# Week 2 — Build night

*Learn, Vibe, Build · ATLS 4519 · CU Boulder · Monday August 31, 2026 · Aaron Neyer*

> **How to use this file.** This is the on-screen text of this week's slides as plain markdown. Paste it into your AI and ask it to explain, quiz you, or connect it to your own project. The interactive deck is at https://cu.learnvibe.build/slides/week-2/lite/

**In one line:** Tool tour, then building together in class: pick one tool, set it up, prove it works.

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## Slides

### Build night.
*Learn Vibe Build · Week 2*
- Tools in hand by the end.

### Welcome back.
- Names again. Missed week 1? Introduce yourself.

### Six directions in this room.
*Your intentions are in.*
- Portfolios · Agents · Care · Everyday tools · Hardware · Creative process

### Show and tell.
- A regular part of this class. Tonight: optional. Five minutes max. Sep 14 — everyone demos.

### Claude Code · Codex · Antigravity · Cursor · Grok
- All good. Pick one, go deep, switch later.

### cu.learnvibe.build/setup
- Accounts → one tool → prove it works.

### cu.learnvibe.build/account
- Sign in with your Canvas email. Your work is already there.

### “I’ve never used a tool like this. What’s possible? Help me make something.”
- Say that to your tool. See where it goes. Stuck for an idea? Paste in what you wrote last week.

### Small groups.
- Show what you made. Ask. Help.

### Demos.
- Made something tonight? Show the room.

### Go build something.
- More ambitious than tonight. You’ll demo it Sep 14. Due Sunday Sep 13, 11:59 PM.


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## Go deeper with your AI

Paste this whole file into your AI, then try one:

- "Explain this week's main idea using my project as the example: [describe your project]."
- "Quiz me on this, one question at a time. Tell me what I missed."
- "What's one small thing I could build this week that practices this?"