Build Your Own Coding Agent

What You'll Build

A step-by-step tutorial for building an AI coding assistant from scratch. Bootstrap it with an existing agent, then use it to improve itself.

Build a complete AI coding agent from scratch over a weekend. This hands-on tutorial walks through the entire process of creating an agent that can write, test, and improve code.

What You’ll Build

A fully functional coding agent with:

Tool execution (bash, file operations)
Context awareness through research reports
Slash commands for common operations
Session analysis and resumption

The Philosophy

This project demonstrates three key ideas:

Prompts to write prompts - The /research command generates research reports that become prompts for future work.
Specialized knowledge - By loading research reports into the system prompt, the agent has domain-specific knowledge.
Self-improvement - The agent can summarize its own sessions, identify what it’s learned, and resume previous work.

Get Started

Read the full tutorial

Materials Needed

• Computer with internet access
• Basic command line knowledge
• Text editor

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