As of June 2026 — full map: Individual curriculum. Paid membership is Project 1: Build Your Jarvis — then a Gerty upgrade.
The product ladder
| Step | What | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Understand AI | 2026 landscape, privacy, compare tools | Free — Ground Zero (you're here) |
| Run local AI | Ollama — four free lessons: why local → install → chat → offline proof | Free — Off the Grid |
| Project 1 — Jarvis | Your desktop app → memory → tools → voice → Telegram, email, calendar | Membership |
| Project 2 — Gerty | Upgrade — multi-agent, self-improving, connect-anything | Membership (after Jarvis) |
| Member Builds | Sites, apps, utilities — separate projects | Membership |
Gertrude on this site = showroom for Gerty-tier capabilities. You build your Jarvis, then your Gerty — not a Gertrude clone.
Free tier — real value, not a teaser
Ground Zero + Off the Grid give you ~10–14 hours of genuine course content:
- You understand what you're paying £20/mo for today
- You run open-weight models on your own hardware — four Off the Grid lessons, not one rushed install
- You finish with terminal chat and an offline proof you can show someone
That's the achievement. Membership is what comes after.
Jarvis build (membership — summary)
| Module | What you add |
|---|---|
| Foundations (Module 0) | Toolchain, cloud, prompts, system voice, cost judgment |
| Models & memory | RAG, Modelfiles |
| Chat shell | Your desktop app — icon, shortcut, your name |
| Smarter chat | Files, images, thinking, web search |
| Agent | Tools, PC tasks, browsing |
| Voice & wake word | PAYG voice; always-on trigger |
| Integrations | Telegram · email · calendar — each its own module |
What changes when you join
Ground Zero made you fluent in renting. Off the Grid (four lessons) proves local works. Membership is building:
One repo. One assistant. Grows every module.
"For £20/month, GertySystems is the last subscription you'll need" — because you own the stack (small PAYG API costs still apply — honest).
What we do not do in this lesson
- Install commands — those are hands-on in free Off the Grid (start here).
- Promise a checkout date — the waitlist is honest about that.
- Teach you to code from zero — you learn to make AI work for you.
After the quiz
Pass the quick check and a path overview panel appears — carry on to free Off the Grid, join the waitlist, talk to Gertrude, or read the story.
Everyone's building a Jarvis right now. Gerty is what happens when you stop treating it as a chat window and start treating it as a system. Finish free Off the Grid first, though — the local win genuinely matters. Then build Jarvis when you're ready.
Continue — close Ground Zero.