Living skills map

Skills

Every skill is linked to the outcomes, weeks and textbook chapters that teach it. When a skill or outcome changes, every link is updated and recorded in the history.

Adaptation

Advanced

Advanced retrieval

Agentic engineering

Agents

Architecture

Autonomous & optimization

Building

Business

Business Analysis

Core building

Core engineering

Data

Data platform

Databases

Engineering

Evaluation

Evaluation & observability

Foundations

Agent architecture: the four execution zones and ten layers

Agent architecture: the four execution zones and ten layers.

2 outcomes · 2 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI capabilities, limits & work evidence

Explain what AI can and cannot do and the evidence on its effects on productivity, tasks and jobs.

1 outcomes · 2 weeks/phases · 2 chapters · v1

AI history & big ideas

Explain what AI is, its history and the five big ideas behind it.

1 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 1 chapters · v1

Building an agent loop from primitives (no framework)

Building an agent loop from primitives (no framework).

5 outcomes · 5 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Choosing Choice / Score / Noul

Choosing Choice / Score / Noul.

2 outcomes · 2 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Chunking strategy design & measurement (semantic, late, contextual)

Chunking strategy design & measurement (semantic, late, contextual).

3 outcomes · 3 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Confidence bands & expected utility

Confidence bands & expected utility.

2 outcomes · 2 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Document parsing & layout-aware extraction (Docling, tables, OCR)

Document parsing & layout-aware extraction (Docling, tables, OCR).

3 outcomes · 3 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Feedback loops & control theory

Feedback loops & control theory.

2 outcomes · 2 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Foundation model mechanics

Explain tokenization, context windows, sampling and characteristic failure modes of LLMs.

6 outcomes · 6 weeks/phases · 2 chapters · v1

Framing decisions vs generation (System One thinking)

Framing decisions vs generation (System One thinking).

1 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Harness architecture (model + harness)

Explain and design the control system around a model: guides, sensors, data plane and control plane.

1 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Knowledge representation & logic

Represent knowledge with logic and rules and reason with it.

1 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 1 chapters · v1

LLM cost & latency estimation

Estimate and control token cost, latency and throughput for AI features.

11 outcomes · 11 weeks/phases · 2 chapters · v1

Probabilistic reasoning

Use probability to reason under uncertainty.

2 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 1 chapters · v1

Probability, calibration, Brier & ECE

Probability, calibration, Brier & ECE.

2 outcomes · 2 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Python, Git, CLI & APIs

Python, Git, CLI & APIs.

3 outcomes · 3 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Search & planning algorithms

Solve problems with search, game playing and planning.

1 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 1 chapters · v1

Token counting & context budgeting

Measure tokens and enforce a context budget in code, ordering and pruning content by utility per token.

3 outcomes · 3 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Workflow vs. agent decision-making and control selection

Workflow vs. agent decision-making and control selection.

2 outcomes · 2 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Governance

Governance & professional

Integration

Knowledge & retrieval

Knowledge graphs

Leadership

Machine Learning

Memory

Model layer

National AI Education

AI & Big Data; Technological Literacy

AI & Big Data; Technological Literacy — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Awareness

AI Awareness — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

2 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Citizenship

AI Citizenship — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Conceptual Literacy

AI Conceptual Literacy — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Creation

AI Creation — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

2 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Ethics

AI Ethics — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Ethics Leadership

AI Ethics Leadership — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Learning Analytics

AI Learning Analytics — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Solution Design

AI Solution Design — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

2 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Technical Literacy

AI Technical Literacy — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Tool Proficiency

AI Tool Proficiency — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

AI Understanding

AI Understanding — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Analytical Thinking; AI & Big Data

Analytical Thinking; AI & Big Data — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Analytical Thinking; Resilience

Analytical Thinking; Resilience — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Career Readiness

Career Readiness — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

2 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Computational Thinking

Computational Thinking — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Creative Thinking; Leadership

Creative Thinking; Leadership — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Curiosity and Lifelong Learning

Curiosity and Lifelong Learning — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Curiosity and Lifelong Learning; Entrepreneurial Thinking

Curiosity and Lifelong Learning; Entrepreneurial Thinking — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Data Literacy

Data Literacy — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Leadership and Social Influence

Leadership and Social Influence — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

No-Code AI Building

No-Code AI Building — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

2 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Pedagogical AI Integration

Pedagogical AI Integration — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Resilience; Motivation and Self-Awareness

Resilience; Motivation and Self-Awareness — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Student Facilitation

Student Facilitation — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

3 outcomes · 1 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Systems Thinking

Systems Thinking — as defined in the Bangladesh National AI Education competency frameworks (BNQF Levels 1–7).

1 outcomes · 0 weeks/phases · 0 chapters · v1

Operations

Orchestration

People

Platform & professional

Process

Production

Production & operations

Professional

Protocols & integration

Quality

Retrieval

Security

Security & governance

Semantics

Serving & performance

Strategy

Tools & capability

Trust