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For developers, team leads and trainers.
9 quests and 45+ methods for building, modernizing and operating software with AI. Learn to give coding agents clear tasks and check their results.
AI Developer Cards is a card deck and companion app by Ingo Eichhorst and Ralf D. Mueller. Developers use the methods on their own tasks. Team leads use them to establish shared practices. Trainers use them for workshops. The deck covers 45+ methods in nine quests, from prototypes to production. It draws on experience from 100+ developer workshops.
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Premium card stock, oversized format. 9 quest cards and 45+ method cards covering every scenario from first prototype to production hardening.
Read PRESS START in the companion app. Follow developer Alex and his coding agent Sprite. The story shows you when each method helps. Open the relevant cards, learn more with articles and references, try learning exercises and copy prompts for your work.
Constant app updates and discounted booster packs keep your toolbox aligned with the latest LLM capabilities, toolchains, and best practices.
Each quest is a focused mission — a curated sequence of methods from problem to production.
Build a prototype with AI. Check what the tools can do and where you need to decide.
Develop an application from a clear specification. Keep the code tested and easy to change.
Let coding agents plan tasks, change code, and check their results.
Understand, plan, and change existing systems step by step with AI.
Coordinate several coding agents with clear tasks, separate workspaces, and shared checks.
Shape the codebase, tools, and feedback so agents work reliably within clear limits.
Build a measurable software process with bounded agent tasks and automated and human checks.
Use previous agent runs and measured feedback to improve rules, skills, and checks.
Limit dangerous agent actions. Prepare controls, audits, incident response, and safe changes.
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Most developers have mastered the basics: autocomplete, Q&A, simple refactoring. What breaks down is knowing which method to reach for at each stage — when to vibe-prototype vs. harden production code, how to engineer context for consistent results, how to chain methods across a full workflow. AI Developer Cards map 45+ methods across 9 progression stages, distilled from 100+ workshops, so you always know the right move — not just the right prompt.
A consistent pattern: developers kept reinventing the same mental models from scratch. After 100+ AI coding workshops across Europe, Ingo Eichhorst and Ralf D. Mueller noticed that the gap wasn't in AI capability — it was in structured methodology. Most teams got stuck cycling between basic autocomplete and ad-hoc prompting with no clear progression. That insight became the blueprint for the 9 quests and 45+ methods in the deck.
The deck covers 45+ methods across 9 quests: AI Prototyping, Spec Driven Development, Agentic Coding, Legacy Modernization, Multi-Agent Coding, Harness Engineering, Software Factories, Reinforcement Improvement, and AI Software Hardening. Each method card includes specific prompts, patterns, and mental models for applying AI tools in real development scenarios.
The cards are for developers, team leads and trainers. Use the methods on your own coding tasks, establish shared practices in your team or lead a workshop. The nine quests guide you from your first prototype to production. Learn with the PRESS START story in the companion app or look up a method for your current problem.
The physical deck contains nine quest cards and 45+ method cards. The companion app includes the complete PRESS START story, the latest card versions, articles, references, learning exercises and prompts you can copy. Start with the story or look up a method directly.
AI Developer Cards are currently in pre-launch. Waitlist members receive 48-hour early access before any public announcement. Join above to get early-bird pricing on the physical deck, beta access to the companion app, and an exclusive preview PDF as soon as the deck ships.