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Building an agent loop from primitives (no framework)

Building an agent loop from primitives (no framework).

Target proficiency: Applied

Course outcomes

  • MST 501 CO1

    Demonstrate Foundations & Agent Architecture competence: complete the Day 1–15 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 502 CO1

    Demonstrate Foundations & Theory competence: complete the Day 1–15 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 502 CO2

    Demonstrate Core Building · the single agent competence: complete the Day 16–30 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 505 CO4

    Demonstrate Agents, Tools & Orchestration competence: complete the Day 46–60 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 507 CO2

    Demonstrate LLMs, Prompting & the Agentic Loop competence: complete the Day 16–30 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

Taught in weeks & phases

Textbook chapters