Tutorials
9 hands-on tutorials, each producing a concrete outcome. Grouped by difficulty — start at Beginner if new to aDNA, or jump to Intermediate if you already have a vault and a CLAUDE.md.
Beginner — Start here (≈ 50 min total)
Three tutorials to build your foundation. Start with Navigate an aDNA Vault (no prerequisites), then Create Your First CLAUDE.md, then Apply the Question Test. By the end: a working vault, a CLAUDE.md, and a way to classify any piece of project knowledge.
Create Your First CLAUDE.md
20 minutes — A working CLAUDE.md file — the master governance document that tells AI agents who they are, what rules to follow, and how your project is…
Navigate an aDNA Vault
15 minutes — Nothing — this is a guided tour. By the end, you'll understand how an aDNA vault is organized and be able to find any piece of knowledge within…
Apply the Question Test
15 minutes — A sorted inventory of 10 project items placed into the correct triad leg. By the end, you'll be able to instantly sort any new file into what/…
Intermediate — Build it out (≈ 80 min total)
For vaults already running. Add curated context, domain-specific entity types, and mission decomposition. Any order; sequence here is recommended.
Design a Mission
25 minutes — A mission file that decomposes a multi-session task into claimable objectives. By the end, any agent can pick up your mission, understand what…
Extend the Ontology
25 minutes — A new entity type for your project — complete with a directory, AGENTS.md, template, and your first instance file. By the end, your vault speaks…
Write a Context File
30 minutes — A quality-scored context file ready for your vault's context library. By the end, you'll have a file that an AI agent can load to make better…
Advanced — Scale and connect (≈ 90 min total)
Compose executable workflows, run phased campaigns, share lattices across instances. Prerequisites: at least one Beginner + one Intermediate tutorial.
Build a Lattice
30 minutes — A validated .lattice.yaml file that defines a workflow as a directed graph of nodes and edges. By the end, you'll have a composable…
Adopt via the Exchange: Pull → Build-to-Spec → Memorialize
35 minutes — Walk the full aDNA adoption arc end-to-end: pull a shared piece of work, build it to the standard, and memorialize where it came from.
Federate a Vault
30 minutes — A federated connection between two aDNA instances — exporting a lattice from one project, importing it into another, and composing it into a…
Run a Campaign
30 minutes — A campaign document with phased execution, a mission board, and quality gates. By the end, you'll have a strategic plan that can coordinate…