MEGA

John Lindquist

Week 4 · Takeoff

Nov 16 – Nov 22, 2026

Build autonomous systems that operate, recover, and improve over time.

autonomy → portability → orchestration → automation → self-improvement

Give agents more autonomy without losing 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 16, 2026Official

Mechanics Behind Autonomous Systems

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Key concepts

  • Autonomy
  • Runtime
  • State
  • Control
  • Observation and Recovery

Goals

  • Explain autonomy and runtime as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply state, control, observation and recovery in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

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

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Lesson 2 · TUE · NOV 17, 2026Official

Building Portable Agent Control Planes

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Key concepts

  • Configuration
  • Portability
  • Environment
  • Knowledge Delivery
  • Operations

Goals

  • Explain configuration and portability as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply environment, knowledge delivery, operations in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

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

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Lesson 3 · WED · NOV 18, 2026Official

Orchestrating Autonomous Agent Teams

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Key concepts

  • Organization
  • Coordination
  • Parallelism
  • Routing
  • Supervision

Goals

  • Explain organization and coordination as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply parallelism, routing, supervision in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

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

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Lesson 4 · THU · NOV 19, 2026Official

Automating Work Beyond Code

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Key concepts

  • Events
  • Hooks
  • Pipelines
  • Push Systems
  • Boundaries

Goals

  • Explain events and hooks as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply pipelines, push systems, boundaries in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

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

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Lesson 5 · FRI · NOV 20, 2026Official

Building Self-Improving Engineering Systems

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Key concepts

  • Feedback
  • Evaluation
  • Distillation
  • Optimization
  • Governance

Goals

  • Explain feedback and evaluation as they apply to working with agents Inferred
  • Apply distillation, optimization, governance in a real repo Inferred

Exercises

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

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