Module 01 · Foundations
45 minWhat a model actually does
- Tokens, context and why length costs money
- Chat vs reasoning vs multimodal models
- Choosing your first assistant and sticking with it
A17 Academy
From zero to shipping, in five modules
No fluff, no hype cycle. Each module is a short set of lessons you can finish in an evening, ending with something you actually built.
Module 02 · Prompting
60 minGetting reliable output
- Role, task, constraints, format — the four-part prompt
- Few-shot examples and when they beat instructions
- Iterating with a scratchpad instead of restarting
Module 03 · Grounding
75 minWorking with your own knowledge
- Uploading documents vs building retrieval
- Chunking, embeddings and citation discipline
- Spotting and preventing hallucination
Module 04 · Building
90 minShipping something real
- From prompt to product: the thinnest viable app
- Coding with Cursor, Windsurf and Lovable
- Automating the boring parts with n8n
Module 05 · Rigour
70 minEvals, cost and trust
- Writing an eval set before you optimise
- Latency, caching and token budgets
- Safety, privacy and what never goes in a prompt
Careers
What this skillset unlocks
AI Product Engineer
Ships user-facing features on top of models. The most in-demand hybrid role in the market.
- Solid TypeScript or Python
- Retrieval and evals
- Streaming UX patterns
- Cost and latency tuning
AI Automation Specialist
Wires models into business workflows with n8n, Make and internal APIs.
- Workflow mapping
- API and webhook fluency
- Prompt reliability
- Monitoring and rollback
Prompt & Eval Engineer
Owns output quality — the person who can prove a change made things better.
- Prompt patterns
- Dataset curation
- Automated scoring
- Regression tracking
AI Creative Director
Directs image, video and audio models as a production pipeline, not a toy.
- Midjourney and Flux control
- Runway and video grammar
- ElevenLabs voice design
- Brand consistency systems