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Agentic Coding

This theme covers the practical craft of working with AI coding agents: structuring prompts for real codebases, choosing between agent tools, reviewing and shipping AI-written code, and using MCP and tool-use patterns to extend what an agent can do.

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Working with Claude Code, Cursor, Aider, and similar agents
Agent-friendly repo conventions and reviewing AI-written code
MCP and tool-use patterns for real codebases

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Vibe-coding with AI: a pragmatic first project

Vibe-coding is the loose, conversational style of building software with an AI pair programmer doing the keystroke-level work while you stay focused on intent. It's wonderful for shipping a first project, and it has a few sharp edges that are worth understanding before you start.

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Planning a task the agent can actually finish

Most coding agents fail on vague tasks, not hard code. Learn a four-part task spec: scope, constraints, verification, size, that lets agents ship mergeable changes.

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Agent-friendly repo conventions: AGENTS.md, structure, tests

Set up AGENTS.md, predictable paths, and verifiable commands so coding agents can navigate your repository, test changes, and retry with useful feedback.

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