# nora boot ................................................ 0.03s
loading AGENTS.md ........................................ ok
attaching workspace /home/you/actual-real-problem ........ ok
starting tutor (phil) .................................... ok
note: bring a problem you'd rather not procrastinate on .. noted
ready. say something.

you@workspace in ~/nora $nora init --problem "the real one"

>_ the manifest

Most people use AI like a search engine.You're here to learn to drive.// and bring your own road.

“I've spent years figuring AI out. Time after time, I'll take someone's problem and turn it around for them. It hurts to see people unable to get the results I get. I built Nora so you can develop the skill I have — not by watching me, but by working beside a tutor I trained on the way I actually think.”

→ run nora purchase↵· $149

01 / usage

$ nora --help

THREE THINGS EVERY VISITOR WANTS TO KNOW

-w, --what-i-can-do

You walk away knowing how to think with AI — how to decompose a problem, set context, iterate instead of restart, recognize drift, and build systems that survive the next model update.→ Model-agnostic. Skills transfer across GPT, Claude, Gemini, and whatever is announced at the next keynote.

-t, --time-required

Self-paced. Use it for an hour. Use it for twenty. The more real work you bring, the more you'll build. There is no cohort, no clock, no artificial urgency.→ Most students feel the shift within the first sitting.

-p, --price

$149.00 — one-time. No subscription. No premium tier. No “for teams” bait-and-switch.→ Priced to make sure you actually show up, not to optimize LTV.

02 / casework.log

$ tail -n 3 casework.log

phil@earth $ cat case_001.md

CASE #001 · land disputeA neighbor, $2M on the line, the Bureau of Land Management on the other side. Walked out with a ten-page legal brief and filled FOIA requests ready to sign. One afternoon.

phil@earth $ cat case_014.md

CASE #014 · security depositA landlord refused to return $5,500. Documented, reconstructed, pursued with AI as the lever. Recovered. “That has paid for every AI tool I've ever used.”

phil@earth $ cat case_037.md

CASE #037 · family operationsLanding pages, Shopify themes, fulfillment checks, email funnels — built alone, at the pace of an entire team, because the AI filled in everything its operator couldn't yet do.

03 / tree

$ tree skills/

skills/
├── foundational/           # the habits most people skip
│   ├── decomposition.md
│   ├── context-setting.md
│   ├── specificity.md
│   └── critical-reading.md
├── tactical/               # what separates doing from fumbling
│   ├── plan-before-prompt.md
│   ├── iterate-not-restart.md
│   ├── ask-model-to-check.md
│   ├── prompt-recovery.md
│   └── options-thinking.md
└── strategic/              # systems that outlive any model
    ├── agents-md.rules        ← persistent context
    ├── context-management.md
    ├── structured-briefs.md
    └── persona-and-tools.md

3 directories, 13 files · introduced when the work calls for them

04 / install

$ nora purchase

You've read enough.
Start the real work.

Workspace opens the moment payment clears. A tutor trained on Phil's thinking is waiting. Bring a problem. Any problem. The sooner you start fumbling around with a real one, the sooner you stop being the person who can't make AI do what they want.

→ execute nora purchase↵· $149 once