Advanced AI Build Night · Durable Agents
Before you start.
Have these ready before the session so you can build along from minute one.
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Node 22 (LTS) installed
Download the LTS installer from nodejs.org — not nvm, not Homebrew. Run it, click through, done. Check it worked with `node -v` — it should start with 22.
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A free Cloudflare account
Sign up on the free plan — no credit card, ever. This is the account your agent runs on at the end of the night, for $0.
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The starter kit downloaded and installed
On the GitHub page (link above), click the green "Code" button → "Download ZIP". Unzip it to your Desktop and rename the folder to triage-agent. Then open a terminal, run `cd ~/Desktop/triage-agent`, then `npm install`. Do this before you arrive if you can — it's the slowest step. Don't be surprised by the folder layout inside src/ — the repo is shaped for a team of agents, and tonight you build the first one.
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A code editor: VS Code (free)
Download and install VS Code from code.visualstudio.com. You'll open and edit a couple of files during the night (your agent's persona, the scribe's lazy-vs-full briefing, one deliberate break). To open the project: drag the whole triage-agent folder onto the VS Code icon, then click a filename in the left sidebar.
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Logged into Cloudflare from the starter folder
Inside the starter folder, run `npx wrangler login`. It opens a browser tab — approve it with your free Cloudflare account. The agent's model runs on Cloudflare even while you build on your laptop, so the dev server won't start without this. The starter's `npm run preflight` checks it for you.