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30 Agents Every AI Engineer Must Build
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30 Agents Every AI Engineer Must Build

by Imran Ahmad
March 2026
Intermediate to advanced
542 pages
17h 44m
English
Packt Publishing
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The Agent Engineer's Toolkit

In agents, intelligence manifests as goal-directed, autonomous behavior

— Andrej Karpathy, Former Tesla AI Director (2024)

In the realm of intelligent agents, tooling defines capability. As agents shift from reactive scripts to goal-directed autonomous systems, developers must master an expanding ecosystem of frameworks, models, and infrastructure. This chapter offers a structured exploration of the tooling available in the agent engineering landscape, equipping you with practical insights and comparative analysis to make informed decisions across the stack. Imagine an agent autonomously researching market trends, synthesizing data, and drafting a strategic report, all in real time. This is the power that the right ...

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ISBN: 9781806109012