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The three-course API product ladder.

Name: Build What Agents Want: MCP, APIs, Skills & Plugins
Rating: 5.0 (7 reviews)

Start with fundamentals, go deep on the craft, then build agent-ready API products with MCP.

Step 1

API Fundamentals for Product Managers

For product managers starting with the foundations of API product management.

Step 2

For experienced PMs going deep on governance, partner APIs, and monetization.

Step 3

Become an Agent Experience (AX) Product Manager, earn your certificate, and build products for agents.

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Best for: Product Managers new to APIs who want to launch and manage products developers and agents adopt.
New API Product Managers transitioning into the role.
Leaders hiring or managing API Product Managers.
You'll build: 5 hands-on API product evaluations
Workload: 5 live sessions, 3 hours each, 15 hours total over 2 weeks
Prerequisites: Some Product Management Experience Required. While you don't need API experience, it's a good idea to know PM fundamentals.
Rating: 4.8/5
Next cohort: Jan 5, 2027
Enrollment: See syllabus and enroll

Course

Best for: Product Managers with some API PM Experience who want to take on more responsibility and become experts at shipping public and internal API
Product Managers who have shipped API Products but want to gain a deeper understanding and scale to an API Portfolio
Product Leaders who want to hire and manage a team of API Product Managers.
You'll build: Working API prototype built with AI codegen
Workload: 18 live hours over 2 weeks, plus projects and pre-reading
Prerequisites: Some API experience. You should have worked on an API product already; take Fundamentals first if not.
Rating: 4.8/5
Next cohort: Jan 26, 2027
Enrollment: See syllabus and enroll

Course

Best for: Product Managers taking their product to the next level - so it works when customers start using agents instead of clicking the UI.
Platform and API Leaders deciding which of their APIs to optimize or turn into MCP servers, Plugins and Connectors - and in what order.
Founders & Executives who want to transform their companies and fully leverage AI opportunities and a market of +1.3B users.
You'll build: 2 deployed MCP servers, MCP App, agent Skill, checklist
Workload: 5 live sessions, 3 hours each, over 2 weeks
Prerequisites: Some API knowledge is required. This is a fast-paced, hands-on course, and while you don't need to be a coder, it helps to understand HTTP basics or to have shipped an API.
If you need to brush up on your API skills:
Consider taking API Fundamentals for Product Managers first: https://maven.com/emmanuel/api-pm-fundamentals
Some AI experience is expected. We'll walk you through building with LLMs and AI tools, even if you've never used them before. Familiarity with Claude/ChatGPT is a plus.
Rating: 5.0/5
Next cohort: Oct 20, 2026
Enrollment: See syllabus and enroll