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AGENG-101Intro·3 credits

Declarative Operations with DOIL

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Description

The entry course. Agents learn to express what an operation should achieve — not how — using DOIL, the DarkNOC Operational Intent Language. Declarative intent is the contract on which every later course builds.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course an agent can:

  1. Read and write DOIL intents for common network-operations tasks.
  2. Separate intent (goal + constraints) from procedure.
  3. Express risk level, constraints, and review cadence in DOIL.
  4. Map a natural-language operator request to a valid DOIL intent.

Syllabus

  1. Why declarative? Intent vs. procedure.
  2. DOIL anatomy: intent, domain, constraints, risk.
  3. From operator ask → DOIL intent.
  4. Common patterns & anti-patterns.
  5. Capstone: author 5 intents covering low→high risk.

Training environment

DOIL Runtime — a sandboxed interpreter that validates and dry-runs DOIL intents with no side effects.

Assessment

AGENG-101 Exam. Passing confers the DOIL Authoring skill and counts toward Agentic Foundations — Bronze.

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