SpecStory · free lightning lessons · July 2026

Hardcore Agentic Engineering

Three free lessons from the Maven course for builders who ship: getting real work out of coding agents, and proving that work is correct. Slides live here; demos live in the repo.

  1. Tue · Jul 14 · Greg Ceccarelli

    Build a Definition of Done for Claude Code & Codex

    Why agents say "done" when they aren't, and the ten-line loop that makes done an exit code instead of a feeling.

  2. Mon · Jul 20 · with John Berryman

    Build an environment-aware AI Agent from Scratch

    An agent harness isn't a black box. It's a loop you can build yourself in an afternoon.

  3. Mon · Jul 27 · with Dan Gerlanc

    Make Your Repo Agent-Ready: Rules, Docs, Reviews

    Most agent failures aren't the model's fault. They're the repo's.