DeltaForceOS Beginner Curriculum
/ LESSON 05 · 55m
Build Your First $5 Agent
/ Curriculum notes
This lesson is available as written curriculum now. Use the notes below with the matching PDF workbook in the resources library.
A cheap agent that does one useful job every day Workbook: /resources/first-five-dollar-agent.pdf Codex route: /resources/first-five-dollar-agent-codex-build-guide.pdf Claude Code route: /resources/first-five-dollar-agent-claude-code-build-guide.pdf
/ Matching workbook
Open the PDF curriculum library/ Choose your build route
Build this lesson inside Codex
Open the repo in Codex, let it inspect the files, then paste the prompt. Ask it to edit only the smallest set of files and verify before you deploy.
Before Codex
1. Open the project in Codex.
2. Confirm .env.local exists locally and is ignored by Git.
3. Open README.md and package.json so Codex can orient itself.
4. Do not paste private keys into the prompt.Paste this prompt
Inspect this repo for the Build Your First $5 Agent build.
Outcome:
Ship a small but real agent that costs almost nothing and teaches the full loop: input, model, output, log, review.
Tools:
OpenAI, Claude, Supabase, Vercel, Resend, PostHog, Python, TypeScript
Explain the files a beginner needs to understand before editing:
README.md, package.json, src, public, scripts, .env.local, and any Supabase files.
Then implement the smallest safe version, list required env names, run the build or focused tests, fix failures, and summarize changed files./ Transcript
Build Your First $5 Agent
Outcome: Ship a small but real agent that costs almost nothing and teaches the full loop: input, model, output, log, review.
Tools: OpenAI, Claude, Supabase, Vercel, Resend, PostHog, Python, TypeScript
Workbook: /resources/first-five-dollar-agent.pdf
Codex route PDF: /resources/first-five-dollar-agent-codex-build-guide.pdf
Claude Code route PDF: /resources/first-five-dollar-agent-claude-code-build-guide.pdf
Build assignment: Build the smallest daily agent you would still want to run for seven days.
Use the lesson tabs to choose Codex or Claude Code, then post the proof in Skool.