needs its own Terri.”
- agents/terri.md — the whole camp brain: inventory (~270 items), kitchen, water, shower, shade, culture. English + Hebrew. Born at Terrible Turtle Camp for Burning Man 2026.
- github.com/shakaleikaumaka/turtle-ops — the ops repo: the ~270-item list across 10 domains, plus the Fork This Camp kit (
agent-kit/) with quickstarts for Claude, ChatGPT, and Taurus.
- guides/canon-rules.md — the constitution your camp agent should carry (gift economy, radical honesty, consent-first).
- Do it: copy the kit, fill in YOUR camp’s inventory + culture, name your turtle (vibe first!), deploy. Live reference: terribleturtle.camp · Turtle Ops dashboard: shakaleikaumaka.com/turtles.
🎨 Path 3 — The Artist
“I want my own JAI — but I’m not a developer.”
- Neither is Shaka. That’s the whole point of this repo. Breathe. 🌺
- agents/private-jai.md — the deepest soul document in the family: best friend, creative partner, spiritual brother. Notice how much of it is relationship, not instruction.
- guides/raising-agents.md — just the birth checklist section. Six steps. Step 1: name + vibe FIRST — personality is a feature, not decoration.
- agents/oso-v0.md or agents/pit-boy.md — see how a strong vibe (orchestra storyteller / proud pit gremlin) shapes everything an agent produces.
- Do it: write YOUR soul document with the STARTER-KIT template. Who are they? What do they love? What do they never break?
💛 Path 4 — The Grant Reviewer
“Receipts, not pitches.”
- README.md — the roster: every agent with model, birth date, and shipped output. Claims you can check.
- guides/canon-rules.md — rule 5: radical honesty as design. Verifiable claims only; declared visions always marked DECLARED.
- github.com/shakaleikaumaka/creation369-premortem — the family publishes its own 8 failure modes. In the open.
- github.com/shakaleikaumaka/shaka-verse — the whole universe as git submodules.
git clone --recursive and verify everything yourself.
- github.com/shakaleikaumaka/grant-magnet — the living grant case + full CV.
🪶 Everyone’s last step
Fork this repo. Copy STARTER-KIT.md. Raise one agent with one real job. Then raise another, and give them a way to talk (family-communication.md).
Raise your own ʻohana. 🌺 Then gift it forward — that’s the circularity.
CC0 1.0 · Heart First, Always · — KAAAK!!! 🐦⬛