Hermes — Structured AI & Tool Use
Learn to direct, check and combine AI tools.
Where this topic fits
From chat and files to development, voice, design, agents and capstone projects, the foundation builds practical tool literacy. The learner still defines the problem, checks the result and explains decisions.
This topic appears in the public Maahir curriculum. The application below is an illustrative task for this guide, not a verbatim lesson or a claim that every learner completes the same exercise.
A practical application
Structured AI & Tool Use
A helper must turn an enquiry into category, urgency and missing details.
- Define allowed categories and a structured output format.
- Test straightforward and ambiguous fictional enquiries.
- Reject missing or invalid fields and route uncertainty to a person.
- Explain where categorisation should not trigger an automatic decision.
From the attempt to evidence
Output schema, validation examples and an escalation rule.
Record the brief, your attempt, the source or calculation checks and what you changed after feedback. Explain the part AI helped with and the decisions you made yourself.
Four useful review questions
- Did the attempt answer the real brief?
- Which facts, calculations or system behaviours need checking?
- Can you explain your choices and limitations?
- What would you improve or practice next?
Connect a situation, not only a tool
Explain what AI helped with and what you checked yourself.
Use a suitable role-play, English practice or decision scenario to rehearse the conversation around the work. A good document and a good explanation are different skills. Practice both.
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Find an answer you can trace to a source
An AI answer sounds convincing, but the source may be missing, outdated or unrelated.
Research + verificationFollow the example →
From repeated problem to a tested prototype
A team repeatedly answers the same service questions and wants an AI assistant.
Research → design → build → testFollow the example →Questions to connect this topic with real situations
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