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Day 1: Introduction to Agents & Vibe Coding
Everything in this course rests on two shifts in how you work. The first is understanding what actually separates an agent from the chatbot you've been using, it's not a bigger model or a fancier prompt, it's a loop. The second is learning to treat natural language as your primary way of directing a codebase, instead of a novelty you reach for occasionally between "real" typing. Get comfortable with both today, and the rest of the week moves fast.
What you'll cover
- What Makes an Agent , the actual mechanical difference between a chatbot and an agent, and why it matters more than model choice.
- Vibe Coding with AI CLIs , setting up Gemini CLI and Claude Code as your daily driver, not a side tool.
- Prompting & Context Engineering , the craft underneath every good agent: system instructions, context windows, and getting consistent output.
- Model Parameters & Tuning , temperature, top-p, and the handful of settings actually worth knowing.