AI Dev Tools Zoomcamp 2026

AI Dev Tools Zoomcamp is a free course from DataTalks.Club, led by Alexey Grigorev with co-instructor Bhavani Ravi, that teaches a disciplined, tool-agnostic way to build software with AI coding assistants and agents. The 2026 edition, whose live cohort started on August 31, 2026, follows one application from specification to production across five modules and a final project. Module 1, AI-Native Developer Workflow, compares AI developer tools, turns a vague idea into a specification and backlog, gives agents durable project context through AGENTS.md, and separates PM, engineer and QA roles so agent work is independently verified. Module 2 builds a full-stack app: a frontend prototype, an OpenAPI contract, a FastAPI backend with authentication and real-time collaboration, SQLite persistence and behavioural tests. Module 3 adds integration and Playwright end-to-end tests, migrates to Postgres, packages the app with Docker and deploys it to AWS through GitHub Actions. Module 4 covers observability with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo and Grafana, user-impact alerting, recurring security audits and incident response with bounded agent access. Module 5 extends coding agents with project instructions, MCP, SKILL.md skills, hooks, specialised subagents, plugins, permissions and parallel work in Git worktrees. Lectures are pre-recorded on YouTube and the materials live in a GitHub repository with 1,600+ stars. Certificates require a passing final project and peer reviews during the live cohort; self-paced learners get the same materials without certification. It is explicitly not a prompt-engineering, model-training or RAG course.

Topic

Agentic

Level

Intermediate

Format

Course

Cost

Free

Duration

Live cohort from Aug 31, 2026 (homework deadlines Sep 7 to Oct 19, then a final project), ~5-15 hours/week; or self-paced anytime

Provider

DataTalks.Club

Hands-on

Yes — code/exercises

Certificate

Available

• ✓Turn a vague product idea into a specification and groomed backlog with AI assistance
• ✓Give coding agents durable project context using AGENTS.md and project instructions
• ✓Build a full-stack app with an OpenAPI contract, FastAPI backend and behavioural tests
• ✓Containerize with Docker, migrate SQLite to Postgres and deploy through GitHub Actions CI/CD
• ✓Instrument an AI-built app with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo and Grafana
• ✓Run AI-assisted incident response and recurring security audits with bounded agent access
• ✓Extend coding agents with MCP, SKILL.md skills, hooks, subagents and Git worktrees

• •Tool-agnostic: teaches a workflow that works with any coding agent rather than one vendor's product
• •Covers the full lifecycle of spec, build, test, deploy, observe and audit, not just code generation
• •Completely free with no sponsors, with pre-recorded YouTube lectures and a GitHub repo with 1,600+ stars
• •Emphasises verification: generated code is tested and reviewed rather than accepted because it looks reasonable
• •The live 2026 cohort adds homework deadlines, a leaderboard, peer review and certificate eligibility

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