Where AI fits and where it ends
Choose appropriate AI workflow candidates.
Tier 1 · AI Operating Discipline
Use AI safely inside a real workflow you own.
Tier 1 turns basic understanding into operating capability. The learner moves from "I understand AI basics" to "I can safely operate one AI-augmented workflow with review discipline, data boundaries, measurement, and kill criteria." The credential path leads to the Aegis Operator certification, the first true credential on the Academy ladder.
Audience
For people who own workflows.
Operators, coordinators, analysts, admin leads, managers who own workflows, department heads, internal AI champions. Anyone whose name will be on a workflow that uses AI.
Self-paced course
AI Operating Discipline Course · 6 to 10 hours.
Nine modules including capstone. Modules 1 to 8 build the operating discipline; module 9 is the workflow build that becomes the credential capstone.
Context as inventory
Build a reusable context inventory for one role and task type.
Context as scaffolding
Construct instructions, examples, anti-examples, format constraints, and refusal conditions.
Context as memory
Choose when to use new chats, continued chats, projects, and memory features.
Reviewing AI output without becoming the bottleneck
Review AI output quickly and safely.
Verification scaffolding
Define human checks, AI checks, and source-of-truth checks.
Data exposure discipline
Decide what data may or may not enter AI tools.
The kill-criteria habit
Define when to stop an AI experiment.
Cost, latency, and tool literacy
Understand basic model and tool tradeoffs.
Failure mode recognition
Identify how AI silently breaks work.
Capstone workflow build
Redesign one real workflow with AI checkpoints.
Learner artifact
AI Workflow Operating Plan.
The capstone artifact. Submitted at the end of the course and used by the cert assessor to evaluate the candidate's workflow design and operating discipline.
Workflow selectedCurrent processProposed AI roleHuman review pointsData allowed/prohibitedQuality standardSuccess metricKill criteriaRollback plan14-day usage results
Live workshop
AI Workflow Build Sprint · half-day or full-day.
Participants map one real workflow into the operating-plan template and leave with a documented workflow ready to run.
· Current-state process· AI insertion point· Human review gate· Data boundary· Success metric· Kill criteria· Rollback path· Next action owner
Credential
Aegis Operator Certification.
Proves the holder can safely operate one AI-augmented workflow with review discipline, data boundaries, measurement, and kill criteria.
- · Complete the Tier 1 course (or approved challenge path)
- · Submit the AI Workflow Operating Plan capstone, run for ≥14 days
- · Pass the scenario assessment — five domains
Scenario assessment measures applied judgment across five domains. Credential quality controls include SME review, item rotation, calibration, renewal, and audit trail.
See full certification ladder →Where to start
Take the AI Fluency Test first.
The free Fluency Test routes you to the right starting tier. Advanced-band candidates may be eligible for the challenge path into Tier 1. Foundational and Developing candidates default to course-first.
What comes next
Tier 1 graduates can move into Tier 2.
Operators who direct work for others (managers, team leads, founders) often progress into Tier 2 (Agentic Delegation) for the Aegis Practitioner credential path (by application).
30 min
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Quoted in writing after scope
Pricing depends on workshop tier, customization depth, and group size. We quote in writing after the discovery call so the scope and the price match what gets delivered.