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Practical learning path5 published lessons · Free

Learn AI agents by doing the work.

Start with one bounded workflow. Then choose the Operator path to use existing agents safely or the Builder path to create agentic systems of your own.

The route

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Shared foundation

Understand · Design · Bound

Operator

Use agents for real work with review and control.

Builder

Build, connect, evaluate, and operate agent systems.

How it works

Every lesson ends with evidence.

Learn

Understand one durable idea without depending on a product interface.

Build

Complete a small task with explicit inputs, actions, and expected results.

Verify

Use a checklist, source, diff, or test result to decide whether it worked.

Course roadmap

Build the foundation, then choose your path.

The paths are not exclusive. Many people become confident Operators first, then return to the Builder path when a real workflow needs custom software.

Operator path

Use existing agents to complete real work safely, repeatably, and with clear review points.

Builder path

Create agentic systems with explicit tools, context, evaluation, permissions, and recovery.

Builder path05

Agent Safety: Permissions, Evidence, and Recovery

Design the permission boundaries, approval checkpoints, evidence trail, and recovery plan every useful agent workflow needs.

40 minutes · Beginner to intermediateStart lesson →
Planned module

Tool calling and structured output

Give an application reliable actions and machine-readable results.

Planned module

RAG, memory, and context

Choose what the agent should retrieve, retain, and forget.

Planned module

Single-agent and multi-agent patterns

Add orchestration only when one bounded agent is no longer enough.

Planned module

Evaluation and production operations

Measure accepted outcomes, cost, latency, failures, and recovery.

Start small

One useful workflow beats ten agent demos.

Begin with a reversible task, require evidence, and add autonomy only after the workflow works under review.

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