The Short Version
Be a practitioner, not a performer. Share what you build. Help others build. Don't sell, spam, or waste people's time. If you wouldn't say it to someone's face in a professional setting, don't post it here.
1. Who This Community Is For
Cohorte is for people who ship AI systems into real environments. Managers, engineers, consultants, founders, operators. People who care about doing the work well, not just talking about it.
We welcome all experience levels. What matters is the intent: you're here to learn, build, and contribute. Not to lurk, pitch, or extract.
2. What We Expect
- Share real work. Posts about what you built, what broke, what you learned. Not abstract takes. Not reposted LinkedIn content. Your experience, your words.
- Help generously. When someone asks a question, answer with substance. Point them to resources. Share what worked for you. The best communities are built by people who give more than they take.
- Be specific. "This is great!" adds nothing. "I tried this approach and it failed because X, then I switched to Y" adds everything. Specificity is how practitioners communicate.
- Respect the room. Disagree openly. Challenge ideas. But attack the argument, never the person. The moment it gets personal, you've lost the room.
- Use your real identity. Real name, real role, real company. Pseudonyms are allowed for privacy, but the expectation is that you are who you say you are.
3. What We Don't Tolerate
- No selling. No DM pitches. No "check out my tool." No affiliate links. No "I built something you might like." If you want to share something you made, do it in the relevant thread with full transparency. If it feels like marketing, it is marketing.
- No recruiting. No job posts. No "we're hiring" messages. No headhunting via DM. If we open a jobs channel in the future, we'll announce it. Until then, this is not LinkedIn.
- No spam or low-effort posts. No "what do you think about X?" with no context. No link drops without commentary. No polls for engagement. Every post should give the reader something worth their time.
- No harassment, hate speech, or discrimination. Zero tolerance. This includes sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and any other form of discrimination. One incident, one warning. Second incident, permanent removal.
- No sharing of paid course materials. Bootcamp content, course videos, templates, and playbooks are licensed for personal use only. Sharing them publicly or with non-enrolled members is a violation of the Terms of Service and grounds for immediate removal.
- No AI-generated posts without disclosure. If you used AI to draft your post or comment, say so. We teach people to use AI well. Using it to fake participation is the opposite of what this community stands for.
4. How We Moderate
Appurwa is the community coordinator. She monitors daily, responds to reports, and enforces these rules. CM drops in regularly but is not the primary moderator.
Reporting: If you see something that violates this code, DM Appurwa or email hello@cohorte.co. We review every report within 24 hours.
Enforcement:
- First violation (minor): Private message from Appurwa explaining what happened and what to change.
- Second violation or first serious violation: Post removed. Written warning.
- Third violation or egregious conduct: Permanent removal from the community. No refund on membership.
We don't do public callouts. We handle everything privately unless the situation requires a community-wide statement.
5. Privacy and Confidentiality
- What's shared in the community stays in the community. Don't screenshot or share other members' posts, questions, or struggles outside the group without their explicit permission.
- If someone shares a work challenge, a failure, or a vulnerable moment, treat it with the respect it deserves. This is a professional space, not a content mine.
- Members' email addresses, company names, and roles visible in profiles are for community context, not for your mailing list.
6. The Help Desk
The Help Desk is for real questions about real problems. When you post:
- Describe what you're trying to do
- Describe what you've tried
- Describe what happened (vs. what you expected)
- Include context: which tools, which course module, which workflow
"It doesn't work" is not a question. "I tried to connect my agent to the MCP server following Module 4 Lesson 3, and I'm getting a timeout error after 30 seconds. Here's my config..." is a question. The second one gets help. The first one gets ignored.
7. Live Sessions and Events
- Camera on is appreciated but never required.
- Sessions may be recorded. If you don't want to appear on camera, turn it off. Your audio and display name may still be captured.
- Participate actively: ask questions, share observations, challenge the speaker. Passive attendance is fine, but the sessions are better when people engage.
- If you can't attend live, the replay will be posted within 48 hours.
8. One Principle
This community exists because the people in it make it worth showing up for. If you're here to build, learn, and help others do the same, you belong. If you're here for anything else, you don't.
Questions about this code? Email hello@cohorte.co.