XFACTOR ACADEMY × ULISES DE LA CRUZ COLLABORATION

Agentic AI without hype

Decide what to delegate to an agent, test it with real tools and handle an incident before a 30-day pilot.

Free · about two hours, at your own pace · verifiable certificate

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What you'll do

One continuous case, start to finish. You leave with a delegation contract, a test bank and a 30-day pilot.

Judgement and architecture

Recognize an agent by its decision loop, not its label. Justify the simplest architecture that solves the task before choosing a brand.

Delegation and prototype

Write a delegation contract with green, yellow and red permissions, and human authorization for external or irreversible actions. Run a real tool demo: a trace, abstention and a send blocked without approval.

Tests and incidents

Design normal, incomplete, adversarial and critical cases, and calculate cost per useful task. Handle an incident: the agent sent 200 wrong emails. In VR or an accessible scenario.

30-day pilot

Present a pilot an owner can approve or stop, with metrics and a budget. Final assessment at 80% or more, four badges and a verifiable certificate.

No coding and no paid tool: the demo runs with one button and you can work with the worked case. A VR headset is optional.

XFactor Academy

This course is a collaboration: Ulises De la Cruz designs the content and methodology; XFactor Academy is the platform where you enroll, learn and earn your certificate, issued by XFactor Academy in collaboration with Ulises De la Cruz Consulting. The course is free. A live session with Ulises runs once a month and is optional.