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GitHub, the online.

GitHub is a website that keeps a copy of your folder and every version of it. The copy is called a repo. Vercel reads your agent from there to put it online, and every change you push is saved, so you can always go back.

What you get

  • A free account and one private repo for your agent.
  • A saved history of every change, with a one-line note on each.
  • The link Vercel uses to put your agent online.

How it fits in your agent.

What it is

A website that stores folders of code, called repos, with their whole history.

What it does for your agent

Holds the online copy. Vercel deploys from it.

When you touch it

Once at setup, to make the account and the repo. Then push and pull, a few times.

The one idea.

Your folder on your computer and your repo on GitHub are two copies of the same thing. Push sends your changes up. Pull brings the latest down. Keep them in step and you can never lose work.

What you'll do with it.

  1. Make a free account. The setup prompt walks you through it.
  2. Make one private repo. Claude Code does this for you.
  3. After a session, type git push to upload your changes.
  4. Before a session, type git pull if you worked on another computer.

Words to know.

Repo
Your folder, saved on GitHub with its whole history. Short for repository.
Commit
A saved snapshot of your files, with a one-line note about what changed.
Push
Upload your saved changes to GitHub.
Pull
Download the latest copy from GitHub.

All the words →

Where to go next.

HostSetupVercelPuts your agent on the internet with its own link, and runs the Monday clock. Free to start. It holds your keys too, so they never sit in a file you share.4 min readRead →TypeReferenceThe terminalA text box where you type a command and your computer does it. Claude Code lives here. Nine commands is the whole list, each in plain words.5 min readRead →BuildPrimerClaude CodeThe builder. You type what you want in plain English. It writes the files, runs them, sees an error, and fixes it. You read the result and say yes.4 min readRead →

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