Inspired by a post by - I realised that there are some real gems about how to get started with ICM that are in this community and might be hard to find for people who are new. So, here's a bit of a "getting started" Clief Notes ICM primer.
He follows that up with a post about how to go from that to building the bakery:
Need some help with all the terms and jargon? has you covered: Trying to get your head around agents as folders? keeps it simple: Starting to step up and need to understand gates? built on the birthday cake foundation that Bas built for you: Learn best by seeing it done? Here's the competition megathread - go see what people have built and see it all in action:
I'm sure that I missed amazing things that help people get started that should be posted... add them in the comments and let us all know. And I'll edit and update so this has things to help people.