Start with copies
Experiments are cheap when the original is safe.
BI faculty course
Oslo · August 2026
AI in the
terminal
Claude Code and Codex for research and teaching
The premise
This is not a course about commands.
It is a course about what becomes possible when an AI can work with your files, use tools, and keep going after the first answer.
We will learn just enough terminal to get an agent into the right folder. Then we will give it real jobs: cleaning a mess, checking research material, and building something for a course. You do not need to become a programmer. You do need to stay curious, make decisions, and inspect the result.
The goal is one genuine “that just saved me an afternoon” moment for everyone in the room.
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Look through this mess. Tell me what you see, propose a sensible structure, and wait for my approval before changing anything.
The whole course, really
Give the model a folder and something real to do.
A chatbot can suggest. An agent can inspect, create, organise, build, check, and revise—while you remain responsible for the work.
15 hours · mostly hands-on
Three days, three kinds of mess
Each day ends with something that exists outside the chat window.
01
Wednesday 12 August
Files
Your new intern
Make the terminal useful before we make it familiar.
Open the rough plan
02
Thursday 13 August
Research
From material to insight
Use an agent on real research work, then check what it did.
Open the rough plan
03
Friday 14 August
Teaching
Make something worth keeping
Build, revise, and ship a real teaching artifact.
Open the rough planOur working agreement
Talk normally
Describe the outcome. Argue with the plan. Refine as you go.
Look at the work
The model supplies speed. You supply judgement.