Skills

OpenRoot Skills Library

Knowledge that builds things. Free forever. No paywalls. No credentials required. Peer-reviewed by people who have actually built things.

Categories

Concrete & Aerocement

• Open-cell mix recipe (xanthan gum + Dawn Ultra method)
• Activated carbon production from local waste (pyrolysis)
• 21-day wet cure protocol
• Ferrocement tank construction
• Pneumatic hog pliers technique

Passive Thermal Systems

• Desiccant sizing and placement
• Underground labyrinth design
• Cold battery and hot battery tank construction
• Stirling engine integration
• Night-sky radiative cooling

Electronics & Sensors

• DS18B20 temperature sensor wiring
• Arduino and Pi data logging
• IPFS data publishing
• Groq API and Kai 9000 setup

Food Systems

• Aquaponics closed-loop design
• Freeze-drying operation
• Heirloom seed banking
• Black Locust guild establishment
• Vertical quail tower construction

Legal & Business

• Missouri LLC formation ($50, 30 minutes)
• 501(c)(3) filing strategy
• Solo 401(k) setup
• Business credit building
• Grant application writing

Open Source Publishing

• Zenodo DOI registration
• IPFS publishing
• GitHub defensive publication
• CC-BY-SA licensing

Submit a skill: fork, add folder under skills-library/, include step-by-step README, open a PR.