The First Agent Program

Build Your First Agent

Hands-on online coaching to design, build, secure, and deploy an AI agent that can remember, use real tools, and run beyond your laptop.

See the build path

Live online / Built on your stack

A founder building and preparing an AI agent for deployment

The Build Path

Local To Live

One Agent. The Whole System.

I build with you, in order, so every new capability has a reason to exist. You learn the decisions behind the system while it runs on your real stack.

01
Choose The Job

Leave with: Agent brief + success test

Turn one useful business problem into a narrow agent mission with clear inputs, outputs, limits, and a human owner.

ScopeWorkflowROI
02
Build The Core

Leave with: Working local agent

Create the instruction layer, model routing, structured state, and control loop. Learn what belongs in prompts and what belongs in code.

ModelsStateControl loop
03
Give It Tools

Leave with: Reliable tool surface

Connect APIs, databases, files, browsers, commerce systems, or internal services through typed and testable tool contracts.

APIsFunctionsExternal systems
04
Design Memory

Leave with: Memory policy + storage

Separate conversation context, working state, durable facts, and retrieval. Decide what is remembered, summarized, expired, or deleted.

ContextRAGPostgres / Vector
05
Secure The Work

Leave with: Threat model + guardrails

Add least-privilege access, secret handling, approvals, allowlists, rate limits, audit trails, and a clean way to stop the agent.

PermissionsSecretsApprovals
06
Ship And Operate

Leave with: Live agent + runbook

Package the agent, deploy it to a VPS, expose only what is needed, and add logs, health checks, backups, monitoring, and recovery.

DockerVPSObservability
An agent memory archive protected by clear security gates

The two systems most demos skip

Memory With Rules. Access With Limits.

Useful memory and safe action are designed together. The agent should know enough to help—without keeping everything or gaining more access than the job requires.

Memory design

  • Context vs. working state vs. durable memory
  • Retrieval, summarization, and write policies
  • Retention, deletion, and tenant separation
  • Memory quality tests and conflict handling

Security design

  • Scoped credentials and secret isolation
  • Tool allowlists and least-privilege access
  • Human approval for consequential actions
  • Logs, limits, alerts, and a kill switch

Framework-agnostic by design

Pick The Tool That Fits The Work

You learn how to compare tools by control, reliability, speed, cost, and ownership—not by whichever framework is loudest this month.

01 / Tool layer

Code-first agents

OpenAI Agents SDK, LangGraph, PydanticAI

For explicit control, typed tools, tests, and production ownership.

02 / Tool layer

Automation builders

n8n, Make, visual workflows

For fast integrations, triggers, approvals, and operational handoffs.

03 / Tool layer

Agentic coding

Codex, Claude Code, Hermes-style teams

For planning, implementation, review, and multi-agent build workflows.

04 / Tool layer

Memory and data

Postgres, Redis, vector stores, files

For state, durable facts, retrieval, caching, and auditability.

05 / Tool layer

Production surface

Linux, Docker, Nginx, VPS, monitoring

For secure deployment, uptime, visibility, backups, and recovery.

A founder supervising an AI agent moving from a local build to a secure VPS

Beyond localhost

Make It Work When You Close The Laptop.

Deployment is part of the coaching, not a footnote. I move the agent with you to an external environment and make the operating model clear enough for you to maintain.

VPS setupDockerTLSHealth checksLogsBackupsAlertsRecovery

What you leave with

A Live System You Understand.

01

A working first agent tied to a real use case

02

A readable architecture map and tool contract

03

A memory model with retention and deletion rules

04

A security checklist with scoped permissions

05

Evaluation cases for quality and failure modes

06

Deployment files, monitoring, and an operations runbook

Bring a use case or start from zero

Map Your First Agent With Me.

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Good to know

Frequent Questions

01How does the quote work?

You won't find prices on this site: every training and every project is quoted for the person, the project and the country. Fill in the form, and within two business days I send you a quote and the next steps by email.

02I'm a complete beginner. Can I follow?

Yes. My trainings start from the job to do, not from theory: you pick a real mission and we build it step by step, live. If you would rather move at your own pace with me alone, the 1:1 coaching exists exactly for that.

03In a group or 1:1?

The group sessions are for building alongside others on the same goal: a first agent in six weeks, or a real app in four sessions. The 1:1 is for your own path — freelancing, a SaaS, agents for clients — in four 60-minute sessions over a month, with messages in between.

04Where and when do sessions happen?

Everything happens online, on Google Meet. I work on Bangkok time (UTC+7), Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:00, and we pick the session slots inside that window. You need a laptop and a stable connection, nothing else.

05How do I pay, and how from Algeria?

By bank transfer in euros. A project starts once the 30% deposit has arrived. If you are in Algeria, it works the same way: a transfer in euros to my euro account, so no card and no platform fees in the middle.

06Can I cancel or move a session?

Yes, for free up to 24 hours before the session starts. After that the session counts as done, and a no-show is a lost session. I keep this rule simple so my calendar stays reliable for everyone.

07Which language do you work in?

French and English, both for the sessions and for the written work. Pick whichever you are most comfortable with; I switch between the two without any problem.

08What happens after I send the form?

You get a confirmation email right away. Then I read your answers myself and reply personally, within two business days, with a quote or the next steps. If you would rather talk first, book the free 20-minute call on Google Meet.

The Handoff

Built To Transfer

You Leave Ready To Run It

A working first agent connected to one real job, with clear inputs, outputs, tools, limits, and a success test.

Working Agent

Core Build

A memory system that separates context, state, durable facts, and retrieval—with explicit rules for what gets stored.

Useful Memory

Memory Design

Scoped tools, protected secrets, approval gates, rate limits, logs, and a kill switch you know how to operate.

Safe Action

Security Model

A deployed service with health checks, monitoring, backups, recovery steps, and a runbook that makes ownership practical.

Live Service

VPS Deployment