This section shows you how to run AI on your own stack instead of renting it. Two pages explain the idea. Ten free tools let you use it today.
The five roles
An AI self-educator fills five roles that used to need five different people: an advisor, a librarian, a tutor, an editor and an explorer. Each one covers a job that otherwise costs money or waiting.
Read how the five roles work →
The tools
All ten are free. No account, no signup. Your input goes to the model and comes back as an answer.
- Advisor. Builds a week by week learning plan for any topic.
- Librarian. Finds the few sources worth your time and says why.
- Tutor. Finds the exact place your understanding breaks, then teaches that.
- Compass. Turns confusion into questions you can go answer yourself.
- Explorer. Shows you nearby fields you would not have found alone.
- Editor. Pressure-tests a draft and tells you what is weak.
- Logic. Finds missing evidence and hidden assumptions in an argument.
- Creativity. Shapes rough notes into a draft and leaves the decisions to you.
- Clarity. Turns contracts and dense text into a plain table of what matters.
- Coaching. Rehearses a hard conversation before you have it for real.
Open the tools at shu.diyminer.com →
The stack
Four layers sit between you and the model: an engine, a wallet, an agent and an automation layer. You can replace any of them without rebuilding the rest.
The series
The DIY AI series builds each layer step by step, one video per layer. Each video stands alone, so you can stop whenever you want and still own what you built.