Hey Lab Fam 👋 This week we’re kicking things off with your first hands-on AI project: Build your own Telegram bot that chats back using a local AI model — no API key, no fees, no cloud. 🎯 Goal: Get your bot replying using a local LLM (Ollama) 💪 Time: ~45 min 🧩 Skill Level: Beginner-friendly 🧠 How to Start 1️⃣ Go to Courses → Week 1 — Build Your First AI Bot for full steps 2️⃣ Follow the setup guide to connect Telegram ↔ Ollama (choose either n8n or Python) 3️⃣ Once your bot replies, come back here and post: - 🖼 Screenshot of your bot’s first reply - ✍️ One prompt tweak that changed its personality - 🧩 Which path you used — n8n or Python — and why 💬 Discussion Prompt What kind of personality did you give your bot? A motivational coach? Crypto degen? Spreadsheet whisperer? Drop your screenshots and prompt snippets below 👇 🏆 Bonus 🎖 First 5 people to post get a “Vibe Coder Week 1” badge + community shoutout in next week’s post. 💡 Pro tip: Try the smaller llama3.2:3b model — runs fast even on mid-range laptops.

Hello, I am sandra. I joined out of curiosity for the new open Ai agents flow. Words on the street says it is easier than n8n. I have tried multiple times to learn n8n and it just seems so difficult. To the experts in the room can I have simple executions with gpt agent flow? Thank you

We’re now 184 members strong in the AI + Automation Lab! 🎉Welcome to all the new builders joining this week — be sure to say hello in the pinned Intro Post so we can connect and collaborate. This community is quickly becoming a powerful space to learn, share, and build real AI projects together. 🤖 Week 3 Challenge — Give Your Bot a Memory Over the past two weeks, you’ve built your first AI bot and taught it new skills.Now it’s time to take the next step toward agentic AI — by giving your bot a simple memory. 💡 This week’s goal:Make your bot context-aware — so it can remember what was said earlier in the chat and use that context when replying.This is the foundation of building an agent that can think, plan, and act over time. 🛠 Ideas to Try - Short-Term Memory: Store the last 5–10 messages in a conversation so your bot keeps context. - /recall Command: Let your bot summarize the recent chat history when you type /recall. - Contextual Replies: Have your bot reference earlier messages naturally (“As you mentioned before…”). Starter code is included in the Week 3 module — just extend your existing Week 2 bot, no need to rebuild from scratch. 📌 Your task: 1. Add a memory or recall feature to your bot. 2. Post a screenshot of your bot remembering or summarizing a past message. 3. Share one insight about how “memory” changes how your AI behaves. The goal here isn’t perfection — it’s progress.Every small step takes you closer to building fully autonomous AI agents. 💬 Comment below with your progress (or DM me if you have questions). Let’s make Week 3 the one where your bots start thinking for themselves! 🤖⚡ — Alula