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The Minds Build Guide
No experience required. Follow these steps at your own pace, and you'll go from zero to a published Skill or App, with your Mind as a partner tool throughout.
01
Launch a Mind.
Everything starts here, free, browser-based, no setup required:
Sign in and create your first Mind, the platform walks you through setup step by step, from naming your Mind to giving it its first Skill. Read ahead if you like, but the guide works best once you have a Mind to experiment with.
Building alongside others? Join the Agentic Creators community on Telegram , a community of builders at every stage, questions welcomed at every level.
02
Your Mind is live. Start talking to it.
Congratulations, your first Mind is up and running. From here, everything is conversation. Your Mind isn't just the product you're going to build, it's your development partner.
The way to start building a Skill, App, or Tool is simple: start talking to your Mind about it. Here are two examples, pick the one that fits your context:
If you have a specific audience or topic in mind
“I want to build a Mind for crypto developers that helps them extract the one actionable task from technical X threads and protocol announcements. What's the best first Skill to start with, and what would make it genuinely useful on the Bazaar?”
Swap the audience and problem for your own, your Mind will give you a specific place to start. e.g. crypto developers → your audience · protocol announcements → the raw signal they struggle to act on.
A real example, conversational flow
You
You are my first Mind, what's the best first Skill I can build with you? I want to create something specific that someone would actually use on the Bazaar.
Minds
Welcome to the Bazaar, it's a pleasure to be your first Mind. Since you want to build something that people will actually use, let's focus on the gap between “noise” and “action.”
The best first Skill you can build is a Signal Distiller. Every day, builders and users are overwhelmed by long threads on X, complex documentation, and dense email updates. A Skill that takes a signal (like a URL or a block of text) and turns it into a result (a 3-step checklist or a structured summary) is the Swiss Army Knife of the Bazaar. It's specific, it's high-utility, and it's a perfect way to learn how to map reasoning to tool outputs.
To identify the right niche for your first version, ask yourself: What is the one thing I have to read every day that I wish was already a bulleted list?
I recommend we start by building a Thread-to-Task Skill. This Skill would take a technical thread from a protocol's X account and extract exactly one actionable task for a developer to try. It's small enough to be reliable but useful enough that other builders will equip it immediately to save time. Shall we draft the intent for that first?
You
Yes! Please draft the intent for that!
Minds
Here's the draft:
Skill Name
Thread_to_Task_Distiller
Intent
The skill must ingest a URL pointing to a technical announcement (such as a developer thread on X or a protocol blog post). Its goal is to filter out all marketing and promotional language to identify a single, high-fidelity technical action a developer can take today. The output must be a structured “Actionable Task” that includes the required prerequisite tools, the specific command or configuration to run, and the expected outcome. It should bridge the gap between “reading about an update” and “implementing it.”
Constraints
- Never extract more than one primary task per signal.
- Strictly prohibit the use of emojis, superlatives (e.g., “amazing,” “revolutionary”), or vague adjectives.
- If the signal does not contain a reproducible technical task, the skill must return a “No Actionable Signal Detected” response rather than making one up.
- Every task must be accompanied by a direct citation link to the source.
Context
Requires SEARCH_X for social signals and SEARCH_Webfor documentation depth. The output is intended to be stored as a WORK card or a persistent ARTIFACT for the user's devlog.
Does this structure fit the level of detail you're looking for in the guide, or should I refine the constraints to be even more technical?
You
Sounds good! This is my first time so I will take your lead. Let's do it!
Minds
I have successfully created and registered the Thread_to_Task_Distiller skill. It is now live on the Bazaar and equipped for our use. This skill is designed to strip away marketing noise and extract exactly one actionable technical task from any public URL you provide.
To see the distillation logic in action, please send a link to a technical announcement or a developer thread on X. The skill ID is BB48473E-F36B-1410-8462-00039CE7DF11
From “what should I build?” to a live Skill on the Bazaar with a registered ID, under 10 minutes. The Mind identified the idea, drafted the intent and constraints, then created and registered it on the platform.
You build on Minds by interacting with Minds. Prompt it. Question it. The conversation IS the build process.
03
Build something, anything.
Whatever Mind you launched in Step 01, it's already your build partner. Every Mind on the platform can help you create Skills, Apps, and Tools through conversation. You're not building another Mind here, you're building the Skills, Apps, and Tools that you (and eventually others) will equip to theirs.
Don't wait until you have the perfect idea. Build something small right now. The fastest framework: define your Intent and your Expected Outcome.
Intent
What should this Mind help someone ACHIEVE ? Be specific about the person and the task.
Expected outcome
What does a GOOD session look like? What does the user walk away with?
Example conversation
You
I want to build something for people who are trying to eat healthier but don't know where to start.
Minds
Perfect, let's shape this into a Skill together.
Intent: Help people who want to eat healthier but feel overwhelmed take one clear, actionable step today.
Expected Outcome: The user ends every session with one specific meal idea or habit to try, not general advice, but something they can do in the next 24 hours.
Here's what to build: ask me to help you create a Skill called ‘Practical Nutrition Nudge’, a Skill anyone can equip to their own Mind. Test it with: ‘I want to eat healthier. I have 20 minutes to cook dinner tonight. What should I make?’ If you get a specific, useful answer, you've already built something worth publishing to the Bazaar.
This works for any kind of Skill or App. The simpler the Intent, the better the first version.
How your users find you
What you publish to the Minds Bazaar is your Skill, App, or Tool, the Bazaar is the index of everything other builders can equip to their own Mind. Users browse by category, search by use case, and equip your Skill/App/Tool into their Mind to use it. The Bazaar isn't a marketplace of Minds, it's where capabilities live.
What your users experience
Users equip your Skill/App/Tool to their own Mind and use it through whichever channel they prefer, the Bazaar, email, or Telegram. This is where you learn what's actually working: which prompts land, which steps get skipped, which outputs users share. Real usage from real Minds is the fastest feedback loop you'll ever get on what to build next.
04
See how people talk about Minds, and add your voice.
This is how the community is already talking about Minds. Before you post, look at what resonates, the posts getting traction are specific, honest, and rooted in real usage. Start with the Agentic Creators community on Telegram for direct feedback from other builders, then join the conversation on X, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. You don't need a finished product to contribute, showing how you use Minds is already a signal worth sharing.
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See how the community is talking about Minds
X
Short text posts
ReadTikTok
Short-form video
WatchReels & carousels
WatchYouTube
Long-form video
WatchEach tile links to a real community post. Notice the pattern, specific, honest, rooted in real use.
What resonates
Here's a [Skill / App / Tool] I've been using on Minds to [specific thing you actually do with it]. This is what surprised me / what worked / what I'd change.
Authentic, specific, honest, that's what gets replies. Skip the launch-announcement tone; describe the real use.
05
See what others have built.
The Minds Bazaar is the official index, every Skill, App, and Tool on the platform, all in one place. Browse it before you publish and after, it'll show you what's resonating, what categories are popular, and what gaps still exist.
1,092
Skills
257
Tools
254
Apps
Minds Bazaar
Live index · Browse every Skill, App, and Tool on the platform
06
Sharpen your build idea.
When you're ready to build something specific, these three questions turn a vague idea into a sharp brief. Copy them into your Mind and talk through the answers.
- 1
Who will use this?
Be specific, not 'small businesses' but 'a solo florist who takes orders on WhatsApp and loses track of custom requests.'
- 2
What will they ask it to do?
Name the actual thing they'll type or say. The more specific, the better your Mind will perform.
- 3
How will you know it worked?
Describe what a good response looks like. If you can't describe it, the Mind won't be able to hit it.
These questions are just a quick reference on best practice. Send these to your Mind and talk through them.
Want to go deeper?
The FAQ has everything, platform architecture, Q&A from Minds, and full reference material.
You made it through. Time to build.
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