A hands-on AI builder course

Build real software with AI coding agents.

Code With Vibes is a self-paced course for people who want to build their own tools by talking to an AI coding agent. The agent writes the code. You decide what gets built. You check what it changed and keep it working. Building your own tools got a lot easier this year, so we took what engineers do and dumbed it down to fit how the rest of us learn. You'll run a model on your own machine, set up an agent that keeps working after you log off, and ship with Claude Code, Codex, or a free local model. No coding background needed. You do need to read what the agent tells you and say no when it's wrong.

The free on-ramp is open right now: ten lessons plus the first two modules. An email gets you in. No card, no drip sequence.

Pricing

Two ways in. The whole thing, or free.

The whole thing is one price, paid once, everything unlocked day one. Or start free and read before you decide.

Good fit

You have ideas for tools, automations, or apps. You're done waiting for someone else to build them. Maybe you built something in a chat app or a browser app builder and hit its ceiling. You'll install a few things, follow along in a terminal, and check the agent's work instead of trusting it.

Do not buy this if

You want someone to build it for you. You want live coaching. You want loops and variables taught line by line, when the agent writes that part now. You'll use a terminal and you'll read what changed. Sounds like a hard no? Start with the free track and see how it feels.

$299founder price · $379 after

The builder course all 26 modules

Setup, prompting, and your first build with an agent. Then a model on your own machine and an always-on agent. Then APIs, data, retrieval, tool use, evals, security, and production. You get all of it the day you buy. The first stretch gets you building and running your own agents. The rest goes as deep as you want, and the capstone is your own AI stack. You also keep the builder bundle: the prompts, project files, and reusable scaffolding you personalize and carry forward.

Founders window sale.

Freethe on-ramp · 101

The operator mindset track

Ten short lessons on how to think about AI systems before you touch a tool, free from the moment you sign up, plus the first two modules of the builder course: the setup lab and what an LLM actually is.

An email gets you in, no card. Start reading and decide.

Read 101 free

What you'll need to run it

This course is hands-on. You build by directing an AI coding agent, in the terminal or its desktop app, so you need one. Any works. Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, or a free open model like Qwen running on your own machine. Want the smoothest run? Budget about $20 a month for a paid agent. You can also run it free on a local model. It's slower, and the big builds need more hand-holding. The free on-ramp uses a free path too, and we set you up.

We name tools only as examples. Code With Vibes is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any AI provider, and we do not push one over another. Use whatever fits you.

The path

One trail, start to production

26 modulesfirst API call to production agents
Unlocks day onenothing drips, no upsell ambush
Free on-rampno card, no catch
One priceno subscription
Curriculum

The full module map

Every module listed before you pay a dollar. No secret syllabus behind the checkout.

Before you start

The setup lab

01Before Module 1: Get your machine ready

Foundations

How this actually works

02What an LLM actually is03Prompting as engineering, not vibes

The build workflow

Directing an agent

04Building with AI coding agents05Operate your AI coding setup every day

Builder bridge

Your first real build

06Build a small app with an AI coding agent

Local and always-on

Your own model, your own agent

07Run AI on your own machine08Run an always-on agent

API builder

From raw HTTP up

09APIs without the fog10Build a hosted model application11Build the provider adapter12Model selection as a routing problem

Data is the spine

The wedge of the whole course

13The data sources that matter14Getting data IN: ingestion patterns15Cleaning and structuring data for LLMs16Turn audio and video into usable data17Retrieval (RAG) done right

Building things that act

Agents and tools

18Tool use and function calling19Agents and orchestration20MCP architecture as a builder

Production discipline

What separates builders from demos

21Memory and knowledge architecture for agents22Evals, observability, debugging23Cost, latency, reliability at scale24Safety and guardrails25Swap in your local model, measure it, keep the right route

Compounding (capstone)

Where it compounds

26Building your own personal AI stack
Course details

Before you buy

What is Code With Vibes?

Code With Vibes is a paid, self-paced course for building working software by directing an AI coding agent. That can be Claude Code, Codex, or a free model running on your own machine. The 26 modules run from setup and your first build through local models, an always-on agent, APIs, data, retrieval, agents, evals, safety, and a capstone. You get every module the day you buy.

Who is Code With Vibes for?

Code With Vibes is for people who want to build their own tools and automations with AI. Think operators, founders, creators, junior developers, and solo builders. Prior programming experience is optional. The agent writes the code. The course teaches you to direct it, check what it changed, and fix it when it's wrong. You'll use a terminal, and the setup lab walks you through it from the first command. Want live coaching or a done-for-you build? Skip the paid course.

What will I build in Code With Vibes?

Before the capstone you build a small tested app, a model running on your own machine, and an always-on agent you can message from your phone. You also build a streamed model application and a provider adapter. For the capstone you pick one of seven use-case tracks. You produce a proposal, a data-flow diagram, a threat model, representative evals, a tested failure path, and operator docs for your own system. Four capstone tracks come with working starter projects.

Does Code With Vibes teach Claude Code and Codex?

Yes. Code With Vibes has equal-footing setup recipes for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. It adds a free route that runs either one on a local model, and a module on always-on agents like Hermes Agent and OpenClaw. The lessons teach the workflow they share: scoped tasks, project instructions, diff review, tests, permissions, handoffs, and recovery. Exhaustive product coverage stays with the vendor docs and academies.

Why pay for Code With Vibes when Anthropic Academy and OpenAI Academy are free?

Anthropic Academy and OpenAI Academy are good, free places to learn their own tools. They give you current setup, product concepts, and practical Claude Code or Codex workflows straight from the vendors, so use them. Code With Vibes is worth paying for only if you want one vendor-neutral build path of 60 to 80 hours. It runs through local models, always-on agents, apps, APIs, data, retrieval, evals, safety, failure handling, and a capstone. The current price is on this page.

The deal

Why this course exists

One price, paid once

You pay once and the downloads are yours to keep. No subscription, no upsell ladder.

Everything unlocks day one

Buy it, get all of it immediately. Nothing held back.

Built how it teaches

The author runs his own company on an AI staff and built this course with the exact workflow it teaches.

One email, only when there is something to say

Leave an address and you will hear when the course gets a real update. No sequence, no drip campaign.

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