MCP: Build Rich-Context AI Apps with Anthropic
For: Developers building production AI agents in 2026
Editor-curated courses across the AI builder stack — prompt engineering, agents, RAG, LangChain, MCP. Free + paid picks, ordered by what we'd recommend to a friend. No SEO spam, no Coursera marketing reprint.
For: Developers building production AI agents in 2026
For: Engineers who have used the OpenAI API but never built an agent loop
For: Engineers planning to fine-tune or self-host LLMs
For: Engineers who plan to fine-tune or self-host LLMs
For: Developers writing their first LLM-powered feature
For: Engineers who plan to train, fine-tune, or research LLMs at depth
For: Non-technical founders and PMs starting from zero
For: Working engineers committing to a career pivot into AI
For: Developers building production AI agents in 2026
For: Engineers who have used the OpenAI API but never built an agent loop
For: Engineers planning to fine-tune or self-host LLMs
For: Engineers who plan to fine-tune or self-host LLMs
Curated by editors who have built agents in production. Free + paid picks ordered by what we'd recommend to a friend.
The shortlist for learning to prompt LLMs in 2026 — separated by whether you're a developer or not.
The right courses to take if you're going to fine-tune, self-host, or seriously evaluate LLMs.
The LangChain learning path — official short courses plus deeper paid alternatives.
Get 3-10x faster on Cursor, Claude Code, and the rest of the 2026 AI coding stack.
RAG looks easy in a demo and fails in production. These are the courses that teach the failure modes.
MCP is becoming the lingua franca of AI agent integrations. These are the right courses to learn it.
n8n is the open-source automation tool of choice for AI workflows in 2026. These are the right courses to learn it.
AI fluency without Python. The right courses for non-technical leaders who need to evaluate vendors and scope projects.
Evaluation is the difference between an AI demo and an AI product. These are the right courses to learn it.
Vibe coding — the AI-driven workflow Karpathy named in 2025 — has become the dominant way working engineers ship in 2026. Here's where to learn it.
"AI Engineer" replaced "ML Engineer" as the dominant 2026 job title. Here's the curriculum that actually gets you hired.
Fine-tuning is the most over-recommended and under-understood pattern in applied LLMs. These are the courses that teach when (and when not) to do it.
AI safety has moved from niche concern to baseline engineering hygiene. These are the courses we recommend.
A path is an ordered curriculum — earlier courses build prerequisites for later ones. Pick the path that matches your role; budget 10-20 hours total over 4-8 weeks.
A no-bullshit AI curriculum for working software engineers. Free where possible, paid only where it pays back.
AI literacy for founders, sized for an 8-week sprint. No PhD required.
AI fluency for PMs — built around the decisions you'll actually make.
AI fluency for marketers — sized for the work you actually do.
Ship AI-powered automation without writing code. The right curriculum for ops + no-code builders.
The free shortlist — Anthropic, DeepLearning.AI, Coursera audit, Fast.ai. 12 picks.
Vendor-issued certs across AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, NVIDIA, Anthropic. Side-by-side comparison.
Maven, Reforge, and standalone cohort programs from the AI engineering scene. The premium tier.