How to install c https://ivankotov.eu/install-c/
This is not an “install AGI” page.
It is a practical local-first path toward a local c-node candidate: a private continuity substrate with local memory, bounded agents, oracle routing, witness logs, budget limits, backup / restore, and a human-controlled stop / freeze path.
The distinction matters.
A chatbot is a session. A model endpoint is a service. A cloud assistant is a rented interface.
A local c-node is something different: a governed continuity environment where memory, tools, permissions, agents, and external models are placed under explicit boundaries.
The first rule is simple:
Do not start with cloud memory.
Use external models as oracles and reviewers, not as memory owners. Use Codex or other coding agents as bounded installer / reviewer assistants, not as authority holders. Keep raw memory local by default. Keep the human anchor in control. Keep the stop / freeze path visible.
The page includes:
- hardware tiers;
- GitHub install path from ester-clean-code;
- first verification commands;
- Codex-assisted installation boundaries;
- privacy defaults;
- links to the Minimum C-Node Profile.
This is a small public step, but an important one.
For years, the conversation around AI was framed as “AGI”, models, benchmarks, and capabilities.
I think the real transition is moving elsewhere:
from model intelligence to continuity infrastructure;
from assistants to governed local nodes;
from token access to memory custody;
from cloud convenience to bounded sovereignty.
The future of AI will not be decided only by who has the smartest model.
It will also be decided by who owns memory, who controls permissions, who can call the oracle, who keeps the witness trail, and who can stop the system when uncertainty becomes dangerous.
That is the real installation problem.