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Advanced patterns

Five techniques that are easy to over-apply, each with what it costs and the measurement that decides whether you need it: multi-agent for privilege separation, MCP in both directions, vector indexes at scale, fine-tuning a small router, and OIDC for end users. Then the principles that carry across the course.

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What’s inside

  • 1. Multi-agent: split for privilege, not for fashion
  • 2. MCP in both directions
  • 3. Vector search at scale
  • 4. Fine-tuning: build the cheap baseline first
  • 5. OIDC: identity for end users
  • 6. What to carry away
  • Exercises
  • Check yourself