AI Agents from Scratch: Full Syllabus of a Zero-Code, 12-Lesson Agent Course
Yijinmoming FinanceAI Agents from Scratch: Build Your First Multi-Agent System in 12 Lessons (also listed as AI Agents for Non-Programmers: Zero to Operator in 12 Lessons) - full syllabus below. Get it on Gumroad for $29.90
The problem with most AI courses
They teach concepts. You finish them, and your AI still just... chats. Meanwhile your real week looks like this: 300 photos named IMG_2049. A Friday report that eats an hour of blank-page panic. 22 browser tabs and no purchase decision. An inbox that owns your mornings. A spreadsheet you are secretly afraid of.
This course fixes those. One per lesson.
What you build, lesson by lesson
1. What Is an Agent - Your first hands-free task, done by the machine
2. The Interface Channel - API key created, plugged in, tested - in 10 minutes
3. Eyes & Hands - Weather + file tools installed, plus a scheduled task
4. The Art of Speaking - The four-sentence framework: understood the first time
5. Batch Data Work - 300 files renamed, 40 documents summarized, receipts to CSV
6. Document Writing - A finished weekly report in 10 minutes - and templates forever
7. Information Gathering - One-instruction research, every claim with a source
8. The Daily Trio - Morning briefing + email triage + end-of-day wrap, on autopilot
9. Spreadsheets Without Formulas - Dirty table in - clean table, stats, chart, insights out
10. Security & Verification - Key rotation, the three-floor rule, a 2-minute emergency drill
11. Integration - Everything above assembled into ONE daily system
12. Capstone - Ship a real system that solves YOUR problem - graduate by evidence
What makes this course different
Pain-point driven, not concept-driven. Every lesson opens with a failure you have already lived - the report nobody finished, the tool installed but not working (it was not enabled), the answer that sounded confident and was wrong - then fixes it with a procedure you can repeat.
You build a system, not a collection of tricks. By Lesson 12 you own an assembled machine: it briefs your morning, triages your inbox, cleans your data, and writes your reports - running on schedules, with guardrails.
Genuinely zero-basics. No Python. No command line. No Docker. If you can describe your morning to a friend, you can do every exercise. The free API key gets created together in Lesson 2.
A real instructor on screen. Every lesson is presented by a digital human instructor with word-by-word subtitles - watch a full working demo before you try it.
What is included
- 12 video lessons (20-25 min each, ~4.3 hours total, 1080p)
- 12 course handbooks - what you build, the one-sentence principle, step-by-step recap, pitfall mottos
- 12 homework files - every lesson has a Basic and an Advanced assignment with deliverables
- A repeatable method for every lesson: list, plan, confirm, verify
Who this is for
- Complete beginners who want their AI to do things, not just talk
- Office workers drowning in files, email, reports, and spreadsheets
- Anyone who finished AI tutorials but still has not shipped anything real
Requirements
A computer (Windows), internet, and a free LLM API key - created together in Lesson 2. That is the entire list.
Price: $29.90 - one payment, all 12 lessons. https://meshctx.gumroad.com/l/wsfipp