AI Crash Courses · Paddock20 Academy
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The stack
The same tools used in live client builds. One course per tool.
Who finishes with deployed software
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AI does not replace judgment — it multiplies it.
What separates agentic engineering from vibe coding. The leverage stack: tool fluency + human judgment + AI speed. Why the arc matters: Excel → certified → no-code → full-stack → agentic.
You can explain the difference between agentic engineering and vibe coding in one sentence.
Before you build anything, you have to see it clearly.
The mental model shift from operator to architect. How to read a problem, scope a system, and decide what to build before a single line of code is written.
You have scoped one real problem you have right now into a one-page system map.
Paddock20 is a studio, a school, and a signal.
How Paddock20 works: the studio side (builds), the school side (courses), and what a client relationship actually looks like. The context that makes every other course make sense.
You know which of the three doors you're walking through.
The thinking partner that lives in every browser.
ChatGPT from basic prompts to production workflows: custom GPTs, Projects, the Canvas editor for drafts, operator-mode system prompts, and the tasks and scheduled jobs that run without you.
One scheduled task runs overnight and lands in your inbox.
The reasoning engine behind the agentic stack.
Claude from first conversation to system-prompt author: Projects for context persistence, the 200K context window and what to put in it, prompt engineering for operators, and when to reach for Claude versus ChatGPT.
One system prompt runs a real repeating job without you in the loop.
Terminal-native agentic engineering.
Claude Code from first command to multi-file agent loops: CLAUDE.md, tool approval, memory files, slash commands, MCP server setup, and the real cost model from live Paddock Meter data.
One agent loop runs a multi-file edit and commits to GitHub without your hands on the keyboard.
Working alongside Claude, not just prompting it.
The cowork model: shared context, Claude as a thought partner on real decisions, the back-and-forth that produces better outcomes than a single big prompt, and how to maintain a persistent working relationship across sessions.
One real work decision is better because Claude was in the room.
Describe a one-pager. Get a polished artifact.
Claude Design (Anthropic's visual surface) from first brief to exported deliverable: feeding it your brand materials, iterating with inline comments, exporting to PDF, PowerPoint, and Canva files, and handing finished work to Claude Code when a design needs to become software.
A real client deliverable exports from Claude Design and it carries your brand without a single font decision.
The machine that builds the machine.
Replit from first prompt to deployed app: Agent 3, the plan-build-test loop, checkpoint management, storage and retrieval, and the cost model behind ~200-minute autonomous sessions. The starter course for everyone who has never touched a terminal.
Your app loads on someone else's phone.
Screens you'd pay a designer for.
v0 from first prompt to deployed page: one-screen-per-message discipline, brand pasting, refine-by-pointing, GitHub sync, and the 2:45 portal-page build that ships in the room. Four-thousand-plus build prompts logged.
The portal URL is live and saved on your phone's home screen.
AI-native code editor, production workflow.
Cursor from install to production: .cursorrules, Composer for multi-file edits, agent mode, codebase indexing, and pairing it with v0 and Claude for the full agentic stack.
One real-world edit runs through Composer and lands in production.
Where the build becomes a URL.
Vercel from first deploy to production domain: GitHub connect, preview URLs, environment variables, instant rollback, cron jobs, Web Analytics, and the Edge Functions that run serverless logic at the CDN. 1,870 deploys and counting.
Your own domain loads the build.
Serverless Postgres that scales to zero and back.
Neon from project creation to production queries: branching, pooled connections, Drizzle ORM setup, migrations, the Neon MCP for schema changes inside v0, and the autoscale settings that keep the bill flat.
A query runs from production and the branch model is set up.
Your app's memory.
Supabase from first table to production auth: the Table Editor as a spreadsheet you own, Row Level Security, real-time subscriptions, file storage, and 262,000 API requests to validate the approach.
A test submission shows up in the Table Editor.
The email that sends.
Resend from domain verification to production delivery: event-driven templates, plain-text twins, delivery webhooks, React Email components, and six verified sending domains across the Paddock20 operation.
The confirmation lands in your inbox and the dashboard says delivered.
Production-quality AI voice in six lessons.
ElevenLabs from voice cloning to live deployment: voice design, latency tuning, the Retell AI integration, and the Amy architecture — the same stack powering (615) 551-3500.
A caller hears the voice and cannot tell it isn't human.
46 tools wired to each other in an afternoon.
Composio from first connector to multi-tool agent: auth management, action chaining, MCP integration, and the Paddock20 stack that bridges Claude, n8n, and Cal.com.
One action fires across two tools without manual handoff.
Workflow automation that actually ships.
n8n from self-hosted install to production workflows: nodes, HTTP calls, webhooks, error branches, and the Composio connector library that wires 46 tools without code.
One workflow runs on a schedule and the log is clean.
Booking infrastructure for serious operators.
Cal.com from account setup to API-driven booking: event types, routing forms, round-robin teams, webhooks, and the Cal.com + Amy integration that auto-books from every inbound call.
A booking fires through the API and lands in the calendar.
Fast images for production apps.
Cloudflare Images from upload to responsive delivery: variants, transformations, signed URLs, the R2 storage integration, and the deployment setup that shielded 3.8M requests without an origin hit.
An image loads from the CDN on a real domain with a real variant applied.
Video delivery without the infrastructure tax.
Cloudflare Stream from upload to embedded playback: adaptive bitrate, signed URLs, webhooks on upload completion, and the embed pattern that puts course video inside a Next.js LMS without a CDN bill.
A video plays on a real URL, gated behind a signed token.
Design at operator speed.
Canva from blank canvas to brand system: the Brand Kit, Magic Design, AI image generation, bulk-create for client reports, and the template library that makes consistent output automatic.
A real client deliverable comes out of Canva in under fifteen minutes.
Why proof beats a pitch.
The Replit certification earns itself from shipped work: capabilities read from real deployed apps, not an exam. Level 4 Advanced Builder, 19 capabilities — earned by an operator building exactly what this weekend teaches.
Your cert profile is open and two target capabilities are written in this margin.
From 38 to 72 in a real case study.
The full Paddock20 SEO pipeline: DataForSEO integration, keyword clustering, the Neon warehouse schema, and the content brief system that moved paddock20.com from position 38 to 72 in the first 90 days.
Your keyword warehouse is seeded and the first position report lands in your inbox.
The integration layer every agentic stack needs.
MCP servers, browser extensions, API connectors, and the IP tools that make Claude Code a full-stack operator — not just a code generator.
One MCP server runs inside Claude Code on a real task.
Every call ends booked or captured.
The complete Amy architecture: Retell AI 10-node conductor flow, ElevenLabs voice, Claude Sonnet reasoning, Cal.com booking, and the Neon call_logs schema. The same stack answering (615) 551-3500.
A test call reaches the agent, gets routed, and books a slot.
Three questions. One AI blueprint. Real pipeline.
The full RAIL gateway: intent classification, three-branch routing (Design / Diagnose / Explore), AI mockup generation, blueprint email with PDF, and the magic-link design viewer.
An intake completes and the blueprint lands in the prospect's inbox.
The part where you get paid.
Stripe from Payment Link in two minutes to subscription webhooks in production: deposits, invoices, Checkout Sessions, the webhook signature check, idempotency keys, and 118 real payments processed to prove the playbook.
A test payment clears and the branded receipt sends.
Build it, then get paid monthly.
The productized retainer model: the duPont REGISTRY deal with real numbers, the wedge-not-platform build strategy, the pitch skeleton, the monthly report that renews the relationship, and ten moves from first conversation to recurring invoice.
Three names in this margin, and the pitch skeleton filled in for the warmest one.
Ship software that does not leak.
The three security controls that look like polish: CSP headers, RLS policies, and signed tokens. Plus: input validation, rate limiting, and the Cloudflare rules that shielded 3.8M requests.
RLS is on, one CSP header is live, and no keys are in the repo.
A $125M/mo throughput tool, built live.
Full build walkthrough of the DRX Lot Assistant — the AI pricing and inventory tool running inside a live automotive marketplace. Architecture decisions, edge cases, and what made it production-ready for a named client.
You can explain the architecture in one paragraph and defend every decision.
From idea to live product in the exotic car market.
Full build walkthrough of SupercarIQ — the AI exotic car intelligence platform. Data ingestion, pricing models, UI architecture, and the SEO strategy driving organic traffic in a high-intent vertical.
The live product is open in a tab and you can explain how it makes money.
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