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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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Agent Deployment and Responsible Development

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

— Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut

AI agents are moving beyond research to become critical enablers of enterprise productivity and autonomous operations. Deploying them in real-world contexts is a multidimensional challenge, encompassing engineering, operations, and ethics, rather than just a final development phase.

Previous chapters established the theoretical and architectural foundations of agent design. This chapter focuses on the crucial shift from experimentation to execution, operationalizing AI agents under demanding constraints of reliability, security, scalability, and compliance.

Unlike traditional software, ...

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