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0 of 35 lessons already done - 35 left, spread across 8 weeks.

01

Week 1

5 lessons
  1. D1 The Messages API: Requests and Responses Applications & Integration
  2. D1 Streaming Responses Applications & Integration
  3. D1 Vision: Working with Images Applications & Integration
  4. D1 Prompt Caching for Cost and Latency Applications & Integration
  5. D1 Wiring Tool Use into an Application Loop Applications & Integration
02

Week 2

5 lessons
  1. D1 Extended Thinking in Production Apps Applications & Integration
  2. D1 Claude Application Design Patterns Applications & Integration
  3. D1 Rate Limits, Retries and Idempotency Applications & Integration
  4. D1 API Keys, Auth and Config Management Applications & Integration
  5. D1 Testing Claude-Integrated Applications Applications & Integration
03

Week 3

5 lessons
  1. D1 Versioning and Rolling Out Model Changes Applications & Integration
  2. D2 Claude Model Family and Trade-offs Model Selection & Optimisation
  3. D2 Token Economics: Counting, Budgeting and Pricing Model Selection & Optimisation
  4. D2 Choosing a Model for a Task Model Selection & Optimisation
  5. D2 Effort and Thinking Budget as Optimisation Levers Model Selection & Optimisation
04

Week 4

5 lessons
  1. D2 Cost Optimisation Techniques Model Selection & Optimisation
  2. D3 Building an Agentic Loop Agents & Workflows
  3. D3 Single-Agent vs. Multi-Agent Orchestration Agents & Workflows
  4. D3 Task Decomposition Strategies Agents & Workflows
  5. D3 Session State and Memory Across Turns Agents & Workflows
05

Week 5

5 lessons
  1. D3 Reliability Gates in Agentic Workflows Agents & Workflows
  2. D4 System Prompts with Explicit Criteria Prompt & Context Engineering
  3. D4 Structured Output and Validation Loops Prompt & Context Engineering
  4. D4 Few-Shot Prompting for Output Consistency Prompt & Context Engineering
  5. D4 Context Window Management Prompt & Context Engineering
06

Week 6

5 lessons
  1. D5 Designing Tool Schemas Claude Can Use Reliably Tools & MCPs
  2. D5 Integrating and Building MCP Servers Tools & MCPs
  3. D5 Tool Choice and Structured Error Responses Tools & MCPs
  4. D6 Prompt Injection and Untrusted Content Security & Safety
  5. D6 Tool Permissions: Least Privilege, Allowlists and Denylists Security & Safety
07

Week 7

5 lessons
  1. D6 Guardrails: Hooks and Human-in-the-Loop for Risky Actions Security & Safety
  2. D7 Operating Claude Code Day to Day Claude Code
  3. D7 Running Claude Code in CI/CD Claude Code
  4. D8 Debugging Claude API Errors Eval, Testing & Debugging
  5. D8 Building an Evaluation Harness Eval, Testing & Debugging
08

Week 8

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