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Capstone Course: Build Your Personal Agent

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By completing this course, you will master the design, deployment, and operation of autonomous AI agents using Claude Code and Claude Cowork. You will learn to build 10 interconnected AI automations to optimize tasks in finance, legal, marketing, and data analysis. You will also design multi-agent teams, establish long-term memory structures using Vaults and Obsidian, and connect tools like Gmail, Notion, and Salesforce via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This course is ideal for developers, data analysts, consultants, entrepreneurs, and knowledge workers looking to build custom autonomous systems. By the end of this journey, you will have constructed a personal AI operating system capable of executing tasks, scaffolding full-stack websites from the terminal, and performing executive reporting. What sets this masterclass apart is its absolute focus on production-ready execution. You will configure persistent agent personalities with SOUL.md files, create custom slash commands, and control your AI agents from your phone using Dispatch. Step into the future of autonomous workflows today!

Syllabus

  • Build Your Personal AI Agent with Claude Code & Cowork
    • Begin your journey into building personal AI agents. This module introduces the core concepts and workflows of Claude Code and Cowork, setting the stage for designing and operating autonomous automations that execute daily workspace tasks.
  • Your Personal AI Agent Architecture in Claude Code & Cowork
    • Delve into the underlying architecture of a personal AI agent. Discover how to build interconnected automations, manage persistent agent identities using Soul Markdown files, set up playbooks, and leverage Obsidian and vault structures for robust long-term memory.
  • Setup Your Personal AI Agent in Claude Code & Cowork
    • Establish and configure your workspace for personal AI agents. This module guides you through connecting essential productivity tools via Notion, Gmail, and Calendar, preparing brand folders, and visualising your data structures within Obsidian.
  • Build AI Agents Automations: Sprint Tracker, Market Pulse, & Morning Brief
    • Develop your first hands-on automated blueprints. Learn to construct active systems for tracking sprints, conducting market analysis, and preparing morning summaries, and explore how to trigger and execute these tasks directly from your phone.
  • Build AI Agents Automation: Research Teams, CRM, Meeting Intel & Email Triage
    • Orchestrate collaborative multi-agent teams to handle sophisticated operations. Learn to design agents for slide deck creation, PDF reporting, contact management, meeting intelligence gathering, and automated inbox email triage.
  • Build AI Agents Automation: Expense Wrangler, Content Machine, & Weekly Exec
    • Design advanced transactional and reporting agents. This module focuses on building pipelines to automate expense tracking, scale up creative content generation, and synthesize professional weekly executive reports from raw data.
  • Final Exam

Taught by

Dr. Ryan Ahmed

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