Both pdfs have been added to the Classroom

Yes. But I won't sugarcoat it — the first 2-4 days are painful. Here's the reality: → The install itself isn't the hard part. Following a YouTube tutorial gets you running. → The REAL work is configuring your core files and teaching the agent what to do. → 99% of YouTube OpenClaw videos are pure hype. The flashy demos skip the messy setup. → When something breaks (and it will), paste the error into Claude or ChatGPT and ask it to fix it. This works 100% of the time. Best advice I got: treat AI as intelligence, not a tool. Don't give it step-by-step instructions. Give it a GOAL and work backwards together. Ask it questions. See how it sees the problem. If it sees it wrong, give it more context. The people crushing it right now aren't the most technical. They're the ones who put in 10-14 hours a day for a few weeks and rebuilt everything 3-4 times. There's no shortcut. But the compounding returns are insane once it clicks. If it was easy, it wouldn't be that great of an opportunity.

Token management is real. I've seen people burn $10 in 2 minutes without realizing it. Here's the framework: → NEVER use your expensive model (Opus) for heartbeat/monitoring. Use Gemini Flash or a cheap local model. That alone can save you hundreds per month. → Use sub-agents for simple tasks. Your main brain should delegate, not do everything itself. → Watch your context size. The bigger the context, the more tokens every single message costs. Keep it lean. → Set up token tracking. Run /status regularly. Know what you're spending. → Don't paste your entire chat history into every prompt. Be surgical with context. Realistic budget: If you're smart about routing, you can run a solid AI agent setup for $100-200/month on API. If you're sloppy, you'll hit $500+ easy. The golden rule: if it makes money, there is no budget. Do more of it. But TRACK what's making money vs what's just cool. Don't trip over dollars to pick up pennies.

Hey gang, looking to get into the TT slideshow world and keen to get connected with potential slideshow managers. If you've worked with anyone or know of specific Discord servers where the best of the best tend to hang around, I'd love to chat!