Foundations of Agentic Engineering
Build a durable mental model for agent loops, orchestration, context design, and execution boundaries.
Editorial systems thinking for AI products
The foundations chapter establishes the vocabulary and operating model for the rest of the academy. It frames agentic engineering as a product discipline rather than just prompt writing, and it introduces the relationship between instructions, tools, context, plans, and review loops.
Agentic Systems 101
Understand the moving parts of an agentic system and why control surfaces matter more than model hype.
From Context Windows to Context Systems
Move beyond token limits and design context as a curated system with retrieval, compression, and intent cues.
Review Loops and Guardrails
Learn where to add human review, machine checks, and explicit stop points before an agent causes expensive mistakes.