Short course

Augmented Foundations

Level 1 on its own. The shortest way to find out whether the rest of this is for you, before you commit to a longer tier.

Code: NOL-AF
Version: 5.16

A short course, not the full programme. Augmented Foundations is level 1 of Master of AI-Augmented Coding, taken on its own. The official certificate of completion comes only with a full package of that programme (levels 1–2 or more), after its final assessment. For Foundations you receive an augmented.club certificate for completing level 1.

Goal and learning outcomes

Level 1 on its own. The shortest way to find out whether the rest of this is for you, before you commit to a longer tier.

Level 1 covers the user layer:

context and tokens
commands and memory: your CLAUDE.md
MCP servers
your first reusable skills
prompting on a real task
git and code review with the agent

Who it is for

Target group: Engineers who want to try level 1 before committing to a longer package.
Prerequisites: Basic digital literacy at level A2.2 of the Reference Framework for Digital Skills Development; a laptop with internet access; at least one year of programming experience for the engineering track. See full details on Admissions and Participation Terms.

Not sure where to start? Take the free level check on augmented.club

Format and scope

Format: Self-paced, with a weekly live call, In-person intensive
Language: EnglishLessons, slides and live calls are in English. The slides are a web page, so your browser can translate them into any language, for example with the translation built into Chrome.
Duration: 1.5 weeks
Scope: 7 teaching hours (45 min)Live: at least 1.5 hours (one 60 to 90 minute call a week) · Self-study: 3 hours (about 2 hours a week)
Lessons: 7
Practical challenges: 11

Content

Level 1: Augmented Foundations

7 lessons

The user layer: commands, memory, MCP servers, reusable skills, prompting and git workflows.

1.1
Foundational Concepts & The Current Landscape
What is Claude Code, the agentic paradigm, tokens & context, current models, effort and cost, the mindset shift from coder to orchestrator.
- Challenge: Estimate Your Token Budget
1.2
Repository Introduction: Meet invoices-glider
Repository Introduction: Meet invoices-glider · What invoices-glider Is · Mini Exercise: Get Oriented in invoices-glider
- Challenge: Get Oriented in invoices-glider
1.3
Prompting Practice
The CLEAR prompt (Context, Limits, Evidence, Aim, Result), based on Anthropic's prompting guide, practiced on invoices-glider: vague vs CLEAR runs, three starter prompts, and a two-way anonymizer for working with sensitive data.
- Challenge: Vague vs CLEAR
- Challenge: Starter Prompt: Build
- Challenge: Use Claude Without Showing It the Real Data
1.4
Commands & Memory
Steering a running session, operating modes, slash commands, CLAUDE.md and file imports.
- Challenge: Create Your CLAUDE.md File
- Challenge: Prove It: Is Your Rule Read?
1.5
MCP Servers: Extending Claude's Reach
Model Context Protocol: what it is, plugins and marketplaces, installing servers, and why to connect only what a task needs.
- Challenge: Connect Your First MCP Server
1.6
Skills Hands-on, Part 1: Write Your Own and Run Ours
Auto-discovered workflows, SKILL.md structure, triggers, when skills make sense vs commands.
- Challenge: Write Your Own Skill
1.7
Skills Hands-on, Part 2: Composition, Subagents and Limits
Skills: Composition, Subagents & Limits · Claude Is Already Orchestrating · A Skill That Dispatches a Subagent
- Challenge: Build a Dispatcher
- Challenge: Cap the Depth

Methods, materials and platform

Methods: Recorded lessons with one live Q&A call a week; a challenge on the shared practice repository after the lessons that have one.
Materials: The augmented.club learning platform holds the modules and study materials, tests, submission and approval of assignments, an AI assistant, each participant's own outputs, certificates and feedback. Every challenge runs on a shared practice repository.
Platform: augmented.club

Lecturers and guarantors

Lecturers: Adam Bilišič, Architecture and agent design
Jerguš Frajt, Delivery and platform engineering
Programme guarantors: Jerguš Frajt, Delivery and platform engineering
Adam Bilišič, Architecture and agent design

Assessment

Four short tests on augmented.club for the day of content, and 11 practical challenges on the shared practice repository.

Quizzes and tests: Number: 4Pass threshold: 80%
Practical challenges: 11Challenges run on the shared practice repository.

Completion conditions

Rule: Complete 80% of a level's lessons and challenges and the certificate for that level is issued. (As published on augmented.club.)
Threshold: 80%
How it is counted: augmented.club counts a lesson as done when you finish it and a challenge when you submit it. Once 80% of the level's lessons and challenges are done, the certificate is issued.

Certificate

What you receive: Augmented Foundations certificate: a learning-platform certificate for completing the level. It is not the official certificate of completion, which comes with a full package of Master of AI-Augmented Coding.
The certificate states: Certificate number
Participant name
Programme and level: Augmented Foundations, Level 1
The Level 1 skills: AI and agentic fundamentals, token and context management, effective prompting, the orchestrator mindset, Claude Code navigation, CLAUDE.md and configuration, MCP servers, custom commands and skills
Date of issue
Public verification: Enter the certificate number at augmented.club/verify/<certificate number>

Study rules & certification

Price, payment and refunds

Recorded lessons released week by week, with a 60 to 90 minute live call each week for your questions. Plan about two hours a week for lessons and challenges.

€290per person, excl. VAT

Included

Weekly live Q&A call, 60 to 90 minutes, with both founders
12 months of access to your lessons, plus Augmented community membership
Slides in English, translatable into any language in your browser
Upgrade to a longer tier later and the €290 comes off the price

Payment: Request an invoice by emailing hello@nodeonlabs.com. Once the enrolment details have been agreed, we issue the invoice; the full price is payable in advance by bank transfer, no later than three working days before the programme start date. Access starts on the published start date of the self-paced programme and remains available for 12 months. The enrolment confirmation states the exact start and expiry dates.
Cancellations and refunds: Read the cancellation and refund rules

The same levels, taught at your company: one day per level, about 6.5 hours a day plus lunch and breaks, one trainer for every group of up to 10 engineers. 330 minutes of each day count as teaching time.

Augmented Foundations
Level 1 · 7 teaching hours
1 dayin person
€350per person, excl. VAT
€3,500 per group of 10, plus travel
11 challenges · Leaves as: Augmented Foundations

Per-person prices assume a full group of 10. Every group of up to 10 engineers has its own trainer. Travel is agreed as a flat rate before we start.

Plan an intensive

Dates and enrolment

Next intake: November 2026

Enrolment is by email on augmented.club: the form there is pre-filled with the package, and the reply comes with the invoice and the start date. Prices are per person, excluding VAT.

Enrol on augmented.club

Last updated: 25 October 2026 · Version: 5.16