self-paced
Building with the OpenAI API 501
Use the OpenAI API for structured outputs, tool calling, evaluation and production integration.
Delivered by AI Build
Learning platform: SAVI.education
Certificate issued by SAVI.education
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Price
- £149.00
- Self-paced lessons
Course syllabus
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- Step 1 · Lesson
APIs and Structured Responses
Learn how to design AI application APIs that return predictable, validated outputs instead of free-form text. You will practise using schemas, response validation, error handling and contract-first design to make model integrations reliable in production systems.
- Step 2 · Lesson
JSON and Schema-Constrained Responses
You will learn how to design prompts that return reliable JSON for business workflows, integrations and evaluation. You will practise defining schemas, handling errors, constraining outputs and validating responses without asking for private chain-of-thought.
- Step 3 · Lesson
Tools and Function Calling
Learn how agents use tools and function calling to move from conversation to action. You will be able to design reliable tool schemas, decide when a model should call a tool, and build verification steps that reduce business risk.
- Step 4 · Lesson
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Learn how to design Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications that combine language models with trusted business knowledge. You will be able to structure a RAG pipeline, choose retrieval strategies, reduce hallucinations, and evaluate whether retrieved context is good enough for production use.
- Step 5 · Lesson
Deployment, Monitoring and Evaluation
Learn how to take an AI application from prototype to production with clear deployment patterns, monitoring, evaluation and rollback plans. You will be able to define practical quality, cost, safety and reliability controls for RAG, agentic and API-based AI systems.
- Step 6 · Lesson
Security, Permissions and Governance
Learn how to design AI agent workflows that respect access controls, minimise risk and remain auditable. You will be able to define permission boundaries, approval gates, monitoring controls and governance routines for production agent deployments.