18L/ Brief intro to ACA-Pico (starting at 6:00am PST)
Brief intro to ACA-Pico (starting at 6:00am PST)
Thursday 18L
Convener: Bruce Conrad
Notes-taker(s): the convener
Tags for the session - technology discussed/ideas considered:
Picos, Aries agents, Manifold, ACA-Pico
Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:
Those in attendance are invited to follow these steps to make their own Aries Cloud Agent using ACA-Pico.
Sign in to manifold.picolabs.io
Click on “+ Add Thing” (near upper-right corner)
Provide a name for your new thing, then click “Create Thing”
Notice a card representing your new thing (can be moved around)
Click on the gear (near upper-right corner of the card)
In the popup menu, click on “Install an App”
Select the ruleset named “io.picolabs.manifold_cloud_agent” then click “Install it”
Notice the app is represented by the Aries logo at the bottom of the card
Click on the Aries logo/button
Click on “Enable Connections”
Notice that an “Action” button appears
But first, click on “Open Card” (a doorway icon near the gear) to have more room
Connect with other people in the session by sharing invitations out of band
The above was the plan, and Will and I ended up working together in this session, which extended well into Session 19 territory time-wise. We did a deep dive into the ACA-Pico code.
A follow up session will occur with him and one of his students Monday at the same time.
