Build an AI Agent: The Step After Cowork
Eric Levine
Ex-Meta · 3x founder · StratEngine AI
You already use Claude. Learn every part of an agent, and build your own
Cowork may already run a few small jobs for you, and you can tell there is more underneath. The next step is where most people stall: an agent that runs on its own schedule and acts on your work inside limits you set. Plenty of courses show you a demo. In this one you finish with an agent running.
You learn each part in Claude Managed Agents first, where each piece of an agent is a setting you can see and change: the model, the tools, what it may do without asking, the schedule and the budget. Across the first two classes you set up an automation that follows fixed steps and an agent that chooses its own. In the third class you rebuild the agent with Claude Code and OpenClaw, so you can text it, and learn how to put it in the cloud. The code is yours.
Cost control runs through every class, from a cap on each run in Managed Agents to the spend limits and leaner calls that keep OpenClaw cheap. Setup happens before class with step-by-step slides, so class time goes to building. This is not a beginner course, and the effort it takes is the point: you leave able to build the next agent on your own.
What you’ll learn
You finish able to build an agent for the next job, text it from your phone, and keep what it spends under your control.
Make the fixed steps run the same way every time, with Claude deciding only what needs judgment
Know when a job is fine in Cowork and when it needs more
Set your spending limits before anything runs, so a mistake can't spend more than you loaded
Tell it the result you want and let it work out the steps
Decide what it may do on its own and what it brings to you first, so nothing goes out in your name without you
See exactly what it did on every run, and improve it when it gets something wrong
Learn how to put it in the cloud, so it keeps working when your laptop is closed
Change it safely, testing each change before your agent uses it
Pick the simplest setup that does the job: Cowork, Managed Agents, or OpenClaw
Learn directly from Eric
Eric Levine
Nontechnical founder running 3 companies solo with AI.
Who this course is for
You use Claude every week, maybe Cowork too, and you want agents that run on their own instead of waiting for you to ask.
You haven't written code, and you're ready to let Claude Code write it for you.
You want to understand how an agent works well enough to build the next one yourself, instead of copying a setup you can't fix.
Prerequisites
You use Claude regularly
You know your way around chat, and ideally Cowork. The course skips the basics.
A reasonably modern computer
Mac or Windows from roughly 2020 or newer, with 8GB+ of memory. Not sure if yours qualifies? Message me before you enroll.
A paid Claude plan and a Claude Console account
A Pro or Max plan (from $20 a month) for Claude Code, plus $10 of prepaid Console credits for the agents, which bill by usage.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Eric Levine in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Everything you build is yours
An automation and an agent you keep running, the same agent rebuilt so you can text it, and every prompt from class.
Office hours during the course
Three open sessions, one after each class, for setup problems and anything that broke.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Bonus class: your growth plan
An optional hour on what a real strategy is, with one made live for a business your size.
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Course syllabus
12 live sessions • 3 lessons • 3 projects
Week 1
Oct
15
Class 1: Automations in Managed Agents
Thu 10/154:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)Oct
15
Class 1: Automations in Managed Agents - APAC Friendly
Thu 10/1511:00 PM—1:00 AM (UTC)
Module 1: Class 1: Automations you can see and cap
Week 2
Oct
22
Class 2: Build Your Agent
Thu 10/224:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)Oct
20
Optional: Office Hours: Class 1
Tue 10/205:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)OptionalOct
21
Class 2: Build Your Agent - APAC
Wed 10/2111:00 PM—1:00 AM (UTC)Oct
20
Office Hours APAC
Tue 10/2011:00 PM—12:00 AM (UTC)
Class 2: An agent that acts for you
Schedule
Live sessions
2-4 hrs / week
One hands-on class each week for three weeks: 2 hours for each of the first two classes, then 3 hours for the third. Plus an optional office hour each week and an optional bonus hour at the end.
Thu, Oct 15
4:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)
Thu, Oct 15
11:00 PM—1:00 AM (UTC)
Tue, Oct 20
5:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)
Projects
2-5 hrs / week
After Class 1, connect another app and tune the results. After Class 2, let your agent work for a week and refine its instructions. After Class 3, watch what it costs for a week and decide where it runs from there.
Async content
1 hr / week
A few minutes before Class 1 to open your account and load credits. About an hour before Class 3 to install your tools, with step-by-step setup slides.
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