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Intermediate Course

Beyond the Prompt — Making LLMs Work for You

Last updated: 2026-04-25

A practical course that takes you from prompt engineering through RAG, agents, MCP, evals, and multi-agent systems. Designed for people who already use AI casually and want to understand the engineering layer.

Intermediate 17 lessons 2–3 hours Final exam + Certificate

Self-paced. Honor-based. Not accredited.

What You'll Learn

Core modules

Eight modules covering the full stack of working with LLMs — from writing better prompts to orchestrating multi-agent systems.

Prompt Engineering

Design, template, chain, and evaluate prompts systematically.

RAG

Retrieval-augmented generation — from concept to optimisation.

Agentic Workflows

Multi-step autonomous systems, tool use, APIs, and MCP.

Evals & Multi-Agent

Measure what works, debug what doesn't, and scale with multiple agents.

Course Includes
Concept boardsCore ideas explained visually
FlashcardsKey terms to review per lesson
Practice questionsCheck understanding as you go
Video resourcesEmbedded YouTube per lesson
Additional readingPapers and articles per topic
Timed final exam20 questions, 30 minutes
Printable certificateUnlocked by passing the exam
Ready To Start

Begin with Lesson 1

Start with why base LLMs fall short, then work through prompt engineering, RAG, agents, and beyond.

Prerequisites

Who this course is for

This course assumes you have used an AI chatbot at least a few times. If you are a complete beginner, start with AI for Absolute Beginners first. No coding experience is required — the course explains technical concepts in plain language with practical examples.

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