MEGA

Angie Jones

Week 2 · Agents

Nov 2 – Nov 8, 2026

Design and build a specialized agent with tools, skills, and boundaries tailored to its job.

primitives → building → capabilities → collaboration → reliability

Build a specialized agent you can extend, evaluate, and control. Official

Full lessons are available below. The original outline goals and exercises remain for reference and retain their Inferred badges.

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Lesson 1 · MON · NOV 2, 2026Official

Agentic Primitives

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Key concepts

  • Agent Loop
  • Instructions
  • Context and Memory
  • Tools

Goals

  • Explain agent loop and instructions as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply context and memory, tools in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

  • In your own repo, write a one-page note on how 'Agent Loop' currently shows up in your agent workflow, then change one thing and compare results Inferred
  • Build a small artifact covering 'Tools' and verify it with a repeatable check Inferred

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Lesson 2 · TUE · NOV 3, 2026Official

Building an Agent

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Key concepts

  • Framework
  • Models
  • Tool Design
  • Context and Memory
  • Workflows and Controls

Goals

  • Explain framework and models as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply tool design, context and memory, workflows and controls in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

  • In your own repo, write a one-page note on how 'Framework' currently shows up in your agent workflow, then change one thing and compare results Inferred
  • Build a small artifact covering 'Workflows and Controls' and verify it with a repeatable check Inferred

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Lesson 3 · WED · NOV 4, 2026Official

Agentic Capabilities

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Key concepts

  • AGENTS.md
  • MCP
  • Agent Skills
  • Context Management

Goals

  • Explain agents.md and mcp as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply agent skills, context management in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

  • In your own repo, write a one-page note on how 'AGENTS.md' currently shows up in your agent workflow, then change one thing and compare results Inferred
  • Build a small artifact covering 'Context Management' and verify it with a repeatable check Inferred

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Lesson 4 · THU · NOV 5, 2026Official

Multi-Agent Collaboration

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Key concepts

  • Subagents
  • A2A
  • Agent Card
  • Discovery
  • Delegation
  • Orchestration

Goals

  • Explain subagents and a2a as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply agent card, discovery, delegation, orchestration in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

  • In your own repo, write a one-page note on how 'Subagents' currently shows up in your agent workflow, then change one thing and compare results Inferred
  • Build a small artifact covering 'Orchestration' and verify it with a repeatable check Inferred

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Lesson 5 · FRI · NOV 6, 2026Official

Agent Reliability

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Key concepts

  • Guardrails
  • Evals
  • Observability

Goals

  • Explain guardrails and evals as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply observability in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

  • In your own repo, write a one-page note on how 'Guardrails' currently shows up in your agent workflow, then change one thing and compare results Inferred
  • Build a small artifact covering 'Observability' and verify it with a repeatable check Inferred

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