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Building AI Agents for Business and Beyond

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Intermediate content levelIntermediate

Learn to create, train, and safely deploy autonomous agents

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • Grasp the full lifecycle for intelligent agents, from design and training to deployment
  • Learn about agent autonomy, adaptability, and decision-making
  • Gain confidence as you learn to use your AI language model of choice and tools like LangChain, Haystack, and n8n
  • Design generative AI agents with core components like memory, planning, and reflection
  • Learn to write and structure your prompts to achieve adaptive, goal-driven behavior

Course description

You’re a business professional seeking a high-level overview of AI agents. You’ve heard about generative AI agents by now, but you’re still unsure how agents might improve your productivity or bottom line. With AI agents driving more applications across industries, it’s becoming crucial for business leaders to understand systems that can reason, adapt, and act independently to create solutions. With your AI language model of choice and a combination of available tools like LangChain, Haystack, and n8n, you’ll see such solutions and discover how you can benefit without any past coding experience. Learn how intelligent agents are re-inventing business, and how you can take part in that evolution.

This live event is for you because...

  • You’re a business user who wants a practical, hands-on introduction to modern frameworks and tools for agent design and deployment.
  • You’re a manager exploring how generative AI can be applied to real-world domains like enterprise software, education, or gaming.
  • You’re a developer, ML engineer, or technical leader looking to build intelligent agents that can act autonomously.
  • You’re a general user preparing for the future of AI, and you want to stay ahead of the curve with insights into emerging trends.

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with basic generative AI platforms like ChatGPT
  • No coding experience necessary

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Understanding generative AI agents (80 minutes)

  • Generative AI agents and why they matter
  • Core functions: how AI agents learn, plan, and improve
  • Common system designs and tools
  • Designing smart behaviors that align with business goals
  • Q&A
  • Break

Creating and training AI agents (80 minutes)

  • Setting clear objectives for AI agents
  • Organizing information for better decision-making
  • Crafting effective prompts to guide agent actions
  • How AI agents learn from experience
  • Spotting and fixing issues in agent behavior
  • Q&A
  • Break

Putting AI agents to work (70 minutes)

  • Coordinating multiple agents for complex tasks
  • Choosing the right setup: cloud, on-site, or hybrid
  • Managing risks: monitoring, safety, and ethics
  • Real-world applications: business, games, education, and more
  • What’s next: smarter, evolving AI systems
  • Q&A

Wrap-up (10 minutes)

Your Instructor

  • Shaun Wassell

    Shaun Wassell is a lifelong programmer and problem-solving addict. His goal is to help people build incredible software and solve meaningful problems by mastering the art of software development. For the past 2+ years, he's been a trainer at CBT Nuggets, and focuses on creating high-quality web development and certification content. You can check out his extensive collection of React, Angular, Python and JavaScript courses, as well as a huge amount of other software- and IT-training content at cbtnuggets.com.

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Skills covered

  • Generative AI
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Agile
  • GPT