AI Engineering · 200-level
AI-Assisted Coding
AIE-2013 creditscorebadge: builderprereqs: AIE-102
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01
Spec-driven tasking
- Scoping a coding request so an agent can't wanderconcept45 min
02
The agentic coding CLI loop
- Watching plan, file reads, and diffs stream instead of silently landingconcept60 min
03
Diff review discipline
- Approve, edit, or reject each diff individuallyconcept60 min
04
Timed build warm-up
- One prompt, one timer, one shippable artifactconcept90 min
05
Repo blast-radius lab
- Reading the heat-map of touched vs. never-seen files before mergeconcept90 min
06
Spec-checked output
- Grading a build against the spec's own test suiteconcept60 min
07
Quiz: coding-agent judgment
- Checkpoint on when to approve, edit, or reject a diffconcept30 min
08
Lab + eval-gate: ship a checked artifact
- Deliver one spec-driven build under a step budget (Builder badge)concept120 min
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