A hands-on AI builder course

Learn to build with AI. For real.

Twenty-five modules from your first API call to agents, retrieval, and systems that survive production. You direct an AI coding agent in the terminal instead of typing code from scratch, the same workflow this course was built with.

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The free on-ramp is open right now: ten lessons plus the first two modules. An email gets you in. No card, no drip sequence.

Pricing

Two ways in. The whole thing, or free.

The whole thing is one price, paid once, everything unlocked day one. Or start free and read before you decide.

$229founder price · $349 after

The builder course all 25 modules

First API call, prompting, data, retrieval, agents, tool use, evals, security, production. The whole arc, hands on, everything unlocked day one. Data-source mastery is the spine; the capstone is your own AI stack. You also keep the builder bundle: the prompts, project files, and reusable scaffolding you personalize and carry forward.

Founder pricing ends August 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM CDT.

Freethe on-ramp · 101

The operator mindset track

Ten short lessons on how to think about AI systems before you touch a tool, free from the moment you sign up, plus the first two modules of the builder course: the setup lab and what an LLM actually is.

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Read 101 free

What you'll need to run it

This course is hands-on. You build by directing an AI coding agent in your terminal, so you need one. Any works: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Google Gemini CLI, or a free local model with Ollama. Budget about $20 a month for a paid agent if you want the smoothest run, or do the whole thing free on a local model. The free on-ramp uses a free path too, and we set you up.

We name tools only as examples. Code With Vibes is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any AI provider, and we do not push one over another. Use whatever fits you.

The path

One trail, start to production

25 modulesfirst API call to production agents
Unlocks day onenothing drips, no upsell ambush
Free on-rampno card, no catch
One priceno subscription
Curriculum

The full module map

Every module listed before you pay a dollar. No secret syllabus behind the checkout.

Before you start

The setup lab

01Before Module 1: Get your machine ready

Foundations

How this actually works

02What an LLM actually is03Prompting as engineering, not vibes

The build workflow

Directing an agent

04Building with AI coding agents05Operate your AI coding harness every day

Builder bridge

Your first real build

06Build a small app with an AI coding agent

API builder

From raw HTTP up

07APIs without the fog08Build a hosted model application09Build the provider adapter10Model selection as a routing problem

Data is the spine

The wedge of the whole course

11The data sources that matter12Getting data IN: ingestion patterns13Cleaning and structuring data for LLMs14Turn audio and video into usable data15Retrieval (RAG) done right

Building things that act

Agents and tools

16Tool use and function calling17Agents and orchestration18MCP architecture as a builder

Production discipline

What separates builders from demos

19Memory and knowledge architecture for agents20Evals, observability, debugging21Cost, latency, reliability at scale22Safety and guardrails

Local lane

Own a local model

23Own a local model lane24Swap it in, measure it, keep the right route

Compounding (capstone)

Where it compounds

25Building your own personal AI stack
The deal

Why this course exists

One price, paid once

You pay it one time and you own it. No subscription, no upsell ladder.

Everything unlocks day one

Buy it, get all of it immediately. Nothing held back.

Built how it teaches

The author runs his own company on an AI staff and built this course with the exact workflow it teaches.

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