Module 1 · Curriculum

Build Your Own Siri in 5 Minutes

A 5-minute build with a 5-minute upsell block. Designed for a standing-room crowd with phones, no laptops, no prior experience. Total facilitator footprint: 10–12 minutes.

The scan target

This is the only link participants need. It opens the guided builder, handles Google sign-in, and returns them to the exact step they left.

https://polemarch.live/scan

Learning objectives

1.Explain, in plain language, what an AI agent is and what a system prompt does.
2.Write a system prompt that gives an agent an identity, a job and guardrails.
3.Pick a voice and hold a real spoken conversation with the agent they built.
4.Name three real tasks their agent could take off their plate this week.
5.Know the next module: connecting Gmail, Calendar and Drive to that agent.

Run of show

0:00 – 0:45

Hook — the pager story

Say: Hold up the SkyPager theme on screen. "Thirty years ago this was the cutting edge of being reachable. Today you're going to build something that answers for you."

Room: Nothing on phones yet. Eyes up.

0:45 – 1:15

Scan the code

Say: Push the QR full-screen. Everyone scans, signs in with Google, lands on the guided builder.

Room: Phones out. Confirm the room sees Step 1 of 5.

1:15 – 2:00

Name it and choose a voice type

Say: "Name it something you'll actually say out loud. This is your assistant, not a product."

Room: Step 1: agent name + male/female voice. Default voice is auto-selected.

2:00 – 3:15

Tell it what to do

Say: Read two hot cues aloud, then let them tap one and edit it. Explain that the agent only knows what they tell it.

Room: Step 2: pick a hot cue or type their own job description.

3:15 – 4:00

Watch the system prompt appear

Say: "This is the part people pay for. Read it — that's your agent's brain, in English, and you can edit any line."

Room: Step 3: AI-generated prompt shown on screen, editable.

4:00 – 5:00

Talk to it

Say: Countdown, everyone taps Talk at once. The agent introduces itself and asks how it can help.

Room: Step 4: live voice call with a sound wave. Room gets loud — let it.

5:00 – 10:00

Level up (optional block)

Say: Walk the add-ons: Gmail triage, Calendar booking, Drive knowledge, live avatar. Ask who wants which.

Room: Step 5: add-on cards. Collect emails for Module 2 access.

Check for understanding (60 seconds)

›Show me your agent's name and read its first line out loud.
›Point to the sentence in your prompt that keeps it from making things up.
›Tell me one task you'd hand it tomorrow morning.

Materials & room setup

•Projector or large screen for the QR code and the run-of-show.
•Room Wi-Fi (voice needs ~1 Mbps per participant) and a fallback hotspot.
•Earbuds encouraged — 30 phones talking at once is loud by design.
•Printed QR cards for table drops and the hallway.
•Facilitator laptop signed in to the back office for live troubleshooting.

Troubleshooting card

Camera won't open the link

Type the short URL manually; it's printed under the QR.

Google sign-in loops

Ask them to open the link in Safari/Chrome, not the in-app browser.

No sound on the call

Silent switch off, volume up, then tap Talk again — mic permission prompt appears once.

Prompt feels generic

Have them add one specific fact: hours, city, price, or who they serve.

What comes next

Module 2 connects the agent to Gmail, Google Calendar and Drive so it can triage mail, book time and answer from real documents. Module 3 adds a live avatar and a shareable review link so participants can demo their agent to family, clients or a classroom.

Open the participant flow