Build Your Own
AI Agent.

Two weekends. 12 seats. One working agent on hardware you control.

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12Seats
02Weekends
05Stack layers
01Agent you own

01 — The Promise

Not a course. Not a demo. Not a subscription.
A system you run on Monday.

Bring your computer. Bring your context. Leave with a working AI agent — research · drafting · meeting prep · follow-up · delegation. Monday morning, it works.

01

A Working Agent

  • Your context. Your voice. Your priorities.
  • On hardware in your office.
  • Not SaaS. You own it.
02

A Team Playbook

  • For your operator or assistant.
  • Maintain · assign work · review output.
  • No engineering required.
03

An Operating Rhythm

  • Weekly cadence: delegate → review → improve.
  • Improves every week.
  • Your team runs it.
LeDroit Park · Washington, D.C.

A center of Black intellectual life since 1873.
Chosen deliberately, not decoratively.

Established 1873Historic District 1974The Guest House →

02 — The Venue

Historic Grounds.
Private Space.
Black Excellence.

3,000 sq. ft. private venue in LeDroit Park — a center of Black intellectual life since 1873. Founded by Larry Braithwaite. Purpose-built for privacy · intention · legacy.

The Guest House

Built for concentrated work.

Custom programming. On-site staff. Zero public traffic. No hotel ballrooms. No shared conference centers.

A · The Space

3,000 sq. ft. private venue

900 sq. ft. boardroom lounge · two breakout suites · roof deck · 1,700 sq. ft. courtyard garden · commercial AV

B · The Names

Rooms named for Black leaders

Hilda Brown Lounge · E. Franklin Frazier Suite · Ralph Bunche Suite · General Davis Roof Deck · Mary Church Terrell Terrace

C · The Experience

Curated end-to-end

Fine art by creators of color · Black- and women-owned catering · Uncompromising privacy · Optional overnight

1948 2nd Street NW · Washington, D.C.Visit The Guest House →

03 — Who Runs It

Practitioners, Not Theorists.

WNCP AI — boutique AI strategy and implementation. Founded by Damien Peters. Ex-Meta PM. MIT Sloan MBA. WealthNoir (exited 2022). We build AI systems you own and operate.

WNCP AI
16Years building product
3Companies — Meta, Zynga, Citi
1Exit — WealthNoir, 2022

Ex-Meta · Zynga · Citibank

  • 16 years across consumer, financial, enterprise.
  • Operating experience. Not consulting.

MIT Sloan MBA · UMD CS/Econ

  • Adjunct Professor, UMD Product Management.
  • Board: /dev/color. Advisor: MLT.

Agentic Operating System

  • Creator of agenticos.md stack + WNCP AI Agentic OS.
  • Sovereign agents you own · inspect · operate.

Notable work

MLT20 AI Buildathon·UMD AI & Agents Webinar·Access Mode Cohort AI Support·ELC Executive Leadership Council Retreat·Maryland DGS AI Proposal

04 — Schedule

Two Weekends.
One Working Agent.

Days: hands-on build. Evenings: salons · speakers · conversation. Between weekends: real-world implementation. Return ready to deploy.

Build · Weekend 01Implement · AsyncDeploy · Weekend 02
Weekend 01 · Build

Configure. Define. Start running.

Sat · Morning

Install Hermes agent + Agentic OS + load your business context

Sat · Afternoon

Define agent soul — role, scope, boundaries, voice in soul.md

Sat · Evening

AI Salon Dinner — agents · leverage · small-team ops.

Sun · Morning

Build skills: research, drafting, meeting prep, follow-up workflows

Sun · Afternoon

Connect tools: email, Slack, Notion, calendar, files via MCP servers

Sun · Evening

Guest House social mixer or free time.

Between · Async

Implement with your operator. Office hours via Discord / Slack.

Week 1–2

Deploy workflows at work. Test with your operator. Office hours for troubleshooting.

Weekend 02 · Deploy

Govern. Delegate. Roll it out.

Sat · Morning

Review progress + debug workflows + optimize agent performance

Sat · Afternoon

Set up team delegation — operator requests, reviews, approves agent output

Sat · Evening

Featured speaker — agent operations in practice.

Sun · Morning

Configure governance — permissions, escalation rules, audit logging

Sun · Afternoon

End-to-end test + finalize operator playbook + 30-day rollout plan

Sun · Evening

Graduation + next steps.

Evening Programming

AI Salon Dinners · Featured speakers · Guest House mixers · Private working dinners. Confirm after application.

05 — The Trade

Bring a Computer.
Leave With an Agent.

Arrive with hardware + context. Leave with a configured system, playbooks, and a 30-day rollout plan. No subscriptions. No lock-in. No recurring fees.

Output · 08

You Leave With

Eight artifacts you own and operate.

  1. 01

    Working AI Agent

    On hardware you own. Not a cloud service.

  2. 02

    Agentic OS

    Configured for your business. Not a demo.

  3. 03

    Agent "Soul"

    Role · voice · boundaries · priorities defined.

  4. 04

    Skills Library

    Research · drafting · meeting prep · follow-up · intake.

  5. 05

    Workflow Templates

    How your team requests work from the agent.

  6. 06

    Operator Playbook

    Maintenance · updates · common fixes.

  7. 07

    Governance Rules

    What the agent can and cannot touch.

  8. 08

    30-Day Rollout

    Day-by-day plan for team introduction.

06 — The Framework

Your Agentic Operating System.

Five inspectable layers. One sovereign agent. You own it.

01

SOUL

Role · voice · values · operating principles.

02

SKILLS

Workflows · procedures · templates.

03

MEMORY

Preferences · context · project facts · durable knowledge.

04

TOOLS

CLIs · APIs · MCP servers · file actions.

05

RUNTIME

Local · self-hosted · inspectable · portable.

Your agent is a folder of markdown. You own it.

07 — Packages

Three Ways to Build.

Solo. With an operator. Or concierge. Pick the seat that fits how you run.

A · Builder Seat

For the founder
who builds solo.

$5,000/ Seat

  • Both weekends — full access.
  • Agentic OS materials + walkthrough.
  • agenticos.md stack instruction.
  • Personal agent setup on your computer.
  • 30-day implementation roadmap.
  • Evening event access.
Select Builder Seat
Recommended

B · Founder + Operator

For the executive
who runs a team.

$7,500/ Pair

  • Everything in Builder Seat.
  • Second seat for your operator.
  • Operator maintenance training.
  • Team workflow playbook.
  • Agent governance + permission rules.
  • Post-retreat office hours (4 sessions).
  • Optional overnight add-on.
Select Founder + Operator

C · Premium Executive Salon

For the principal
who wants concierge.

$12,500

  • Everything in Founder + Operator.
  • Pre-configured Mac Mini or laptop.
  • Saturday overnight at The Guest House.
  • Private salon dinner + featured speaker.
  • Concierge setup support before retreat.
  • 30-day strategic advisory.
  • Architecture + governance review.
Request Premium Package

Payment plans available·Application required — 12 seats total·Comparable programs start at $15K

08 — FAQ

Questions.

Ten common questions. Don't see yours? Ask in your application.

No. Built for founders and operators. Bring your business context; we build the system around it. Bring an operator (they learn maintenance) or come solo (you learn enough). No coding required.

MacBook (M1+), Mac Mini, or Linux laptop (16GB+ RAM). Full hardware checklist after acceptance. Premium tier: pre-configured machine.

Yes. The Founder + Operator package is built for this. Your operator learns alongside you and leaves with a playbook.

Implementation with your operator. Async office hours via Slack/Discord. Return for Weekend 2 with real progress and real questions.

1948 2nd Street NW, LeDroit Park, Washington, D.C. Minutes from U Street and Shaw.

No. You build and operate your own system — that's the point. Optional post-retreat advisory for architecture + governance. But implementation is yours. Your agent. Your hardware. Your rules.

Five inspectable layers: Soul · Skills · Memory · Tools · Runtime. Applied directly to your business.

Full refund 30+ days before. 50% refund 14+ days before. Cohort transfers if space available.

Courses give you instructions. This retreat gives you a running agent — on your hardware, configured to your voice · workflows · priorities. Watching someone build ≠ building alongside them.

Subscription AI serves millions. Your agent serves your business — voice · workflows · governance · memory. On hardware you control. You own it. You inspect it. You decide what it touches.

Hermes Agent for local sovereign deployment. OpenClaw for collaborative team agents. Claude Code for code-intensive workflows. You leave with at least one fully configured — and experience with all three.

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