Try it outSandboxLive
Sandbox — a demo. Nothing runs on a real machine and nothing is charged. Switch to Live when you have a room.
Pick one thing to build. DONE will hand you the exact words to send to your own AI — written the way that gets a working answer on the first try.about 30 minutesA bot that pings youWatch a page or a number, and send yourself a message when it changes.about an hourA tidy-up for your filesDrop messy files in, get them sorted and listed in a table.an eveningA tiny web page that does one thingA calculator, a tracker, a form — yours, on the internet.
DONE gives you this — copy it into your AI
Role. You are helping a beginner who has a plain Linux room open in front of them. They will paste your commands into it one at a time.
Goal. Build a small program that checks a web page every hour and sends me a message when a number on it changes.
What I have. Ubuntu, Python 3, internet access, no other tools installed yet. I have never written code.
How to answer. One step at a time. For each step give me: the exact command to paste, what I should see when it works, and what to do if I see something else. Wait for me to say "done" before the next step.
Rules. Ask me for anything you need instead of guessing. Never give a command that deletes files outside the project folder. Keep everything inside ~/project.
This is the shape of a good prompt: who you are, what you want, what you already have, how to answer, and what not to do. Keep it and reuse it for anything else you build.Goal. Build a small program that checks a web page every hour and sends me a message when a number on it changes.
What I have. Ubuntu, Python 3, internet access, no other tools installed yet. I have never written code.
How to answer. One step at a time. For each step give me: the exact command to paste, what I should see when it works, and what to do if I see something else. Wait for me to say "done" before the next step.
Rules. Ask me for anything you need instead of guessing. Never give a command that deletes files outside the project folder. Keep everything inside ~/project.
Demo — what the first reply usually looks like
Your AI
Step 1. Make a folder for the project.
You should see no message. Type done when ready.
Step 1. Make a folder for the project.
mkdir -p ~/project && cd ~/projectYou should see no message. Type done when ready.
room> mkdir -p ~/project && cd ~/project
room>
room>