AAI-2: Applied AI Practitioner

Practical prompting, workflows, research, tool selection, output evaluation, and safe professional AI use.

25 questions ~30 min 75% to pass 65% safety minimum

Someone who passes AAI-2 should be able to:

  • Design structured prompts for specific outcomes
  • Improve prompts iteratively
  • Turn repeated tasks into workflows
  • Select appropriate tools for a task
  • Evaluate AI outputs using clear criteria
  • Research topics while checking sources
  • Identify accuracy, privacy, and bias risks
  • Add human-review checkpoints
  • Use AI in realistic professional scenarios
  • Identify tasks that should not be delegated fully to AI

Competencies tested: Prompting, AI Workflows, Research and Verification, Safety and Responsible AI. See the full competency framework for scoring rules and badge prerequisites.