Hands-on practice

Lab exercises:
build, run, inspect.

Choose an exercise to see its purpose, track, and expected hand-off. Use the lab manual for the complete setup, code, and checkpoint instructions.

Get the room ready for the build.

Turn a vague task into a tested prompt.

Attach knowledge and save a repeatable assistant.

Build a deterministic grade calculator.

Compare a visual workflow with code.

Add an AI call with an editable prompt.

Return reliable JSON for downstream code.

Write a teaching assistant agent by hand.

Use tools to calculate attainment correctly.

Rebuild the comparison workflow.

Let grader, moderator, and writer collaborate.

Give an agent a controlled external tool.

Compare the optional platform path.

Reuse the loop with new tools and instructions.

Shape an agent worth building next.