| What do you want to do? | Route | Route entrance |
|---|---|---|
| Get work done with a CLI agent — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode | Track A — CLI Power User | A1: Pick a CLI agent |
| Write your own agent, tool loop, workflow, and service | Track B — Agent Builder | Stage 3: First agent loop |
| Use AI safely in daily life, no coding for now | Everyday user route | Everyday user guide |
| Stage | What it settles | What you can do after |
|---|---|---|
| 0 · Foundations | Machine and tools ready? | Call a public API in Python, read JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, a text data-exchange format), save with Git |
| 1 · LLM fundamentals | What are LLM, token, context; how do models differ? | Call an LLM and pick a cloud or local model |
| 2 · Prompt design | How to state goal, data, rules, output clearly? | Compare Zero-Shot, One-Shot, Few-Shot, and the boundary of CoT (Chain-of-Thought, reason through intermediate steps) |
| Order | What it settles | What you can do after |
|---|---|---|
| A1 · Pick a CLI agent | What are OpenRouter, OpenCode, Pi, Ollama? | Pick a tool and finish one small task |
| A2 · Build a repeatable process | How to keep rules and steps for next time? | Write project instructions, a Skill, a reusable workflow |
| 5 · Claude Code ecosystem | How do MCP, Skills, Plugins, Hooks, Subagents differ? | Read core 5.1–5.4; choose 5.5–5.8 only when your work needs them |
| A3 · Plug into real work | How to safely connect tools, CI, and team process? | Integrate with least privilege, human checks, a record |
| 8 · Agent interfaces | How does an agent drive a browser, screen, sandbox? | Decide if a task needs CLI, browser, Computer Use, or API |
| Order | What it settles | What you can do after |
|---|---|---|
| 3 · Tool Use & Your First Agent Loop | How does a model call tools safely and continue? | Build an agent loop with a turn limit and validated arguments |
| 4 · Workflow Graphs & Agent Frameworks | How to draw several steps as one map? | Choose between workflow, agent, graph, framework |
| 5 · Claude Code ecosystem | How do MCP, Skills, Plugins, Hooks, Subagents work together? | Combine tools, rules, reusable capabilities |
| 6 · Memory · RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation, retrieve information before answering) | How does an agent search, save, and get back what matters? | Build a minimal RAG, long-term memory, and contextual retrieval flow |
| 7 · Agent Production Engineering: Testable, Observable, Stoppable, and Recoverable | How does an agent stay stable in production? | Add Eval, observability, budget, Human-in-the-loop approval, recovery |
| 7.5 · Advanced agentic concept map | Which advanced patterns are worth knowing? | Pick what you need from 12 concepts such as PAR loop and agent-as-judge |
| 8 · Agent interfaces | How does an agent work beyond the API? | Choose Computer Use, Browser Use, or a code sandbox |
| Route | Who it fits | What you will handle |
|---|---|---|
| 🔬 Researcher | Grad students, postdocs, PIs | Literature evidence, reproducible pipelines, multi-agent review |
| 💻 Developer | Software engineers | CLI delegation, code review, tests and rollback |
| 🎓 Teacher | Teachers, instructors | Lesson prep, feedback, privacy, teaching prompts |
| 📊 Knowledge worker | Consultants, PMs, analysts | Email, meeting, reporting workflows |
| 👥 Everyday user | AI users who may not code | Writing, learning, privacy, safe use |
| Purpose | Entrance | When to use it | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Zero-to-setup guide | First install and first run | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| How to use this material | Before your first hands-on exercise | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Progress tracker | Want the next step, or to log what you finished | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Learn | Core glossary | You hit an unfamiliar word: token, RAG, MCP | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Runnable examples | Want to run offline tests and small cases | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Hands-on cookbook | Building a Skill, MCP, Office, Zotero, or local LLM | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Look it up | Resource toolbox | Not sure if you need a guide, catalog, or cookbook | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Full resource list | Official docs, courses, communities, further reading | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| CLI agent selection guide | Starting Track A, or comparing CLI tools | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Course and certification map | Separates completion certificates, skill badges, and certification exams | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |