Prerequisites
This course does not teach you how to run a single agent loop, and it does not teach you how to build a harness around one. It assumes both are already familiar, and it builds forward from there without circling back to re-explain them.
Specifically, this course assumes you've already worked through Loop Engineering (the vocabulary of heartbeat, spine, and maker/checker) and Harness Engineering (the vocabulary of constrain, inform, verify, correct, and escalate). If either of those courses is new to you, going and finishing it properly will serve you far better than anything on this page.
What's here
- Loop Engineering primer — a short recap of the loop vocabulary this course leans on.
- Harness Engineering primer — a short recap of the harness vocabulary this course leans on.
- Environment setup — what to install before you touch any of the hands-on material.
What the primers are not
Neither primer is a substitute for the real courses. They exist for one narrow purpose: refreshing your memory if it's been a while, so a half-remembered term doesn't slow you down once the graph material starts introducing new vocabulary on top of it. If a primer raises more questions than it answers, that's a signal to go back to the source course, not to push through anyway.
Once both prerequisites feel solid, double back to Start Here if you haven't already, or jump straight into the glossary page to start picking up this course's own terms.