Academy
Become a Mintok Certified
Forward Deployment Engineer.
Turn a client's problem into working AI agents running on their data — hands-on, on the real platform. Mintok handles the hard engineering; you learn the craft: scope, design, wire to data, implement, test, and deploy. No coding required.
One-time fee · self-paced · 10 modules with hands-on labs · auto-graded capstone → verifiable badge
Hands-on, on the real platform
No slideware. You build, wire to data, test and deploy a real agent in your own Mintok sandbox — the same tools FDEs use with clients.
A verifiable credential
Pass the auto-graded capstone and earn a Mintok Certified FDE badge with a public verification link anyone can check.
It pays for itself
Certified FDEs unlock a standing 15% discount on Mintok enterprise seats and self-serve products — the cert earns its price back.
Who it's for
FDE work on Mintok is configuration, validation and client communication — the platform does the hard engineering. If you can say yes to the left, you can get certified.
- ✓ I’m comfortable using web/SaaS dashboards.
- ✓ I can read simple JSON (keys and values) and a table of data.
- ✓ I think in a structured way and can follow a step-by-step process.
- ✓ I’m comfortable with basic client-facing communication.
- ✓ No writing code
- ✓ No writing sql
- ✓ No machine-learning / model training
- ✓ No kubernetes / devops
- ✓ No cloud administration
The FDE track
Each module ends in a hands-on lab in your sandbox. You finish by building a real agent end-to-end and passing the auto-graded capstone.
- 0OrientationThe FDE loop
What an FDE does on Mintok, the deployment loop, and the mindset (the ROI gate).
- 1Agent FoundationsConcepts
LLMs, tokens & context, system prompts; agent = model + tools + loop; one-shot vs tool-use vs agentic patterns.
- 2Scope the WorkloadSpec · Tiers 1–4
Turn a client brief into a workload spec: use case, demand, quality & latency, constraints.
- 3Design the AgentsModels · Agents
Decompose a workload into agents, pick a model, adopt an industry-pack bundle or build from atoms.
- 4Wire to Client DataPattern B
What a tool is, the fetch_dataset connector, datasets & the adapter, reading a JSON schema. Verify live rows.
- 5Implement (Tiers 6–11)Implement
Target environment, code conventions, auth & secrets-as-references, triggers, observability.
- 6Test & ValidateTest Bench
Run the agent live against real data; read cost / latency / tokens; iterate the prompt until it passes.
- 7Size & Cost BriefSizing · Brief
Read the sizing output and the cost brief, and present it to a client.
- 8Deploy & HandoffImplement → live
Lock in the implementation, generate the bundle, and follow the client-site deployment playbook.
- 9CapstoneCertification
Solo: a fresh client brief in the industry you choose — build, wire, test and brief a working agent. Auto-graded.
Get certified. Widen what you can deliver.
One-time $1,499. Learn the FDE craft hands-on, earn a verifiable credential, and unlock a standing 15% discount on seats and products.