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Course

A structured, self-paced course for building reliable AI agent sessions — from startup through work to shutdown. 8 modules, ~2.5 hours total. Each module builds on the previous one.

Foundations

  • Module 1: The Problem

    Why unmanaged AI sessions waste tokens and produce unreliable results. Diagnose the specific pain points in your own project.

    Time: 10 minutes

  • Module 2: Architecture

    The 5-hook engine, manifest/sentinel state management, and 7 key design decisions. Build the mental model before writing code.

    Time: 15 minutes

Hands-On

  • Module 3: First Hook

    Build a working Level 1 system — SessionStart hook that runs infra checks and generates tier1 files from a YAML config.

    Time: 20 minutes

  • Module 4: Adding Gates

    Add structural enforcement — PreToolUse blocks tools until rules are loaded, UserPromptSubmit injects gate messages and catches infra FAILs.

    Time: 20 minutes

  • Module 5: Advanced

    On-demand tier2 loading with keyword triggers, drift detection with auto-heal, stop hook with retry loop, and session continuity.

    Time: 20 minutes

Deep Dives

  • Module 6: Anti-Hallucination

    14 research-backed cognitive rules for faithful LLM outputs, organized into 5 phases to counter U-shaped attention bias.

    Time: 15 minutes

  • Module 7: Feedback Loop

    Turn failures into structural enforcement: failure to learning to rule to audit check to hook. The system learns from its own mistakes.

    Time: 15 minutes

  • Module 8: Capstone

    Wire everything together for your project. Deploy the full system, run the smoke test, and verify end-to-end.

    Time: 30 minutes

Prerequisites

  • An AI coding agent installed (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Aider, or custom)
  • A project you actively use an AI agent with (any language/framework)
  • Basic familiarity with JSON and Python (reading, not writing)

Visual companion: Download the slide deck to follow along with diagrams.

Just want to deploy? Skip the course — run python3 setup.py and the interactive wizard handles everything in 2 minutes.