Architect's Field Kit 06
Tool-Up
A parent-and-builder setup for safe, ready-to-use AI access
- Audience
- Families with builders ages 13-18
- Format
- 12 minute setup
- Use
- Complete with a parent before the first build. Provider rules can change; use the linked official pages.
Field purpose
A current, provider-aware setup path that gets a family ready before build time, including age gates, privacy controls, the first TCCA rep, and a no-wait fallback.
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routes
Choose an allowed route
A parent checks the provider's current rules before account setup. ReInvent U starts at age 13, and every external age gate still applies.
- ReInvent U
Age 13 launch floor
The family waits until the builder is at least 13. An adult does not create a workaround account for a younger child.
- Ages 13-17
Parent-mediated teen route
A parent or guardian completes Tool-Up, gives any required consent, reviews the provider settings, and stays responsible for account and sharing decisions. Claude.ai remains 18+.
- Age 18
Adult account route
The builder may hold an adult account where the provider allows it. Family privacy, evidence, and safety rules still apply.
- Every account
Check the live rule
Provider age, region, feature, and family-control rules can change. The official links in this guide are the source of truth.
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compare
Provider quick paths
Pick one path that is allowed for the builder's age and region. Free access is enough to begin, subject to provider limits.
- ChatGPT
Ages 13-17 with parent consent
OpenAI requires parent or guardian consent for teen use. A parent links parental controls where available and reviews safety and data settings with the builder.
- Gemini
Age 13 or the local applicable age
Use an eligible personal or school account only where Gemini is available. A parent checks the live country, account-type, and feature rules before the builder signs in.
- Claude.ai
Age 18 and older only
Anthropic's consumer product requires users to be 18 or older. A builder aged 13-17 chooses an allowed alternative.
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checklist
The five-minute account check
A parent completes these controls before the builder runs the first prompt.
- Identity
Use the correct account holder
Follow the provider's age and consent route. Never enter a false birth date.
- Privacy
Review data controls
Turn off model-improvement sharing where the family prefers and where the provider offers that control. Know how to delete a chat.
- Sharing
Keep links private by default
Do not create public share links for chats containing names, personal details, school material, or private family information.
- Boundaries
Set the red-data rule
No passwords, home address, private account numbers, health details, secret keys, or another person's private information.
- Support
Know the exit
The builder can stop, close the tool, and bring any strange or upsetting output to a trusted adult.
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framework
Run the first safe rep
Use a harmless, real task to confirm the account works and practise direction.
- Task
Three project options
Ask for small builds based on a hobby or household need.
- Context
Give interests, not identity
Share the interest and available time, not a full name, school, location, or private details.
- Constraints
Small and useful
Require phone-friendly, free-tool, one-weekend ideas with an obvious check.
- Action
Choose and explain
Ask for a table, then the builder chooses one and says why.
Copy, adapt, direct
Give me three small build ideas connected to [interest] that could help [a family member / a team / a club]. Each must be possible with free tools, safe to share, and small enough for one weekend. Show the user, outcome, first step, and how I could check it worked. Do not choose for me.
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matrix
Builder field drill - AI street smarts
AI is powerful precisely because it can sound certain and act quickly. Power users keep the speed and add a short check: Pause, verify, then act.
- Claims
Confident is not the same as correct
Open the original source, check its date and context, and leave a claim unresolved when the evidence is missing.
- Media
Check before you share
A synthetic image, audio clip, or video can look real. Find the earliest source, compare trusted reporting, and label uncertainty instead of amplifying it.
- Pressure
Urgency plus secrecy means pause
If a message pushes you to click, pay, move an account, or hide it from someone, stop and verify through a known route with a trusted adult.
- Identity
Share the minimum personal information
Remove names, location, account details, faces, private conversations, and other people's information unless there is a clear need and permission.
- Agents
Small permissions, visible checks
Give an automated tool only the permission it needs, test it on harmless examples, keep a log, set a stop limit, and require human approval before an outside action.
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routes
No-wait fallback
A rate limit or unavailable feature is a tool problem, not a builder failure.
- Switch
Move to another allowed provider
Carry the same TCCA brief across. Note what changed and what stayed portable.
- Reorder
Do the human step first
Interview the user, sketch the flow, collect source material, or write the success checks while access resets.
- Shrink
Use a lighter task
Ask for one small transformation or question instead of a long generation.
- Record
Make the switch count
Add the tool switch to the learning-velocity record: old move, new move, and what the builder learned.
Keep it in the field
Print it, mark it, return to the build.
The PDF carries the same source edition as this web guide and is designed with A4 and US Letter-safe print margins.