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Prompts for Code & Engineering — The Prompt Engineering Path

The expansion course for engineers. Master code-generation prompts, debugging prompts, refactor locks, structured code-review prompts, and the prompt patterns that make Cursor, Claude Code, Aider, and Copilot productive. Every example is a real, unedited Claude capture — including the ones that turn out to be wrong, which the course re-runs and corrects.

111 min26 lessons6 modulesAI & ML

What you'll learn

  • Write code-gen prompts with intent, constraints, tests, and format spec
  • Localize bugs from a traceback using a structured prompt
  • Lock refactors against type-safety regressions
  • Run structured 3-category code reviews via prompt
  • Adapt prompts for Cursor (diff-style), Aider (SEARCH/REPLACE), Claude Code, Copilot
  • Generate PR descriptions and conventional-commit messages from a diff
  • Write a tight system prompt for an internal coding assistant

What's included

Video Lessons
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Interactive Exercises
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Charts & Infographics
Included
Quizzes
6
Certificate
Included

Course Content

  1. The code-generation skeleton

    5 lessons · 22 min
    • Why "write me a function" failsNo signup4 min
    • Locked until you enrollThe four-block skeleton4 min
    • Locked until you enrollWriting INTENT and CONSTRAINTS4 min
    • Locked until you enrollWriting TESTS and FORMAT5 min
    • Locked until you enrollWorked example: the dedupe function done right5 min
    • Quiz: Module 1: The Codegen Skeleton

  2. Debugging prompts that actually localize

    4 lessons · 16 min
    • Locked until you enrollBug localization prompts4 min
    • Locked until you enrollThe traceback explainer prompt4 min
    • Locked until you enroll"This is what should happen" framing4 min
    • Locked until you enrollRegression tests on demand4 min
    • Quiz: Module 2: Debugging Prompts

  3. Refactoring prompts with type-safety locks

    4 lessons · 17 min
    • Locked until you enrollWhy refactors silently regress4 min
    • Locked until you enrollThe type-safety lock5 min
    • Locked until you enrollMigration plans, not migrations4 min
    • Locked until you enrollThe PR description prompt4 min
    • Quiz: Module 3: Refactoring Prompts

  4. Code-review prompts (security / perf / readability)

    4 lessons · 18 min
    • Locked until you enrollThe three-category review prompt5 min
    • Locked until you enrollSeverity tagging done well4 min
    • Locked until you enrollTests from a spec5 min
    • Locked until you enrollThe one-line verdict4 min
    • Quiz: Module 4: Code Review Prompts

  5. Working inside Cursor / Claude Code / Aider / Copilot

    5 lessons · 21 min
    • Locked until you enrollCursor: the diff envelope4 min
    • Locked until you enrollAider: SEARCH/REPLACE blocks4 min
    • Locked until you enrollClaude Code: planning prompts5 min
    • Locked until you enrollCopilot: shaping completions with comments4 min
    • Locked until you enrollConventional commit message prompts4 min
    • Quiz: Module 5: IDE & Tool Prompts

  6. Capstone — ship a 200-line PR via prompts only

    4 lessons · 17 min
    • Locked until you enrollCapstone brief: Karim ships a real PR4 min
    • Locked until you enrollPicking the right issue4 min
    • Locked until you enrollThe code-explainer system prompt5 min
    • Locked until you enrollThe rubric4 min
    • Quiz: Module 6: Capstone