agent school / the weeks
Pre-work and eight weeks
Pre-work unlocks when you enroll. Missions unlock by progress, not by calendar.
- Pre-work · Before week 1Pre-work: tools, foundations, your first agentUnlocked the day you enroll. Done before the cohort clock starts.
- Week 1 · Project 1Project 1 begins: find the problem, write the pageDiscovery before code. The brief your agent will execute.
- Week 2 · Project 1Ship and verify Project 1A research agent with verified numbers, not vibes.
- Week 3 · Project 2Project 2 begins: ground truth firstYou build the exam before you build the student.
- Week 4 · Project 2The ladder lab, and shipping against hidden labelsThe heaviest week, deliberately.
- Week 5 · Project 3Project 3: the knowledge agent — and the ground movesGolden questions first. Then, midweek, a model you depend on changes.
- Week 6 · Project 3Ship Project 3Answer accuracy, citation accuracy, refusal correctness — three numbers, never merged.
- Week 7 · Project 4Project 4: your agent acts in the real worldA real user, approval gates, and an audit trail.
- Week 8 · CapstoneCapstone: package, publish, presentOne of your agents becomes a product other systems can rely on.