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LEVEL 2 · INTERMEDIATE

Level 2 at a glance

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Level 2 — Intermediate

You are: comfortable using AI daily. You will become: a builder — someone who can build agents, RAG systems, MCP servers, evals, and cost-controlled workflows. Typical time: 60–90 days at 4–8 hours/week.

Level 2

Prerequisites

Exit criteria

You've moved to Level 3 when: - You've built 3 real custom agents on your own stack - You've deployed at least one MCP server - You've built a RAG pipeline over your own docs - You have an eval harness with regression testing - You can articulate cost per workflow in dollars - For companies: eval framework live, observability platform running, first agents in production

Tracks

Working code repositories

Repo For walkthrough Domain
lease-abstractor 02-build-first-agent Real estate
support-triage-agent 03-build-second-agent Any (SaaS, e-commerce, services, agency)
diligence-agent 04-build-third-agent Any (M&A, vendor, CRE, contracts)
belle-mcp-server 05-mcp-server Real estate

How to work Level 2

  1. Pick one of the three agent walkthroughs (02, 03, 04) and build it end-to-end. Not skimmed. Built.
  2. Then build an MCP server (05) exposing your own data.
  3. Then build a RAG pipeline (06) over your own docs.
  4. Then wrap the eval harness (07) around all of them.
  5. Then optimize cost (08).
  6. Everything else deepens what you've built.
  7. Bonus: individual/13-combine-two-agents — chain two of your agents into a real system

If you finish this level, you can build real AI systems on your own stack.

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