Day 11 — Final Prep

Time: ~30 min · Date: Tue May 5 The laptop arrives tomorrow. Today is a logistics check, not new learning.

Account checklist

You need three accounts ready to go. Have the email + password for each accessible (in your password manager, Apple Passwords, or — if you must — a piece of paper for tomorrow that you'll then shred).

Apple ID

• You have an Apple ID
• You know the email address
• You know the password (or have it in a manager)
• You know how to handle 2FA (the prompt that pops up on another Apple device, or via SMS)

If you don't have one: create at appleid.apple.com. Use a personal email, not work. You'll keep this for the lifetime of every Apple device you ever own.

GitHub

• You have a GitHub account
• You've sent your GitHub username to Chris (so he can add you to the private debbie-setup repo)
• You've confirmed the repo invitation — check your GitHub email/notifications and accept it
• You can log into github.com right now without scrambling for the password

If not yet: github.com/signup. Username will be something like debbie-realestate — pick something professional, you'll see it sometimes.

Anthropic (Claude)

• You have a Claude account at claude.ai
• You can log in
• If you decided to upgrade to Claude Pro Max, you've done so

The free tier is fine to start. Pro Max ($200/mo, but at the time of this writing the most economical for daily Claude Code use) means no per-query API costs — you can chat with Claude Code as much as you want. You can start free and upgrade when you're ready.

Other prep

Calendar

• You have a 2-hour block on May 6 (suggested 9–11am or 1–3pm)
• No client calls scheduled during it
• Coffee or tea ready

Notes & questions

• You've sent Chris any questions accumulated from week 1 + week 2
• You have a notebook (paper or app) open and ready for new questions on day 1

Reference for tomorrow

When the laptop arrives, the order is:

1. Sign in to your Apple ID. macOS first-run gets you to a desktop.
2. Open Terminal (Cmd + Space, type "Terminal," Enter).
3. Open 02-run-bootstrap.md on your phone or another device so you can read it while typing on the Mac.
4. Follow it step by step. Paste each command exactly as shown.
5. When bootstrap finishes, open 03-obsidian-setup.md and continue.
6. Then 04-first-claude-session.md.

That's the whole day-one path.

A small reframe

You've done 10 lessons. You know:

• What AI is and isn't
• How to talk to it
• The difference between Mac and PC
• What markdown and Obsidian are
• What a terminal is
• How software gets made
• What's possible (and risky) with AI in real estate
• The shape of git and GitHub

Tomorrow is mostly executing what you've already learned conceptually. The script does the heavy lifting. You're following a recipe, not cooking from scratch.

What I want you to feel tomorrow

Not "I'm learning something brand new" — that was the last 11 days.

Instead: "I'm setting up familiar tools on a new machine." You already know what an Obsidian vault is for. You already know what Claude does. Tomorrow is just installing them.

What to do if it goes sideways

1. Don't panic. Bootstrap is idempotent. Re-running is safe.
2. Read the error. It usually tells you what's wrong.
3. Ask Claude. Once Claude Code is installed, paste the error: "I ran X and got this error: …"
4. Text Chris. Or text Uncle Claude — but be warned, his advice gets weirder the more nervous you sound.

Final stretch: pick your first real-world test

In your notes, write down: the first real piece of work you want Claude to help with. Not a toy task — something on your desk this week.

Day 1 (May 6) you'll get the machine running. Day 2 (May 7) you'll do that real task with Claude. By end of week you'll have a sense of "ok, this is going to be useful."

Done?

• All three accounts ready
• May 6 calendar blocked
• Questions sent to Chris
• First real-world test picked

You're ready.

— Uncle Claude 🤖

(Tomorrow, type uncle hype in your terminal. He's been waiting all week.)