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  subgraph P1["Part 1 — Understand AI"]
    C01[01 GenAI Foundations]
    C02[02 AI Essentials]
    C03[03 Neural Networks]
    C04[04 Transformers]
    C05[05 LLMs]
  end
  subgraph P2["Part 2 — Build"]
    C06[06 RAG]
    C07[07 AI Agents]
    C08[08 Harness]
    C09[09 Multi-Agent]
    C10[10 Vector DBs]
    C11[11 Prompts]
  end
  subgraph P3["Part 3 — Production"]
    C12[12 LLMOps]
    C13[13 Evals]
    C14[14 Safety]
  end
  subgraph P4["Part 4 — Advanced"]
    C15[15 Fine-Tuning]
    C16[16 Capstones]
  end
  subgraph T["Optional tracks"]
    AE[Agent Engineering]
    SK[Modern AI 2026]
  end
  C01 --> C02 --> C06
  C04 --> C05 --> C06
  C06 --> C07 --> C08 --> C09
  C07 --> C12 --> C13
  C12 --> C16
  C15 --> C16
  C07 --> AE
  AE --> SK

Concept → course index

Topic Primary course(s) Also covered in
Neural networks & deep learning 03 Neural Networks 01
Transformers & attention 01 GenAI, 04 Transformers 05
LLMs & APIs 05 LLMs 02
Reasoning models 05 LLMs · reasoning lesson —
Prompt engineering 11 Prompt Engineering 02
Context engineering Modern AI 2026 02, Agent Engineering · Memory
RAG 06 RAG 10, 16
Vector search 10 Vector DBs 06
AI agents 07 AI Agents 06, Agent Engineering
Agent harness & runtime 08 Harness Agent Engineering · Harness
Tools & MCP 08 Harness 07, Agent Engineering · Tools
Loop engineering Modern AI 2026 Agent Loop, 08
Orchestration 09 Multi-Agent 07, 08, Agent Engineering · Orchestration
Multi-agent systems 09 Multi-Agent 16
Claude Code & IDE agents Modern AI 2026 Skills & Rules
LLMOps 12 LLMOps 16
Observability & monitoring 12 LLMOps 08, 13, Agent Engineering · Observability
Evaluation 13 LLM Evaluation 06, 14, Agent Engineering · Evals
Data flywheels Agent Engineering · Data Flywheels 12, 15, Design an Agent Data Flywheel
Safety & red teaming 14 AI Safety 11, 13
Fine-tuning 15 Fine-Tuning 05

Agent engineering (optional track)

Topic Page Related course
Agent loop 01 · Loop 07
Memory 02 · Memory 07
Tools & MCP 03 · Tools 08
Harness engineering 04 · Harness 08
Orchestration 05 · Orchestration 09
Observability & tracing 06 · Observability 12, 08
Agent evals 07 · Evals 13
Data flywheels 08 · Data Flywheels 12, 15

Modern AI (2026)

Topic Page Related course
Overview Modern AI 2026 —
Claude Code claude-code.md Agent Engineering
Skills & rules skills-and-rules.md 11
Loop engineering loop-engineering.md 08, Agent Engineering
Context engineering context-engineering.md 02, Agent Engineering

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