Small-group, coach-led courses where teens build and launch real apps with Claude Code, Cursor, and the AI workflows professionals use. Not videos. Not toy platforms. Shipped software with a URL you can open.
An illustration of a typical eight-week project. Real student work goes here once our first cohort ships.
Programs
Every course ends with working software your kid built and deployed — not a certificate for watching videos.
The on-ramp. Describe what you want to build, learn to direct AI tools with precision, ship your first real web app — and understand the code underneath.
Terminal-first, professional workflow: agentic coding, git, code review, and shipping features like a real engineering team.
Idea to launched product: design, build, deploy, and put it in front of real users. Portfolio-ready by design.
Two intensive weeks, one shipped app, and a demo day for parents on the final Friday.
A dedicated coach and a custom roadmap — for beginners who want momentum or advanced students going deep.
What Students Build
We haven’t run our first cohort yet, so we’re not going to show you student work that doesn’t exist. These are the project types our courses are built around — real student projects replace them here, with permission, once they ship.
A focus timer that tracks daily streaks — state, storage, and a UI that has to survive a page refresh.
Example · Vibe Coding CourseMaps and reviews for trails near you — a first encounter with third-party APIs and messy real-world data.
Example · AI App BuildingA scheduling app with real logins — accounts, permissions, and data that belongs to more than one person.
Example · Claude Code BootcampFor Parents
You should be skeptical of “AI for kids.” We wrote honest, in-depth answers to the three questions we hear most.
A printable checklist for setting up accounts, supervision, and tool access before your child writes a line of code.
Read the safety checklist →Verified minimum ages for 16 AI coding tools, taken from the official terms of service and dated. Claude Code and Cursor are both 18+.
Check the age requirements →An honest guide to what’s genuinely free — plus the resources we checked and rejected, and why.
See what’s actually free →Coaches
Full bios, credentials, and shipped work — coming here at launch.
FAQ
No. The Vibe Coding Course assumes zero experience. Students with prior Scratch or Python move faster, but the starting line is the same: an idea they want to build.
Claude Code, Cursor, and standard professional tools — git, a real editor, a real terminal. The professional workflow, adjusted for age, never watered down into a toy platform.
AI writes drafts; students direct, review, test, and fix. Every student must be able to explain what their app does and why — we check, every week.
A deployed app with a real URL, a project write-up in our student showcase, and the skills to build the next one on their own.
Book a free consultation — we’ll find the right course and age band together. No pressure, no commitment.
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