Working with AI Coding Agents

Learn to work with AI coding agents like a professional: write briefs they can't misread, review their code, catch their mistakes with tests, and ship safely. Practise with a built-in agent in your browser.

by Teyro

60 lessons
3 units
11h 54m
Up to 870 XP

I wrote this one myself. Start now and I'll count your streak from lesson one.

What you'll learn

Explain what a coding agent does and where it goes wrong
Write briefs with a goal, examples, limits and a finish line
Break work into small steps and ask for a plan first
Read diffs and catch scope creep and invented code
Use tests as the judge, not the agent's word
Keep secrets, data and your project safe, and ship through review

Course path

3 units · 60 lessons

"Make the delivery thing"11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Chat, autocomplete, agent11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
The agent loop12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Good at, bad at11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Checkpoint: what an agent is12 min · InteractiveFree+20 XP
The agent's toolbox11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
"Done!" is a claim12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
From typing to judging11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
The trust ladder12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Checkpoint: claims and evidence12 min · InteractiveFree+20 XP
A tour of the project12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Run it yourself12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Agents you'll meet11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
What it costs12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Checkpoint: know the project12 min · InteractiveFree+20 XP
The weather dashboard12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
First-week mistakes11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Reading a session log12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
The real task, written down13 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Chapter challenge: check the agent15 min · InteractiveFree+20 XP
Unit 1 chestFinish every lesson in this unit+50 XP

Why vague briefs fail11 min · Interactive
The goal in one sentence11 min · Interactive
Inputs and outputs12 min · Interactive
Examples beat descriptions12 min · Interactive
Checkpoint: what and how12 min · Interactive
Limits: what not to touch12 min · Interactive
"Done when..."12 min · Interactive
Ask me first11 min · Interactive
Three briefs, three results12 min · Interactive
Checkpoint: the whole brief12 min · Interactive
A reader who wasn't there12 min · Interactive
Words into rules12 min · Interactive
Edge cases12 min · Interactive
Too long is a problem too11 min · Interactive
Checkpoint: exact and short12 min · Interactive
The date-format guess12 min · Interactive
Common brief mistakes11 min · Interactive
Reading someone else's brief12 min · Interactive
Brief v113 min · Interactive
Chapter challenge: the brief15 min · Interactive
Unit 2 chestFinish every lesson in this unit+50 XP

Teyro Original · Chapter 1 free, then Teyro Pro

All courses

Coding · Beginner