Create solutions, services, or products

AI Operator Business

Turn business problems into working AI solutions without becoming a developer. Bring a problem from a client, your business, or an idea. Leave with something you can sell, run, or launch.

Source: PwC AI Jobs Barometer 2026
≈8× faster
AI-skilled job growth
AI skills
+69%
Market
+9%
+62%
AI wage premium
AI-skilled role
162
Comparable
100
ADMISSIONEnrolling · Sept 12
By application
Duration6 weeks
FormatHybrid · live & recorded
Live sessionsSat · 10am–2pm ET
CohortSeptember 12, 2026
Tuition$1,999
Seats remaining6–8 hours/week
The problem

Tutorials don't ship.
Deployed systems do.

Learning alone
Sells hours
Tutorials, no deployments
No offer to sell
Waits for a developer
vs
Syntax Fellowship
Ships a live solution
A defined offer
Retainers and products
Builds it yourself

Most people watch AI get built.
Business graduates ship deployed systems.

Why Syntax is different

Four reasons professionals choose Syntax

AI EXPERTS

Learn from AI practitioners

Learn from mentors who actively use Claude and AI tools for automation, research, content creation, coding, and real business workflows.

HANDS-ON

Learn by Building

Complete hands-on projects, practical exercises, and real-world assignments that help you apply Claude with confidence.

INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING

Support Beyond the Classroom

Get live mentor guidance, Q&A sessions, recordings, and community support throughout learning journey.

FOUNDED IN 2017

Apply AI with confidence

We've helped learners build practical technology skills through structured, instructor led programs since 2017.

Proof, not promises

What you can build in this program

Marketing manager · Agency · Example scenario

He turned one blog post into a week of client content

A single Claude Skill takes each client blog post and produces a full week of LinkedIn posts and email copy, in the client's voice.

Input1 post per client
Output7 days of content
6hBack every weekone post in, a week of content out
Freelance consultant · Example scenario

She shipped a client-winning machine during the program

A portfolio site and client intake system, planned and shipped with Claude Code, live before the program ended.

ShippedSite + intake system
Built withClaude Code week 2
2Retainer clients signedsite + intake live before Demo Day
Account executive · B2B SaaS

His pipeline now qualifies itself

An AI employee wired into the CRM qualifies every inbound lead and drafts the first outreach email, before he's even seen it.

LeadsQualified automatically
OutreachDrafted for review
5hSaved every weekdemos book themselves
The program journey

Six modules, one solution, shipped

Your own problem or idea, carried through six weeks: Cowork, Skills, Claude Code, Design, Workflows, then shipped as a product.

01
Module 01

Foundations, problem and Cowork

Find the right problem, map who you are really solving for, scope it to an MVP, then automate one recurring task end to end in Claude Cowork.

What you'll learn
The Claude ecosystem: Cowork, Code, Skills, Plugins
Finding the right problem and mapping stakeholders
Requirements and MVP scoping before you touch a tool
Cowork: connectors, browser automation, scheduled projects
Learning outcomes
Your track chosen and a real problem to build on
One recurring task automated in Claude Cowork
A before and after time saving you measured
Used in industries
AgenciesStartupsOperationsRetail
Projects you'll build
01
The chosen problem

Track, stakeholders and MVP scope.

02
A scheduled automation

One recurring task, running to plan.

Tools you'll use
ClaudeExcelNotion
Career skills gained
Problem framingStakeholder mappingClaude CoworkScheduling & connectors
02
Module 02

Skills and Plugins

Package your know-how so it runs the same way every time: custom Claude Skills built from templates and from scratch, tested three ways, plus plugins you install, customise and publish.

What you'll learn
Creating Skills: methods, templates, folder structure
Five Skill design patterns and effective instructions
Testing your Skills with three proven methods
Plugins: installing, customising and publishing your own
Learning outcomes
A packaged Skill anyone on your team can run
A before and after pair showing what the Skill changes
A plugin installed or published for your workflow
Used in industries
AgenciesConsultingEducationStartups
Projects you'll build
01
Your custom Skill

Tone, rules and format encoded.

02
The before and after pair

Same brief, with and without.

Tools you'll use
ClaudeGitHubNotion
Career skills gained
Claude SkillsSkill testingPluginsInstruction design
03
Module 03

Claude Code

Move from assisted work to always-on systems. Learn when a workflow engine beats a chat interface, install and operate n8n, connect anything through APIs and webhooks with proper authentication, then read and write real databases with pipelines that survive failure.

What you'll learn
Claude vs n8n / Make / Zapier — when to reach for a workflow engine
The n8n canvas: nodes, executions, triggers, branching & scheduling
APIs, the HTTP Request node & webhooks in real time
API keys, OAuth2, HMAC, rate limiting & retries
Databases, ETL pipelines, error handling & alerting
Learning outcomes
Run always-on workflows with securely managed credentials
Connect any two systems through APIs and webhooks
Build ETL pipelines that keep running — and debug them fast
Used in industries
Financial ServicesOperationsRetailStartups
Projects you'll build
01
A public API integrated into n8n

A live workflow calling a real service through the HTTP Request node.

02
An ETL pipeline with error handling

API to transform to database, with retries and Slack alerting.

03
A hardened workflow

A fragile workflow reviewed and made production-safe.

Tools you'll use
n8nDockerNotionGitHub
Career skills gained
n8n OrchestrationAPIs & WebhooksAuthenticationDatabases & ETL
04
Module 04

Design and integrations

Move from assisted work to always-on systems. Learn when a workflow engine beats a chat interface, install and operate n8n, connect anything through APIs and webhooks with proper authentication, then read and write real databases with pipelines that survive failure.

What you'll learn
Claude vs n8n / Make / Zapier — when to reach for a workflow engine
The n8n canvas: nodes, executions, triggers, branching & scheduling
APIs, the HTTP Request node & webhooks in real time
API keys, OAuth2, HMAC, rate limiting & retries
Databases, ETL pipelines, error handling & alerting
Learning outcomes
Run always-on workflows with securely managed credentials
Connect any two systems through APIs and webhooks
Build ETL pipelines that keep running — and debug them fast
Used in industries
Financial ServicesOperationsRetailStartups
Projects you'll build
01
A public API integrated into n8n

A live workflow calling a real service through the HTTP Request node.

02
An ETL pipeline with error handling

API to transform to database, with retries and Slack alerting.

03
A hardened workflow

A fragile workflow reviewed and made production-safe.

Tools you'll use
n8nDockerNotionGitHub
Career skills gained
n8n OrchestrationAPIs & WebhooksAuthenticationDatabases & ETL
05
Module 05

Workflows and APIs

Move from assisted work to always-on systems. Learn when a workflow engine beats a chat interface, install and operate n8n, connect anything through APIs and webhooks with proper authentication, then read and write real databases with pipelines that survive failure.

What you'll learn
Claude vs n8n / Make / Zapier — when to reach for a workflow engine
The n8n canvas: nodes, executions, triggers, branching & scheduling
APIs, the HTTP Request node & webhooks in real time
API keys, OAuth2, HMAC, rate limiting & retries
Databases, ETL pipelines, error handling & alerting
Learning outcomes
Run always-on workflows with securely managed credentials
Connect any two systems through APIs and webhooks
Build ETL pipelines that keep running — and debug them fast
Used in industries
Financial ServicesOperationsRetailStartups
Projects you'll build
01
A public API integrated into n8n

A live workflow calling a real service through the HTTP Request node.

02
An ETL pipeline with error handling

API to transform to database, with retries and Slack alerting.

03
A hardened workflow

A fragile workflow reviewed and made production-safe.

Tools you'll use
n8nDockerNotionGitHub
Career skills gained
n8n OrchestrationAPIs & WebhooksAuthenticationDatabases & ETL
06
Module 06

Data, agents, RAG and shipping

Put intelligence inside your workflows and ship the result. Connect LLM providers, engineer prompts you can evaluate, build agents with tools and memory, ground them in company knowledge with RAG, then deploy, monitor and document real products before the capstone.

What you'll learn
Connecting Claude, OpenAI & Gemini into n8n with structured output
Prompt engineering plus evals that prove prompt quality
AI agents: tools, memory, autonomy & multi-agent orchestration
RAG, embeddings & vector databases over company knowledge
MCP, deployment, monitoring, documentation & the capstone
Learning outcomes
Build agents whose output you can measure, not just hope for
Ground any agent in your own documents with RAG
Ship, monitor and document a real agentic automation
Used in industries
SalesRecruitingFinancial ServicesHealth & Fitness
Projects you'll build
01
A customer-support agent

Claude plus n8n plus RAG, answering from company knowledge.

02
A sales / ops automation

Lead through CRM to follow-up, running end to end.

03
Your capstone and portfolio

A deployed agentic automation, two proof points and a job-ready resume.

Tools you'll use
Clauden8nPlaywrightExcel
Career skills gained
LLM IntegrationAI AgentsRAG & Vector DBsDeployment & MCP
Fellowship experience

Assignments & Activities

Each module is reinforced through practical assignments, guided activities and structured feedback, so you apply what you learn as the programme progresses.

Week by week
Week 1
Assignment· 60 min
Scope the problem: stakeholders, brief, MVP cut
Assignment· 75 min
Automate one recurring task in Claude Cowork
Week 2
Assignment· 75 min
Build and submit a custom Claude Skill
Assignment· 30 min
Test the Skill three ways, then hand it to a peer
Week 3
Assignment· 90 min
Build and deploy a working app with Claude Code
Assignment· 45 min
Live peer code review session
Week 4
Assignment· 75 min
Design and publish a client-ready page or deck
Assignment· 30 min
Live Q&A on Claude for your track
Week 5
Assignment· 90 min
Build an always-on n8n workflow from a webhook
Assignment· 30 min
Break it on purpose: malformed input, retries, logs
Week 6
Assignment· 90 min
Ship a RAG agent over real docs, deployed and monitored
Capstone project

Bring everything together in your final capstone

Package a production AI solution, the app, the workflow, the agent grounded in real documents, deployed and monitored, and present it with the offer that sells it.

A deployed solution, monitored and versioned
A knowledge base built from real client docs
A one-page service offering you could sell
Present your approach and outcomes
Leave with a portfolio-ready asset

Download the complete module-by-module fellowship breakdown.

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How it works

Four steps from one process to proof

STEP 01

Bring one process

One boring, recurring task from your own job. That's the entry ticket.

STEP 02

Get selected

We review every process for fit, recurring, measurable, worth automating.

STEP 03

Learn and build

Six weeks of live sessions and mentor-reviewed builds on your own process.

STEP 04

Graduate with proof

An approved automation, a measured result, and the pack that proves it.

Program benefits

What you graduate with

Industry-ready portfolio

The app, workflows, agent and deployment, a complete system to show any client or employer.

A live AI solution

Deployed, monitored, versioned, yours to sell, ship, or show.

Real deployment experience

Prompts, workflows, and integrations you can reuse on the job.

A defined offer

A packaged, priced service or product you can take to market.

Certificate

A credential backed by what you actually built.

Lifetime alumni access

Future cohorts, resources, and events, forever.

Your credential

A certificate that proves what you built

Earn an official Syntax Technologies Certificate of Completion.

Issued in your name with a verifiable completion date
Signed by your program lead at Syntax Technologies
Shareable on LinkedIn, your resume, and your portfolio
Syntax Technologies Certificate of Completion
Common questions

Everything you’re wondering about

No coding background required. You learn enough technology to direct AI, with AI doing the typing and mentors unblocking you.

You leave with a live solution and a defined offer. Revenue depends on your market, outreach, and delivery.

Professional transforms your current job. Business builds a working solution plus a client offer, product roadmap, or business case.

Different kinds of hard. Professional needs process ownership; Business adds building and deployment depth. Choose by goal.

AI Operator Professional
Next cohort September 12, 2026
6 weeks · live & recorded
$1,999