The build · 5 stages · engineers and final-year students
80 applications. 3 shortlists. The problem is not you.
Your CV reads exactly like your batchmate's and the recruiter gives it six seconds. This is one build for final-year students and fresh graduates with no coding background: a working AI system on real business data, published where a recruiter can click it, rehearsed until you can demo it under pressure.
One line on the CV that the recruiter has not read three hundred times today.
What the build is designed against
Four gates stand between you and an offer.
Not a syllabus. Each stage exists because one of these gates exists, and the thing you build is what gets you through it.
The screen
Six seconds of attention. A CV line with a live link is the one line they have not read hundreds of times today.
The shortlist
Referrals go to candidates who give people something concrete to forward. Repos and a build log are forwardable.
The interview
You open the laptop, run the thing, and answer for decisions you actually made. No prepared speech survives a panel.
The offer
Panels compare candidates by what they remember. Being the one who opened a laptop is how offers happen.
Try this before you read further. Open your CV next to a batchmate's and count the lines that differ. Thirty seconds, and you will know exactly what the recruiter sees.
What you walk out with
6 things that exist at the end.
Not things you watched. Each one is checkable by someone who has never met you.
A working AI operating system
Skills, slash commands, sub-agents, and MCP connections you built and can explain line by line.
Analysis on real procurement data
Spend cubes, three-way match, maverick spend, category strategy. The work an analyst is paid to do.
Three public repositories
With READMEs and figures written for a recruiter who has four minutes, not for another engineer.
A three-minute live demo
Scripted, timed, and rehearsed against the questions a sceptical panel asks.
An ROI memo
One page in the format a hiring manager recognises: situation, data, options, recommendation, risk.
A 40-company pipeline
Researched, tracked, and worked on a cadence instead of firing applications into the dark.
How the build runs
Five stages, and what each one unlocks.
The last column is the point. Every stage is aimed at a specific gate rather than at covering a topic.
| Stage | What happens | You walk out with | Unlocks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 FoundationDoes not rush | Install Claude Code, learn the handful of terminal commands you need, get comfortable approving what it does. | A working setup | The build itself |
| 02 Own a real problemMessy data on purpose | Purchase orders, invoices, price books, three-way match. Real source-to-pay problems, not a tidy practice set. | Analysis on real data | Credibility |
| 03 Run it hands onNobody hands you a finished repo | Reusable skills, slash commands, sub-agents, and MCP connections into a procurement stack, assembled by you. | Your own AI system | Gate 1, the screen |
| 04 Go publicBefore you apply, not after | Repos with READMEs a recruiter will read, and a build log on LinkedIn that shows the thinking behind them. | 3 repos, a build log | Gate 2, the shortlist |
| 05 Earn the interviewUntil the hard ones stop being hard | A three-minute demo, an ROI memo, rehearsed hard questions, and a job search run like a pipeline. | A demo and a pipeline | Gates 3 and 4 |
The build plan is six weeks of steady work. How long it really takes depends on the hours you give it, and the weekly check-ins exist to keep you honest.
The full curriculum, in the open
Nothing hidden behind a signup.
The order is the recommendation. A few steps unlock only once the one before them is done, and several in the middle are left open so you are never stuck behind theory.
00Start here1 program
FFoundation3 programs
OOwn a real problem5 programs
- Foundation of Source to Pay (Interactive)
- See Where the Money Goes: Spend Analysis with Claude Code (Interactive)
- Building Your Procurement Execution Model in Claude Code (Interactive)
- Spend Analytics Cookbook Using Claude Code (Interactive)
- Procurement Category Analysis Cookbook Using Claude Code (Interactive)
RRun it hands on5 programs
GGo public1 program
EEarn the interview4 programs
+Also in this track3 programs
Optional, and open from the start.
What you get the moment you pay. Immediate access. You sign in, the track is open, and Foundation starts at installing the tool. Nothing ships later and there is no onboarding call to wait for.
The deal
One plan, the whole build.
Immediate access, every program above, and a 14-day full refund on the yearly plan.
FoundationThe whole academy: every program, the full video library, and the Career Toolkit.
$699/year
The window
You can only be early once.
Job descriptions now name AI fluency outright and almost no fresher can show it. That gap is the largest advantage available to you right now, and within a few years showing AI work will be table stakes for everybody. Your placement season has a date. The build takes six weeks. Count backward.
We are new, and we will not pretend otherwise. No alumni wall, no placement stats, no invented numbers. What we show instead is the exact thing you build and the full curriculum above.
Before you buy
The questions people actually ask.
Will recruiters actually care about this?
A link a recruiter can click beats a claim they have read hundreds of times, and job descriptions increasingly name AI fluency outright. What we cannot show you yet is an alumni wall. Open the curriculum above and judge the build the way an interviewer would.
I am from a tier-2 college. Does this work for me?
The screen is where college brand hurts you most, and the screen is exactly what a live artifact changes. A running system is the same system no matter who built it, and during a demo the panel is looking at your work.
What if I start and cannot build it?
Foundation does not rush, and you are not alone. Discussion boards on every lesson, an AI tutor, and weekly check-ins. If it is truly not for you, cancel and it stops. On the yearly plan the first 14 days carry a full refund.
How long does the whole build take?
It depends on the time you give it, so the honest answer is a range. The plan is structured around six weeks of steady work, with weekly check-ins to keep the pace real.
I have never written code. Is this actually for me?
Yes. Foundation assumes no coding background and starts at installing the tool. You will write code, and Claude does the typing from your plain English. The hard part is describing a workflow precisely, which is a thinking skill rather than a typing one.
Do I have to do every step in order?
No. The order is the recommendation and some steps unlock after the one before them. Several in the middle stay open deliberately so you are never stuck behind theory before you have built anything.
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