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Intermediate90 min4 modulesDevelopers, CS students, technical professionals

Build Your First AI Agent

From concept to working prototype in 90 minutes

A hands-on technical workshop that takes participants from zero to a working AI agent. Covers the core architecture — tools, memory, and reasoning loops — then builds a functional agent using open-source tooling.

Learning Objectives

Define the architectural components of an AI agent

Understand the difference between prompting and agentic workflows

Build a functional agent with tool use and memory

Deploy and share an agent prototype

Prerequisites

  • Basic programming experience (Python or JavaScript)
  • Laptop with Node.js or Python installed
  • API key for an LLM provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar)

Workshop Agenda

The difference between a chatbot, an assistant, and an agent. Why the agentic paradigm matters. Real-world agent architectures in production.

Key Resources

Agentic Creator OS

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