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THE HARD WAY

# Agentic Engineering the Hard Way

Build every component from scratch. 65 lessons, 13 labs, 20 skill kits. No black boxes, no magic SDKs — just you, the harness, and the loop.

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AGENT_PLANNER v2.1
> LOADING HARNESS... DONE
> DEPLOYING 8-AGENT SYSTEM
> SECURITY: LEVEL 4 (WHITELIST)
> ALL SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL
65Lessons
13Hands-on Labs
8Modules
20Skill Kits
What You'll Build

## Production Systems. From Scratch.

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### Agent Harness

Own your harness. 6-level security ladder, verifier pattern, hooks architecture across 5 subsystems.

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### Software Factory

Systems that build systems. Agent chains, teams, P2P communication, depth-2 delegation.

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### Extensible Software

Pluggable, composable, swappable. Beyond MCP, tool design patterns, CI/CD for agent configs.

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### Always-On Agents

Run 24/7. Autoresearch loops, heartbeat execution, meta-agents that improve themselves.

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### Agentic Access

API-first design. Tool surface design, deployment modes, service connectors, MCP integration.

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### Tokenomics

3 levels of token value. Cascade routing, pass@k evals, the 3x cost rule, production optimization.

Curriculum

## 8 Modules. From Zero to Production.

01
psychology

#### Foundations

What agents are, harness vs model, decision frameworks, agent loops.

LLM+Tools+LoopHarnessTrust
02
handyman

#### Architecture

Tools, context, memory, skills system, codebase patterns, workspace design.

4 PillarsMemorySkills
03
shield

#### Safety

6-level security ladder, hooks, verifier pattern, defense-in-depth, ACIP.

L0-L5VerifierHooks
04
hub

#### Orchestration

Multi-agent patterns, P-threads, F-threads, P2P, CEO Board, domain locking.

TeamsChainsP2P
05
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#### Production

CI/CD for agents, shadow deploys, observability, rollback, 5-tool stack.

DeployMonitorRollback
06
analytics

#### Economics

Model pricing, cascade routing, pass@k evals, cost optimization per session.

100x Range3x RuleEvals
07
architecture

#### Advanced

Autoresearch, meta-agents, beyond MCP, always-on employee patterns.

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#### Capstone

Build production multi-agent system. Brand Monitor, CEO Board, or Code Review Pipeline.

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Trusted By

## What Engineers Are Saying

"The security ladder alone is worth the price. Finally understand how to safely deploy agents in production — something no other course teaches."
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Marcus W.
Staff Engineer, SaaS Company
"Went from vibe-coding to actually engineering agents. The harness vs model distinction changed how I think about every agent system I build."
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Priya S.
Lead ML Engineer, FinTech
"Best practical course on multi-agent systems I've found. The CEO Board pattern alone saved me weeks of architecture work."
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Tomás R.
CTO, AI Startup
"I've taken TAC and ClaudeFAST. FDSA is the most comprehensive — 65 lessons with actual labs that work offline. No other course has that."
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Daniel K.
Senior Developer, E-Commerce
Your Instructor

## Built by an Engineer, For Engineers

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### Artale

Founder, FDSA Agency

I've spent the last two years building production multi-agent systems — from CEO Boards for strategic decision-making to Brand Monitor for always-on reputation tracking, to UI Agents that generate production Vue components. This course distills everything I learned shipping real agent systems, not toy demos.

Every pattern in this course — the 6-level security ladder, P-threads, cascade routing, the verifier pattern — came from building systems that had to work reliably in production. We build everything from scratch. No black boxes, no SDK abstractions. This is Agentic Engineering the Hard Way.

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Compared To

## Why FDSA vs Other Courses

FDSA (the Hard Way)

- check65 lessons + 13 labs
- check20 skill kits included
- checkBuild from scratch, no black boxes
- checkMock LLM for offline work
- checkTool-agnostic (any CLI)
- check30-day guarantee

- closeNewer platform
- closeNo video content yet
- closeCommunity still growing

TAC

- check14 focused lessons
- check4 reference repos
- checkActive YouTube channel
- checkProven track record

- close$97-147 for less content
- closeNo skill kits
- closeNo capstone project
- closeClaude Code focused only

ClaudeFAST

- check280 skill files
- check16 agent definitions
- check$89 entry price
- checkActive community

- close$299 for full access
- closeNo structured modules
- closeNo hands-on labs
- closeClaude Code only

Learn Harness

- checkFree (Anthropic)
- check6 projects
- check11 languages
- checkOfficial Anthropic

- closeNo advanced patterns
- closeNo skill kits
- closeNo capstone
- closeNo security ladder

Investment

## Choose Your Path

Self-Paced
$97
one-time payment

- check_circle65 lessons across 8 modules
- check_circle13 scaffolded labs with solutions
- check_circle56 quiz questions
- check_circle20 SKILL.md files (7 kits)
- check_circleLifetime access + updates
- check_circleMock LLM for offline labs

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Enterprise
$199
one-time payment

- check_circleEverything in Self-Paced
- check_circlePrivate Discord channel
- check_circle2 custom skills for your stack
- check_circle1-hour onboarding call
- check_circlePriority updates for 1 year
- check_circleEarly access to new kits

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Cohort
$247
next cohort TBD

- check_circleEverything in Enterprise
- check_circle6-week structured schedule
- check_circleWeekly live office hours
- check_circleCapstone peer review
- check_circleCompletion certificate
- check_circleAlumni network

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