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Notes from building Triffin’

The tools, the methods and what we learn on the way.

  1. Hermes Agent: the full install guide, from zero to an agent you text on Telegram

    Hermes Agent is the free, open-source AI agent from Nous Research that remembers you and writes its own skills. Here is how to install it, give it a model, talk to it from Telegram, bring over what you built in Claude Code, and keep it running on a small server.

  2. Lemo-Opuscar: 66 film styles for Claude Code, and a prompt for every one

    Lemo-Opuscar is a free toolbox that lets Claude Code draw, score and narrate short films entirely in code. Here is how to set it up, the one prompt formula that makes films for Reels and TikTok, a starter prompt for all 66 styles, and a simple plan to grow a page with it.

  3. Gemini 4 Carbon: how to get it first, and the prompts behind the builds

    Google’s new Gemini 4 Carbon beats Claude Opus 5.5 on 14 of 16 benchmarks, but almost nobody can use it yet. Here is the full guide: where it wins and where Claude still does, the three real ways to try it while access is closed, copy-paste prompts for the seven builds that went around, and three jobs it can do for a business.

  4. How to let ChatGPT edit your videos in CapCut

    A 43-second video shows ChatGPT turning raw clips into a first draft in CapCut, with captions, transitions and music. Here is the full step-by-step guide: what you need, the prompt to paste, what ChatGPT does when you send it, how to edit by asking, and what to do when sign-in fails.

  5. Five Claude skills that turn code into video

    A one-minute video introduced five open-source skills that help Claude make videos people stop scrolling for. Here is what each one does, how it works, how to install it, what it needs and the licence it comes with.

  6. How to clean the ads off your Android TV with Claude Code

    A 51-second video shows Claude Code removing the ads and preloaded apps from an Android TV over Wi-Fi and giving it a home screen that looks like an Apple TV. Here is the full guide: which TVs it works on, what to switch on first, the prompt to paste, what Claude does on your TV, how to undo it, and how to design your own home screen.