The two days

How the full group workshop runs, taking one idea of your own from a rough thought to a project that's live online. Other sessions focus on a mix of these topics or on one set of tools, and the booking page lists what each cohort covers.

A laptop showing code beside a phone showing the finished app.

Day one

  1. 01
    Find your edgeWhere the skills you already have fit in tech, and what they could become as an idea.
  2. 02
    Get set upThe agentic tools your session uses, installed on your own laptop, and a local AI model you set up yourself.
  3. 03
    Shape the ideaTurn a rough thought into a brief the tools can work from, then start developing it.

Day two

  1. 04
    Develop and deployFinish your project and put it live at a web address of its own.
  2. 05
    Present itShow it to the room and get direct feedback on how it lands.
  3. 06
    Plan the next stepYour CV, portfolio and LinkedIn, the UK funding routes, and the advanced route.

Tools and technologies

What we teach across the programme. Each session uses a selection of these, set up on your own laptop, and the booking page lists what a cohort covers. Each link goes to the tool's own site.

Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic coding tool, which works on your project from a brief. claude.com

Codex

OpenAI's coding agent, for the same job from a different angle. openai.com

Antigravity

Google's agentic development platform. antigravity.google

Grok Build

Grok's agentic coding tool, working in your project from the command line. x.ai

Local AI models

Open models that run on your own laptop, set up with tools such as Ollama or LM Studio, so they work offline and your files stay with you.

AI assistants

Gemini and the other everyday assistants, for research, writing and working through ideas. gemini.google.com

VS Code

Microsoft's code editor, where most of the development happens. code.visualstudio.com

Putting it online

GitHub for your code and a host such as Vercel, so your project has a web address of its own.

Image and voice AI

Generating and editing images, and turning speech into text, like several of the examples on the homepage.

What you leave with

A laptop on a table showing a simple website, hands resting beside it.

A live project of your own

Something concrete to walk an interviewer or a client through.

A printed CV on a table with a pen resting across it.

A stronger CV and portfolio

Rewritten around what you did, so a recruiter sees it in seconds.

A woman explaining an idea with her hands open while others listen.

Practice presenting your idea

Feedback from the room, and the UK funding routes open to it.

Two people shaking hands across a table at the end of a meeting.

A clear next step

Everyone who completes is considered for the selective advanced route.

Around one table

Laptops open, one idea each, and help on hand when a step stops making sense. Read more about help at your laptop.

A short clip of a group at work around one table. No sound.

Register

Upcoming dates, venues and places are on the booking page. Registration is free and a confirmation email follows.

  • Two days, in person
  • Small groups, so everyone gets time
  • For adults aged 18 to 50
  • Bring a laptop

Pick the dates that suit you on the booking page, or send an enquiry first.

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