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Forward deployed engineering

Forward deployed engineers take AI systems from problem to production inside a customer's organisation. These articles cover the role, the skills and why always-on agents make the work more important.

5 articles on this topic

Ordered from foundations to advanced, newest first within each level.

  1. Practise Forward Deployed Engineer Interviews with an AI Coach SkillA free AI skill that runs timed FDE drills, client role-plays and deployment-design rounds and scores you against a rubric. Includes a real coaching session.Foundations 9 min readLast reviewed 2026-10-14
  2. Scoring AI Use Cases Before You Build AnythingHow to choose a first AI use case: score value, data readiness, feasibility, risk and sponsor on one page, then test it with a short proof of concept.Foundations 9 min readLast reviewed 2026-10-11
  3. Build an AI Business Case with a Skill That Won't Invent NumbersA free AI skill that builds a funding-ready business case with options, an assumptions register and best, base and worst cases, and refuses to make up numbers.Intermediate 10 min readLast reviewed 2026-10-14
  4. How to Build the Business Case for an AI ProjectHow to build a credible AI business case: costs, value, adoption ramp and best, base and worst cases, with a clearly illustrative worked example.Intermediate 10 min readLast reviewed 2026-10-11
  5. Forward Deployed Engineer in 2026: Skills, Role and Why Always-On Agents Need FDEsWhat a Forward Deployed Engineer does in 2026, the FDE skill stack, why always-on agents like Dots and Grok Bot need FDEs, and how to train your team.Intermediate 10 min readLast reviewed 2026-10-11

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