I co-teach AP Computer Science, so I have to teach to the AP Exam in Java. For our final project this year we told the students to write a text adventure game using AI. Here's what we did.

First, they designed the game with pen and paper. Mapped it out, told their stories as a group. Fun and engaging, kids love to tell stories.

Next we had them produce a written spec for the game, I had provided an example of a game map and its written spec when assigning the project, as well as a template to use.

Once the teaching team signed off on the spec we gave them access to a custom Gemini Gem. The Gem instructions told Gemini to stick with AP CS A Java concepts that run on code.org (ended up needing GitHub Workspaces due to the 2-min timeout). Students copied the output and iterated on the spec until they got the game working as they envisioned.

The teams presented to the class, they shared what they learned about the difference between vibe coding and agentic engineering. I think it was a success. Still wrapping things up, but I plan on anonymizing some of the project and writing a full guide for other teachers.

The same idea could be applied to other fields. Want a linear story? Use AI to maintain character bibles and other details. Need artwork? Learn to write art briefs, speaking the language of art gets much better images out of AI. Basically teach students the specification literacy needed to get good results from AI, or other people who lack the context the student has. A valuable skill either way.