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Yardmaster Guide

Learn Yardmaster

Four short levels, from your first agent to making it yours. Tick each lesson off.

Each lesson is one short guide. Open it with Start, do what it shows in Yardmaster, then tick I did this. Your ticks are kept in this browser only and are never sent anywhere.

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Finish a level to earn its stamp.

  1. Level 1, Your first agent, not complete yet
  2. Level 2, Many agents, one calm inbox, not complete yet
  3. Level 3, Let it run itself, not complete yet
  4. Level 4, Make it yours, not complete yet

  1. Level 1

    Your first agent

    Sign in, connect Claude, and get your first answer from an agent.

    0 of 5 done, about 15 minutes in all

    • Sign in to Yardmaster

      3 minutes

      Start

    • Connect your Claude account

      2 minutes

      Start

    • Add a project

      3 minutesAdd and organize your projects

      Start

    • Start a session

      4 minutesStart and manage sessions

      Every message you send uses your Claude plan.

      Start

    • Read its reply

      3 minutesTalk to your agent

      Start

  2. Level 2

    Many agents, one calm inbox

    Keep several agents busy and answer all of them from one place.

    0 of 3 done, about 12 minutes in all

    • Run two sessions at once

      4 minutesStart and manage sessions

      Each session uses your Claude plan, so two at once use it up faster.

      Start

    • Answer an approval

      5 minutesApprove what your agents ask for

      Allowing or approving runs the action right away, and a few requests spend money. Read each one first.

      Start

    • Snooze and archive

      3 minutesSee everything that needs you in the Inbox

      Start

  3. Level 3

    Let it run itself

    Set up work that runs on its own, on a schedule or when a message arrives.

    0 of 3 done, about 8 minutes in all

    • Make a recipe

      2 minutesChain steps into a recipe

      Each run uses your Claude plan or API key on every step. Set a cost cap before you run it.

      Start

    • Put work on a schedule

      3 minutesRun a cron job on a schedule

      A Session or Recipe job spends on every run, even when you are away. Start with a slow schedule.

      Start

    • Act on messages with a rule

      3 minutesAct on messages with rules

      An AI condition is billed to your API key, and a CLI Session action uses your Claude plan on every match.

      Start

  4. Level 4

    Make it yours

    Shortcuts, a look you like, your voice and your phone.

    0 of 4 done, about 10 minutes in all

    • Learn the shortcuts

      3 minutesUse and change keyboard shortcuts

      Start

    • Pick a theme

      2 minutesChange how Yardmaster looks

      Start

    • Talk to your agents by voice

      3 minutes

      The speech service you pick charges your key by the minute of audio.

      Start

    • Put Yardmaster on your phone

      2 minutes

      Start