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The shelf

Choose a structured program, follow a role-based path, take a focused course, or jump straight into practice.

library19 entries
lessons1032 lessons
formatsprograms, paths, courses
deeper commitments

Programs

Multi-course arcs with a clear sequence and a larger capability promise.

multi-course track

Harness Engineering

Ship agent systems with loops, tools, memory, evals, orchestration, and production recovery.

5 modules44 lessonsactive programopen track
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  1. 01The Agent Loop — what's actually running when an agent "works for hours"8 lessons
  2. 02Tool & Memory Design — when the agent's effective IQ depends on its toolbelt7 lessons
  3. 03Eval Harnesses — how you know your agent isn't lying to itself9 lessons
  4. 04Multi-Agent Orchestration — fan-out, swarms, and the cost of doing both badly9 lessons
  5. 05Production Harnesses — observability, recovery, the bill11 lessons
start with the job

Learning paths

Role and goal-led routes that combine lessons, cases, courses, and practice in the order you need them.

ai role route

AI for Product Builders

A 2026-era curriculum for PMs and product builders who need to design, ship, and judge AI-powered products — built around the twelve-chapter AI Manual spine. Decide whether AI is the right answer, pick the smallest model that clears the bar, spec the prompt, gate on evals, design for uncertainty, and own cost, latency, and safety as first-class product constraints.

8 stages24 items8 weeks
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interview sprint

Interview Prep for PMs

A four-week path for mid-to-senior PMs targeting FAANG, unicorns, and Series C+ companies — structured answers, worked examples, and real practice reps.

6 stages32 items4 weeks
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learning system

Learning to Learn in the AI Step-Change

For anyone whiplashed by influencer cycles and unsure what to learn next. This path builds the metacognition and epistemic-hygiene skills that let you pick the compounding AI skills and ignore the churn — and it gives you a personal learning operating system that holds up across every model cycle.

6 stages12 items6 weeks
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builder route

Ship Your First AI Product (Founder Track)

A six-week sprint for founders, solopreneurs, and indie hackers who need to ship a real AI feature fast, not talk about one. The path moves from customer pain to model choice, prompt spec, evals, and failure-tolerant UX so you can launch this week and learn from live users instead of demos.

6 stages25 items6 weeks
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customer-facing route

The Customer-Facing PM

A six-week path for PMs and CSMs stepping into B2B roles where they own retention, expansion, and the customer relationship alongside the product.

6 stages28 items6 weeks
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focused capability builds

Courses

Short arcs you can start directly when you know the capability you want to build.

reps and drills

Practice libraries

Question banks, cases, and assessments for deliberate practice.

quick lookup

Reference libraries

Refreshers, concepts, and supporting material to browse when you need a fast answer.