PHASE · 01
Set up Berd¶
Once per laptop. Get a build, get through onboarding, connect the model you will pay for, choose the runtime a session runs on, and make the Home canvas a place you actually reach for. Nothing here is hard; two of the choices are worth making on purpose.
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Install Berd and get through onboarding
Get Berd onto your Mac, answer the four questions it asks on the way in, and arrive on Home with Berdy waiting. Nothing you decide here is hard to undo; the one lasting choice is a toggle. Takes 15 min · Moment new
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Connect a provider and pick a model
Give Berd a model to talk to, confirm the connection works, and know what each error means before it happens. The outcome is a provider that shows a live model list, and a model chosen per chat. Takes 10 min · Moment apply
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Choose a harness for a session
Every chat in Berd runs on a harness — the agent runtime that actually reads files, runs commands and calls the model. You pick it when the session starts, and three Berd features quietly depend on which one you picked. Takes 5 min · Moment new
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Home is a canvas you pin things to, not a list you scroll. Half an hour of arranging it is the difference between a screen you pass through and a desk you work from. Everything here is reversible; Revert layout exists. Takes 15 min · Moment new