Thursday, August 27 — single session (Week 1 has no Tuesday class; the fall semester begins on Thursday, August 27).
Part of Mini-Project 1 — Development Environment Configuration (Weeks 1–2).
Course introduction; the 2026 AI landscape, from API-coding to agentic harness engineering. Setup of required accounts and tools (Claude Code, GitHub, WSL2 for Windows users); secrets hygiene from day one.
Lightning Presentation sign-ups open Tuesday, September 1.