AI fluency: working with an agent
Four moves to delegate, specify, verify and sign off the work of an AI agent, day to day.
12 lessons · 1 quiz · 1 h 45 min · completion badge
- Tell apart the tasks to delegate to an agent from those you should keep.
- Write a complete request with a goal, context, constraints and a format.
- Verify a result by checking its sources and calling on a challenger agent.
- Approve an action knowingly and take responsibility for what goes out.
- Protect the data you hand over and be transparent about your use of AI.
- Who it is for
- Anyone who wants to work with an AI agent every day, with no particular technical skills.
- Prerequisites
- None
- Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- Level
- Foundation
What the course covers.
- 01Working with an agent2 lessons
- From an assistant that answers to an agent that acts8 min
You understand what changes when AI no longer just answers but carries out a series of actions for you.
- Learnya’s four moves10 min
You discover the four moves that structure all work with an agent: Delegate, Specify, Verify, Sign off.
- From an assistant that answers to an agent that acts8 min
- 02Delegate2 lessons
- What an agent does well8 min
You can recognise the tasks that are worth delegating to an agent.
- What you keep8 min
You identify what must stay in your hands and you tell the agent so explicitly.
- What an agent does well8 min
- 03Specify3 lessons
- Goal and context8 min
You give the agent what it cannot guess: what the result is for and what situation it fits into.
- Constraints and format9 min
You set the boundaries of the agent’s work and describe the exact form of the result you expect.
- Iterate rather than rewrite everything7 min
You improve a result through precise feedback instead of starting again from scratch.
- Goal and context8 min
- 04Verify2 lessons
- Reading an answer with a critical eye7 min
You know where to look first to spot errors in a result produced by an agent.
- Sources and the challenger agent9 min
You check the sources cited and you use a challenge to test a conclusion.
- Reading an answer with a critical eye7 min
- 05Sign off2 lessons
- Approvals and responsibility7 min
You read an approval request as an act you sign, and you know why the responsibility remains yours.
- Transparency and data7 min
You say when content should mention AI and you only hand over the data that is needed.
- Approvals and responsibility7 min
- 06Putting the four moves into practice1 lesson
- A week with the four moves9 min
You follow a real working week in which each day draws on one of the four moves.
- A week with the four moves9 min
- ✓Final quiz8 questions