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AI Tools and Approved Workflows

Let an AI assistant suggest changes while your server decides what actually happens.

Level
Advanced
Estimated study
About 16 hours
Lessons
9 lessons in 3 modules
Format
Online, self-paced
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About this course

Let an AI assistant propose useful actions within clear boundaries. Build tool workflows where application code checks permissions and a person approves meaningful changes.

What you will be able to do

  • Define tools with validated arguments and limited permissions.
  • Require review and approval before a meaningful external action.
  • Bound repeated steps and record actions without exposing sensitive data.

Course outline

Module 1: Define a narrow tool

3 lessons · 5 h 21 min

Describe an action, validate its inputs and enforce permissions in server code.

  1. Define a narrow read-only tool1 h 47 min
  2. Enforce account and resource permissions1 h 47 min
  3. Treat model proposals and tool results as data1 h 47 min

Module 2: Preview and approve actions

3 lessons · 5 h 21 min

Separate a proposed change from its execution and let the person inspect it.

  1. Show an exact before-and-after preview1 h 47 min
  2. Bind approval to the user, task and payload1 h 47 min
  3. Apply the approved change exactly once1 h 47 min

Module 3: Control the workflow

3 lessons · 5 h 18 min

Limit steps and retries, handle denied actions and record useful audit information.

  1. Bound steps, retries and usage1 h 46 min
  2. Record useful audit evidence without secrets1 h 46 min
  3. Deliver an approved learning-plan workflow1 h 46 min
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