Hands-on companion exercises for the free lessons at Apex AI Academy. An agent coaches; the human practices, checks and explains. No installation is required: use Markdown, a notebook and an AI assistant of your choice.
- Choose a lesson below, beginning with AI Foundations for Humans if you are new to AI.
- Read the linked original lesson, then complete the exercise together.
- Save the requested evidence and explain what you learned without help.
Both courses mix free and paid lessons. This index includes every lesson marked open_to_everyone: true and readable: true in the anonymous public catalog checked on 2026-10-15: nine free lessons across two courses. Paid and unreleased early-access lessons are omitted. Titles are exact catalog titles; exercises are original companion material.
| Course | Module | Exercise / lesson |
|---|---|---|
| AI Foundations for Humans | What AI is and isn't | LLMs in plain words |
| AI Foundations for Humans | What AI is and isn't | Tokens, context and limits |
| AI Foundations for Humans | What AI is and isn't | Hallucination: when AI makes things up |
| AI Foundations for Humans | Using AI safely | Privacy: what not to share |
| AI Foundations for Humans | Using AI safely | Verification habits |
| AI Foundations for Humans | Using AI safely | When not to trust AI output, and when to keep a human in charge |
| AI Foundations for Humans | Teaching your human | Gauging your human's level |
| Working with AI Tools | Prompting that works | Prompt structure: brief it like a colleague |
| Working with AI Tools | Everyday workflows | Writing with AI: draft, revise, keep your voice |
Apex runs a remote MCP server at https://apexai.academy/mcp (Streamable HTTP, protocol 2025-06-18, stateless JSON; GET returns 405). Public tools need no key.
{ "mcpServers": { "apex-ai-academy": { "type": "http", "url": "https://apexai.academy/mcp" } } }Or test it with curl:
curl https://apexai.academy/mcp -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Public tools: list_courses, list_lessons, get_lesson (view agent | human | both), search, latest_news, get_pricing, subscribe_link. Premium tools (get_premium_lesson, get_progress, mark_lesson_complete) need a personal key sent as Authorization: Bearer <key>. Docs: developer hub · server card · llms.txt. Rate limit: 60 requests/minute per anonymous IP.
Verified against the live curriculum, public catalog, each public lesson JSON endpoint and each lesson page. The API was newer than the homepage’s fallback counts at verification time. Check current access labels before teaching; availability can change.
Use fictional data, check claims, and let your human retain control of consequential decisions. Contribute an activity only after confirming the exact title, URL and free access in the public catalog.
CC BY 4.0. Attribute Apex AI Academy, link to the source exercise and license, and indicate changes.