the academy
Certificates you can't cram for.
Every OAC level is assessed on one thing: a working system you built in your own business. No quizzes, no slideware. The deliverable is the evidence and the badge is the receipt.
the ladder
Four levels. Start wherever you are.
Each level maps to modules of the curriculum and ends with a deliverable that keeps working after the badge arrives.
Claude Code running, first real query on your business
Terminal, VS Code and your repo set up, earned in week one
The brain built, one tool running without you
Your context core, your first authored skill and an owner-light loop, live
Agent loops, your own apps, your own client HQ
Scheduled automation and software you vibe-coded yourself
A system that makes money, documented end to end
A live, revenue-generating operation you own and can prove
the opscode toolverse
The real tools. The hard way.
No drag-and-drop shortcuts. You learn the professional tools on your real business. Harder for a week, yours forever.
the tools
Claude Code
The AI that works in your files, not in a chat window. It reads your business and does real work in it. This is the spine of everything we teach.
Now you're ready to build.
how a cohort runs
Four weeks, then three months on call.
Week 1: foundations. Claude Code running, first real query on your business. Week 2: the brain. Your knowledge becomes the context core. Week 3: Self as Code. Who the system is for. Week 4: the owner-light loop. One workflow ships and runs without you. Then three months of on-call support while it beds in.
why 12 months
AI moves too fast for lifetime badges.
A two-year-old AI certification proves nothing about current capability. OAC credentials expire after 12 months, and renewal is practical: you show the system still runs and has grown. That keeps the badge worth something.
Two ways to learn
Live cohorts: four weeks with your team on your real business, then three months of support. Or the self-paced community track at your own speed, with the same practical bar to pass.
Verifiable by anyone
Every credential carries a public verification link showing the holder, level, issue date and expiry. Anyone can check it without trusting our word for it.
the graduate track
The graduate path runs through here.
Young builders and career changers climb the same ladder, earned the same way: by shipping. The graduate program adds placement into a real business and a public profile built as you go.
start here
Cohorts are running now.
Book 30 minutes with our team. Tell him where you are, solo or bringing a team, and you'll leave knowing which level to start at and when the next cohort begins.