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Senzing Bootcamp ChatGPT Plugin

A guided bootcamp for learning Senzing entity resolution, packaged as a ChatGPT plugin. Install it, then say "start the bootcamp" to be guided through a hands-on, module-by-module tutorial.

The bootcamp follows a Socratic turn cycle: it asks one defined question, waits for the bootcamper's answer, processes that answer while showing concise working updates, and continues until it reaches the next defined question. It never pauses on an ordinary status update.

What the bootcamp covers

A guided sequence of hands-on modules takes you from zero to working entity resolution:

• Bootcamp preparation: choose your curriculum, level of detail, and programming language
• Entity Resolution Concepts: a primer on how entity resolution works (optional)
• Discover the Business Problem: describe the problem you are trying to solve
• SDK setup: install and configure the Senzing SDK
• System verification: end-to-end checks that Senzing works on your machine (optional)
• Truth Set visualization: an interactive web app of the resolved Truth Set data (optional)
• Data collection: identify and collect your data sources
• Data Quality, Mapping, and Transformation: make your data "Senzing-ready"
• Data processing: ingest your Senzing-ready data
• Query, Visualize and Discover: see what Senzing can do for you
• Bootcamp graduation: wrap up your bootcamp with a bow

You finish with working Senzing code and data in your project, a professional recap PDF you can keep and share, and a production starter. See What you finish with for details.

Requirements

• Network access to the Senzing MCP server. The bootcamp cannot proceed without it. It generates SDK code, looks up Senzing facts, and provides working examples.
• Minimum of a ChatGPT Pro plan.
  • Note: Multiple 5-hour windows of a ChatGPT Plus plan will work, but you will not be able to complete the bootcamp in one session.
• Recommended, but not mandatory: A business problem requiring Entity Resolution and 5,000 to 20,000 records that illustrate the problem.

Install and start

1. Install Codex

2. From a terminal window, start ChatGPT. Example:

   chatgpt
   

   • In macOS, start "ChatGPT" and open a new project on an empty directory.

3. Select model and effort.

   1. In the lower-right, choose GPT-5.6 Terra and Medium.

4. Create a new project.

   1. In Codex's left-hand navigation bar, to the right of "Projects", click on the plus sign, "+".
   2. In the Create project dialog:
      1. Project name: "Senzing Bootcamp"
      2. Source folders: [Choose an empty folder]
      3. Click "Create project" button

5. Install the Senzing Bootcamp Plugin.

   1. In Codex's left-hand navigation bar, click on Plugins.
   2. In the Plugins panel, in the upper-right, click on "Add", then "Add a marketplace".
   3. In the Add plugin marketplace dialog:
      1. Source: https//github.com/Senzing/...
      2. Click "Add marketplace".
   4. In the Plugins panel, choose "Personal" tab.
   5. Select "Senzing Bootcamp"
   6. In the Senzing Bootcamp panel, click "Install plugin".
   7. Review and trust the bundled lifecycle hooks. These hooks keep terse answers such as yes or 3 inside the active bootcamp module and prevent a turn from ending without its next question. Without hook trust, the curriculum remains available but the Socratic turn-cycle guarantee is not active.
   8. In the Senzing Bootcamp panel, click "Try now".

6. In Codex's agentic chat, enter the following to begin the bootcamp:

   Start the Senzing Bootcamp
   

Codex's agentic chat will guide you through the Bootcamp.

What you finish with

The bootcamp is a guided, module-by-module tutorial. You end with working Senzing code and data in your project (src/, data/, database/), a professional recap PDF you can keep and share (e.g. bootcamp_recap.pdf, but yours will differ), and a production/ starter project.