AI Fundamentals

Six modules that take you from understanding what GenAI actually is to directing coding agents and running your own autonomous agent.

Free course
Watch the introduction
Module 1

What is Generative AI?

What GPT actually is, why it hallucinates, how its memory works, how to use it responsibly at work, and what it really costs.

Module 2

The Progression of Generative AI

Two ladders — what AI can do, and what you do with it. The five levels of AI progression, the five levels of AI use cases, and the path to the frontier.

Module 3

Working with AI: The Practical Skills

Reasoning vs non-reasoning models, choosing platforms by strength, system prompts over query prompts, Agents/Skills/MCPs/API/CLI, and context management as a daily habit.

Module 4

Mental Framework for Automating Work with AI

The working-session framework: objectives → value screen → SOPs → trigger/engine/output → KPIs → build. Run it on your own department.

Module 5

Harnessing the Power of Coding Agents

Why a coding agent is a general agent, how to direct one, give it standing context with CLAUDE.md, extend it with Skills and MCPs, and build a working automation for your real workflow.

Module 6

Harnessing Hermes — The Autonomous Agent

The capstone: tool vs teammate, the ReAct loop, identity, cron jobs and heartbeats, the Trust Ladder, and the 3 Pillars of running an autonomous agent.