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The machine you are buildingNodes assembled: 0 of 12. Now — Convoy: subagents and orchestration.Ignition: first startSix-button key fobIdea lamp on the dashboardDoor tool organizerKey in the ignitionData plate on the door pillarChassis: car + fuelFour-speed gearboxTrim badge plateAccelerator pedalLift and diagnosticsDiagnostic port scannerTool cartTest-lap coneFuel system: model gatewayFour-nozzle fuel pumpBypass fuel lineYour own fuel canisterFiller adapterNavigator: task routeA → B route on screenVoice input buttonsRoute error signRoute with a finish flagGlovebox: context and memoryGlovebox pocket and the screen in viewService bookletAGENTS.md card behind the visorRain sensor and wipers: pipelineRain sensorWiper arms and motorAuto-start timerHitch and roof rack: MCP, Hooks, SkillsTow hitch socket (MCP)Bumper event sensors (Hooks)Roof boxes (Skills)Connected trailerInspecting rear cameraConvoy: subagents and orchestrationLoad rating stickerLead car radioExtinguisher and first-aid kitConvoy formationFollower car moduleRoad atlas: AI notebookRoad atlasMagnifierVerification marksPrintout insertsFlag bookmarkDyno: engine tuningEngine cutawayAdditive barrel (data)Tuning chip moduleDyno gaugeSmall engine on the standOnboard computer: second brainOnboard computerComms antennaPortable skills cartridgeImmobilizerAssembled dashboard
  • Ignition: first start: 0/5
  • Chassis: car + fuel: 0/4
  • Lift and diagnostics: 0/3
  • Fuel system: model gateway: 0/5
  • Navigator: task route: 0/5
  • Glovebox: context and memory: 0/4
  • Rain sensor and wipers: pipeline: 0/5
  • Hitch and roof rack: MCP, Hooks, Skills: 0/6
  • Convoy: subagents and orchestration: 0/6 — now
  • Road atlas: AI notebook: 0/5
  • Dyno: engine tuning: 0/5
  • Onboard computer: second brain: 0/5
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You're building: Convoy: subagents and orchestration

Agent Engineering · Unit 1 of 6
Activation
Reflection
Concept
Practice
⚡ Activation
💭 in your head · nothing to type

Run it in your head — the last task where a single prompt turned out to be a blunt tool where you needed a crew.

Don't picture it as "a prompt that failed" — picture it as a heist that one person tries to pull off alone. Picking the lock, killing the cameras, driving the getaway car, and counting the loot, all at once. Something always drops. A professional crew splits the roles — every specialist covers their lane.

Replay it: how many "roles" did you end up juggling yourself — or forcing one prompt to juggle? Which link was the most fragile?

Guess before the explanation

Getting it wrong is fine: it is part of learning. Guessing first helps the answer stick later, and the answer itself comes after the explanation.

Your prompt gives a good result in roughly seven cases out of ten. According to the symptoms table, what do you need to add?
Learn with AI

Copy your personal prompt and paste it into your agent's learn mode — it picks up your context and takes you forward.

Honestly: with AI it feels like you can do more than you can without it. After practice, check yourself without AI. (Bastani et al., PNAS 2025)

Explains the material using the course method.

ChatGPT →Claude →Gemini →Copilot →