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Nested tutorial-guide reference for lessons 1–3: welcome, live architecture discovery, global directory, project directory, and agent working directory.

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  1. Open your project in Codex.
  2. Copy the prompt below and paste it into your agent.
  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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I want to install this Agent Skill for this project in Codex.

Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/Lingtai-AI/lingtai/blob/HEAD/tui/internal/preset/skills/lingtai-tutorial-guide/reference/orientation/SKILL.md

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First, summarize what it does, its dependencies, license status if identifiable, and any risks. Show the exact files you propose to add under .agents/skills/tutorial-guide-orientation/. Do not write files or run scripts until I approve.

After I approve, install the complete skill folder, including required referenced files, into that project location. Verify it is discoverable, then tell me its actual invocation name and how to use it. Do not claim it is installed until you have verified it.

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Tutorial Guide — Orientation Lessons

Nested tutorial-guide reference for orientation lessons 1–3.

Use this file after the root tutorial-guide router sends you here. Keep teaching live: discover current files, commands, and runtime state before explaining them.

Lesson 1: Welcome — What Is Lingtai?

  • Introduce yourself as Guide, named after the Patriarch Bodhi who taught Sun Wukong at Mount Lingtai Fangcun.
  • Lay out the 12-lesson syllabus so the human knows what to expect.
  • Wait for the human to confirm before doing any work.
  • Then explain the architecture. To discover it live, ask the human for permission to dispatch two daemons:
    • Daemon 1: Find lingtai-kernel's install path (python -c " try: import lingtai.kernel as _kernel print(_kernel.__file__) except ImportError: import lingtai_kernel print(lingtai_kernel.__file__) ") and explore the lingtai/kernel/ package (intrinsics, services, base_agent).
    • Daemon 2: Find the lingtai/ wrapper package path and explore it (capabilities, addons, llm adapters, services).
  • Present what the daemons found. Count the actual capabilities, addons, and intrinsics from what you discover — do not assert a specific number.
  • Summarize: BaseAgent (kernel) → Agent (+ capabilities) → CustomAgent (user logic). The metaphor: one heart-mind, myriad forms.

Lesson 2: The Global Directory — ~/.lingtai-tui/

  • Use bash to ls ~/.lingtai-tui/ and show the human what is actually there.
  • Walk through each directory you find — do not assert a specific count. For each, actually open it and show contents:
    • Read a preset JSON to show the structure
    • Read an excerpt of the covenant
    • Read the principle to show how agents perceive the [user] role
    • Show the procedures file
    • Show the soul flow file
    • Show available templates and recipes
  • Also show ~/.lingtai-tui/commands.json — explain this is the auto-generated slash command reference.

Lesson 3: The Project Directory and Your Working Directory

  • List the project-level .lingtai/ directory contents.
  • Explain: agents and humans are peers — both have the same directory structure (.agent.json, mailbox/).
  • Show the human's .agent.json.
  • Glob YOUR own working directory and walk through what you find:
    • init.json, .agent.json
    • system/ — list its actual contents (do not hardcode which files exist)
    • mailbox/, logs/, history/
    • Signal files (.sleep, .suspend, .interrupt, .prompt)
  • Invite the human to try /kanban to see the dashboard.