Syllabus
The full course map — modules and units in order, plus materials and tools.
00Kickstart
32 min · 4 unitsA map for newcomers to AI coding
01Introduction
30 min · 4 unitsSoftware 3.0 and why it changes everything
02Setup
45 min · 3 unitsSetting up your workspace for agentic coding
03Stack selection
60 min · 5 unitsWhich agentic stack fits your context: Claude Code, Sovereign, Cloud-OSS or Behind-GFW
04Prompt Engineering
60 min · 5 unitsHow to write prompts like a pro
05Context & Memory
45 min · 4 unitsHow agents hold information — and how to manage it
06Automation Pipeline
60 min · 4 unitsBuild your first practical workflow
07Tools & Extensions
75 min · 5 unitsMCP servers, Skills, Hooks and the Superpowers workflow
08Agent Engineering
90 min · 5 unitsFrom vibe coding to orchestrating agent systems — where the prompt stops working
09AI Notebook
38 min · 5 unitsSource-grounded learning: a notebook that answers only from your sources — and how to check where it lies
Course Materials
Templates
From the course
Going deeper
Foundations: models and data
- Generative AI for Beginners ↗How large models work inside: tokens, embeddings, fine-tuning. Microsoft, MIT
- Machine Learning for Beginners ↗Classical ML from before the LLM era — the ground everything stands on. Microsoft, MIT
- Data Science for Beginners ↗Working with data: collection, cleaning, visualisation. Microsoft, MIT