AI Harness Labs
The course, lesson by lesson

Building AI agents

Small LLMs, Hermes, OpenClaw, Jev, agent harnesses, agent memory, the business suite, coding agents, the current models and content generation. Every lesson ends with something that runs.

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15 modules60 lessons58 h 35 min of lessons, estimated

Online and self-paced, with no deadline. Each module ends with something that runs. Electives are listed with the course and never hold up your capstone.

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  1. Module 1

    Before you start

    2 lessons · 1 h 30 min

    Set up your machine and learn the rules on data, safety and the agreements

    1. Set up your machineIncluded with the course45 minCoreFree
    2. Data, safety and the agreementsIncluded with the course45 minCoreFree
  2. Module 2

    Small LLMs

    2 lessons · 1 h 45 min

    Run a capable model on your own laptop, offline

    1. Choose and run a local modelIncluded with the course50 minCorePreview
    2. Know when small is enoughIncluded with the course55 minCoreFull course
  3. Module 3

    Hermes

    2 lessons · 2 h

    Build an agent that plans, remembers and uses tools

    1. Set up your first Hermes agentIncluded with the course60 minCorePreview
    2. Memory, skills and more than one agentIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
  4. Module 4

    OpenClaw

    2 lessons · 2 h

    Give your agent hands: email, browser, files, chat

    1. Connect email and filesIncluded with the course60 minCorePreview
    2. Browser and chat actionsIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
  5. Module 5

    Jev

    2 lessons · 1 h 45 min

    Make an agent decide well, not just chat

    1. From messy input to a decisionIncluded with the course50 minCorePreview
    2. Log, review and explain every decisionIncluded with the course55 minCoreFull course
  6. Module 6

    Harnesses

    4 lessons · 3 h 25 min

    Wire it into a loop that finishes real tasks

    1. Planner and sub-agentsIncluded with the course55 minCorePreview
    2. Retries, checks and hand-offsIncluded with the course50 minCoreFull course
    3. Case study: an AI employee and its approval gateIncluded with the course50 minCoreFull course
    4. Case study: what real-path testing catchesIncluded with the course50 minCoreFull course
  7. Module 7

    Agent memory

    7 lessons · 7 h

    Give an agent a memory a business can trust: facts with sources, corrections, and nothing it should not keep

    1. What an agent should rememberIncluded with the course50 minCorePreview
    2. GBrain from zeroIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    3. Connect your agent to a brain over MCPIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    4. Designing a business's memoryIncluded with the course70 minCoreFull course
    5. Business memory on your internshipIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    6. Memory in a harnessIncluded with the course75 minCoreFull course
    7. Working alongside the board of advisorsIncluded with the course45 minCoreFull course
  8. Module 8

    Ship it

    3 lessons · 2 h 35 min

    Deploy for a business and hand it over cleanly

    1. Put it on a serverIncluded with the course60 minCorePreview
    2. The one-page handover and the walkthrough callIncluded with the course50 minCoreFull course
    3. Keep the owner informed: stages and build itemsIncluded with the course45 minCoreFull course
  9. Module 9

    Own your stack: the Business Suite

    8 lessons · 9 h

    Help a small business own its team tools: decide what to replace, deploy the suite on its own server, run it safely, grow it with AI, move its website to low-cost hosting without breaking email, and (advanced) cut its email costs safely

    1. Rent, connect or ownIncluded with the course50 minCorePreview
    2. Deploy the suite on a server in a few clicksIncluded with the course75 minCoreFull course
    3. Run it safelyIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    4. Customise an app with AIIncluded with the course75 minCoreFull course
    5. Add a new appIncluded with the course75 minCoreFull course
    6. The business brain and the assistantIncluded with the course70 minCoreFull course
    7. Move a small business's website off expensive hostingIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    8. Advanced: Cut a business's email costs safelyIncluded with the course75 minElectiveFull course
  10. Module 10

    The suite's apps, one by one

    6 lessons · 7 h 10 min

    Know each app of the Business Suite from the inside, chat, tasks, customers, docs, the assistant and leads, and change each one for a client with a locked-down coding agent

    1. Team chat, and a channel that hears from TasksIncluded with the course70 minCorePreview
    2. Tasks and projects, and a report the owner reads monthlyIncluded with the course70 minCoreFull course
    3. Customers, and why a deal was lostIncluded with the course75 minCoreFull course
    4. Docs and procedures, and a reading that raises an alarmIncluded with the course75 minCoreFull course
    5. The assistant and the business brain, and a tool it can read withIncluded with the course70 minCoreFull course
    6. Leads, and an instant reply that is not a contactIncluded with the course70 minCoreFull course
  11. Module 11

    Coding agents

    6 lessons · 5 h 30 min

    Use Claude Code and Codex to build and fix the tools your agent uses

    1. Claude Code from zeroIncluded with the course45 minCorePreview
    2. Build your first app with Claude CodeIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    3. Grow the app: data, a login and a deployIncluded with the course65 minCoreFull course
    4. Build with CodexIncluded with the course45 minCoreFull course
    5. Coding agents inside a harnessIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    6. Locking down a coding agentIncluded with the course55 minCoreFull course
  12. Module 12

    Models, current and next

    3 lessons · 2 h 35 min

    Know the current models, pick one per job in a harness, and use their APIs well

    1. The current models and what each is forIncluded with the course45 minCorePreview
    2. Pick a model per job in a harnessIncluded with the course50 minCoreFull course
    3. Model APIs, tool use and structured outputIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
  13. Module 13

    Content generation

    4 lessons · 3 h 30 min

    Make explainer videos, voice, music and images a business can use; elective

    1. Explainer videos from codeIncluded with the course55 minElectiveFull course
    2. Generated video and imagesIncluded with the course45 minElectiveFull course
    3. Voice and musicIncluded with the course50 minElectiveFull course
    4. A weekly content pipeline for a small businessIncluded with the course60 minElectiveFull course
  14. Module 14

    Everyday AI tools

    4 lessons · 3 h 45 min

    Use the assistants businesses already pay for: Grok Bot, Claude Projects and Cowork, OpenAI's Dots, and how to hand them work well

    1. Grok BotIncluded with the course55 minCorePreview
    2. Claude Projects and CoworkIncluded with the course55 minCoreFull course
    3. OpenAI's Dots and ChatGPT for teamsIncluded with the course55 minCoreFull course
    4. Handing work to an assistant wellIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
  15. Module 15

    Agent tooling

    5 lessons · 5 h 5 min

    MCP servers and how to use them, Skills, browser-use, computer-use agents and the other tools every agent builder reaches for

    1. MCP servers and how to use themIncluded with the course60 minCorePreview
    2. SkillsIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    3. browser-useIncluded with the course65 minCoreFull course
    4. Computer-use agentsIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course
    5. The other tools every builder reaches forIncluded with the course60 minCoreFull course

Apply, and the whole course opens to you once you are accepted and have paid.

After the course and the internship, the business can keep you on a paid monthly retainer of 30 hours, and you keep 80% of it. How retainers work

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  • No deadline

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