The 3 Official Agentic Engineering Programs.
Certifying engineering modules designed for engineering schools, universities, and business schools seeking to train in autonomous agent architectures, governance, and advanced reasoning.
The Qognito.io Training Triad
A "First Principles" approach: API plumbing, strict typing, FinOps governance (Ctask), and reinforcement learning (RLVR).
BOOTAG-IA
Building an AI Agent
Autonomous agent architectures from scratch, OOP resilience (R or Python), REST plumbing/JSON Schemas, FinOps telemetry, and EU AI Act compliance auditability (LLM-as-a-Judge).
SAGA-IA
AI Agent Architecture & Governance Strategist
Macro-architectural scoping, FinOps governance (Ctask), Spec-Driven Development (SDD), Zero-Trust harnesses, and compliance with EU AI Act requirements (Art. 14).
REASON-IA
Reasoning, Emergence & Reinforcement Learning
Deep Tech: Stochastic inference, KV Cache from scratch, RLVR reinforcement learning (GRPO algorithm), Self-Consistency, and distillation towards sober, sovereign models.
The Triad for Higher Education & Engineering Schools
Three complementary programs designed to seamlessly integrate into your M1, M2, Engineering, Business School, and PhD curricula:
BOOTAG-IA: Building an AI Agent
For M2 Computer Science, Engineering Students, Data Engineers & Builders. Building autonomous No-Framework agents from scratch.
BOOTAG-IA Partnership Sheet ↓SAGA-IA: AI Architecture Strategist
For M1/M2 Management, Executive Ed, Consultants & Junior CIOs. Macro-architectural scoping, Ctask formula, SDD, and EU AI Act.
SAGA-IA Partnership Sheet ↓REASON-IA: Reasoning & RLVR
For M2 AI/MLOps, Research Engineers, PhD Students & Data Labs. Autoregressive inference, RLVR (GRPO), and Sober AI distillation.
REASON-IA Partnership Sheet ↓BOOTAG-IA: Building an AI Agent (28h)
Higher Education & Engineering Schools Partnership (CTI/CGE).
1. Diagnostic & Educational Benefits of BOOTAG-IA
Building autonomous agents from scratch (OOP in R or Python) interacting directly with REST HTTP APIs.
Execution classes (ExecutionContext) and hermetic sub-agents (Agent-as-a-Tool pattern).
Generating an Evidence Pack certifying deterministic behavior using the LLM-as-a-Judge suite.
2. Tech Stack & R-Native Agentic Architecture (From Scratch)
Unlike overly simplified approaches relying on bloated frameworks, BOOTAG-IA teaches building an agentic harness from scratch in R. This approach guarantees full network control, minimal memory footprint, and industrial isolation without black boxes.
Leveraging {httr2} to query the official Gemini REST API directly. Full network control: native exponential backoff handling (req_retry), HTTP 429/500/503 error handling, and transparent fallback switching without heavy Python frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex).
Native JSON Schema specification using nested R named lists passed directly to generationConfig$responseSchema. Guaranteed parsing and type safety without Pydantic via jsonlite::fromJSON.
The R6 architecture separates truth (immutable R6 ExecutionContext: history, metadata, token budget) from the ephemeral view (LlmRequest). Sub-agents (Agent-as-a-Tool) maintain isolated contexts preventing context poisoning.
RAG and memory implemented via the tidyverse (dplyr, purrr): chunking, embeddings via embedContent, and manual cosine similarity computed from scratch without heavy vector DBs like ChromaDB.
The R agent acts as a universal lightweight client via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), dynamically orchestrating remote tool servers written in Node.js, Python, or Go.
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Industrial isolation guaranteed by {renv} and its renv.lock lockfile, eliminating dependency conflicts frequently encountered in Python environments (Conda, Poetry, Pyenv).
3. Curriculum Outline & Detailed Syllabus (16 Modules / 28h)
Structured progression in 4 progressive engineering sections. Each module delivers a new tool or R/Python class in the learner's toolbox:
- Mod. 1.1: Modeling, REST & Network Resilience
- Mod. 1.2: Authority System Prompt & SessionManager
- Mod. 1.3: Structured Outputs (JSON Schema)
- Mod. 1.4: Sequentiality & GAIA Benchmark
- Mod. 2.1: Tool Discovery & REST Protocols
- Mod. 2.2: OOP Tools Standard & MCP Protocol
- Mod. 2.3: Centralized ExecutionContext & Interfaces
- Mod. 2.4: Autonomous ReAct Engine (Think-Act-Observe)
- Mod. 3.1: RAG & In-Memory VectorStore (768d)
- Mod. 3.2: Autonomous Structure Exploration
- Mod. 3.3: Long-Term Memory & Multi-Run Compaction
- Mod. 3.4: Discovery & Agent Skills (YAML/SKILL.md)
- Mod. 4.1: Metacognition, Planning & Reflection
- Mod. 4.2: Multi-Agent Orchestration (Agent-as-a-Tool)
- Mod. 4.3: Telemetry & Observability (Trace ID)
- Mod. 4.4: Quality Flywheel (LLM-as-a-Judge) & CI/CD
Integrate the BOOTAG-IA Bootcamp (28h) into your Curriculum
SAGA-IA: AI Agent Architecture & Governance Strategist (14h to 21h)
Modular Course for Business Schools, Executive Education, Management Masters & CIO Tracks.
1. Diagnostic & Educational Benefits of SAGA-IA
Real-time token monitoring probes and financial circuit breakers.
Drafting structured workflow contracts to eliminate Context Rot.
Anti-injection harnesses, Human-In-The-Loop (HITL) protocols, and emergency stop switches.
2. Format, Duration & Target Audience
Tailored per audience: 7h (Decision makers & CIOs), 14h (Delivery & Project Managers), 21h (Tech Consultants & Executive Ed).
Leverages Google Gemini hierarchy (3.5-flash-lite for evals, 3.5-flash for execution, 3.5-pro for reasoning), Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and XML/Markdown contracts.
3. Curriculum Outline & Detailed Syllabus (5 Sections / 10 Modules)
Macro-architectural structure across 5 pillars of scoping, wiring, and industrial governance:
- Mod. 1.1: Accounting arbitrage (Full Ctask cost)
- Mod. 1.2: Last mile of physical system wiring
- Mod. 2.1: 5 Agentic bricks & GAIA Benchmark
- Mod. 2.2: Private Harness vs EU AI Act (Art. 14)
- Mod. 3.1: Infinite window & Multi-model compaction
- Mod. 3.2: Spec-Driven Development (SDD contracts)
- Mod. 4.1: PocketOS Post-mortem & Attention Asymmetry
- Mod. 4.2: Fatal Triad (Simon Willison) & Sandboxing
- Mod. 5.1: Generator-Judge Pattern & Quality Flywheel
- Mod. 5.2: Reversibility Grid, Session Freezing & Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)
Integrate the SAGA-IA Module (14h to 21h) into your Curriculum
REASON-IA: Reasoning, Emergence & RLVR (40h)
Deep Tech Track for M2 AI/MLOps, Research Engineers & PhD Candidates.
1. Diagnostic & Educational Benefits of REASON-IA
Low-level PyTorch/R tensor memory writing and stochastic decoding (Top-p, Temperature, Self-Consistency).
Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards: relative advantage normalization and KL penalty.
Chain-of-thought capture (Thought) and Masked Cross-Entropy distillation towards compact embedded models.
2. Tech Stack & Hybrid Sobriety (R & PyTorch via reticulate)
Hybrid Sobriety: Leveraging reticulate allows leveraging heavy PyTorch tensors while preserving a lightweight, fluid, and testable R-native orchestration.
Why the Alliance of R & {reticulate} is Best Practice?
- The "Python-Only Overkill" Syndrome: Wanting to write everything in Python (statistical analysis, budget modeling, unit testing, data visualization) leads to unnecessary over-complexity compared to R's native power.
- The Optimized Hybrid Approach:
- Leave heavy compute to the heavy lifters (Python/CUDA): PyTorch tensors and neural network computations run in C++/GPU on the Python side.
- Leave control to the rigorous engine (R/Tidyverse): I/O (downloads), logit analysis, latency visualizations (
{ggplot2}), compliance tests ({testthat}), and orchestration are written in R.
- Takeaway: Ultra-smooth IPC (Inter-Process Communication) with negligible overhead compared to LLM inference time.
3. Curriculum Outline & Detailed Syllabus (8 Sections / 32 Modules / 40h)
Intensive 5-day Deep Tech program covering the complete chain from reasoning to RLVR:
- System tokens & Raw logits
- Greedy vs Multinomial sampling
- Rollout loops & Inference
- KV Cache from scratch in PyTorch/R
- Brace parser & SymPy
- Parallel MATH-500 benchmark
- Top-p Filtering & Temperature
- Self-Consistency & Majority voting
- Logprobs & Semantic uncertainty
- Feedback & Iterative correction
- RLHF vs RLVR (verifiable rewards)
- GRPO Normalization & Policy Gradient
- Entropy, Clipped Ratios & KL Divergence
- Format Rewards & Anti-reward hacking
- Teacher Curation & Answer-Only SFT
- Masked Cross-Entropy & Sober models