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This hub is the documentation-site entry into the 13-module curriculum. Authoritative lesson text lives under curriculum/; each module page below is a short navigation entry that links the lesson, exercise, quiz, solution, references, and checklist without maintaining a second lesson copy.

How to practice

Lesson → Exercise → Quiz → Explained solution → Checklist → Capstone

Attempt the exercise and quiz before opening the explained solution. Completion expects the exercise pass conditions, at least 6 of 8 quiz questions, and an honest checklist review.

Paths

Visitor	Suggested start
New to prompt engineering	Phase 1 from Orientation
Returning practitioner	Jump to the phase that matches your gap, or open Prompt Reference
Building a portfolio	Finish Phase 4, then open Capstones

Phase 1 — Foundations

Module	Learning outcome	Open
00 Orientation	Navigate Learning vs Reference mode and classify sources	Orientation
01 LLM Foundations	Diagnose tokens, context, authority, and probabilistic output	LLM Foundations
02 Prompt Anatomy	Build Minimal, Standard, and Production Prompt Contracts	Prompt Anatomy

Phase 2 — Building reliable prompts

Module	Learning outcome	Open
03 Core Techniques	Select techniques with clear use and avoidance boundaries	Core Techniques
04 Grounding and Long Context	Connect claims to sources and preserve provenance	Grounding
05 Structured Outputs	Design schemas, validation, and bounded repair	Structured Outputs
06 Evaluation	Build cases, assertions, rubrics, and release gates	Evaluation

Phase 3 — Agents, context and security

Module	Learning outcome	Open
07 Agents and Tools	Bound tools, state, retries, and approval	Agents and Tools
08 Context Engineering	Allocate authority, memory, evidence, and budgets	Context Engineering
09 Security	Defend against injection, exfiltration, and unsafe agency	Security

Phase 4 — Production and portfolio

Module	Learning outcome	Open
10 Multimodal	Design grounded multimodal contracts	Multimodal
11 Production Operations	Version, deploy, observe, and roll back prompts	Production Operations
12 Portfolio and Capstone	Present reproducible evidence and limitations	Portfolio and Capstone

Detailed prerequisites and completion criteria live in the repository root file LEARNING_PATH.md.