AI Agents

Master the craft of building AI agents end-to-end. Frameworks, architectures, capabilities, domain use cases, and production operations — everything you need to build agents that ship.

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All Agent Topics

50 topics organized into 5 categories spanning the full agent stack — from frameworks to domain agents to production operations.

Agent Frameworks

LangGraph Agents

Build stateful, graph-based agent workflows with LangGraph. Master nodes, edges, conditional routing, persistence, and the patterns that power production agents at scale.

CrewAI Multi-Agent

Build collaborative multi-agent crews with CrewAI. Master roles, tasks, processes (sequential, hierarchical), and the patterns for teams of specialized agents.

Microsoft AutoGen

Build conversational multi-agent systems with Microsoft AutoGen. Master GroupChat, AssistantAgent, UserProxyAgent, and the patterns for agent-to-agent dialogue.

LlamaIndex Agents

Build RAG-native agents with LlamaIndex. Master ReActAgent, FunctionCallingAgent, query engines as tools, and agent workflows over your indexed data.

Pydantic AI Agents

Build type-safe, production-grade agents with Pydantic AI. Master typed dependencies, structured outputs, validation, and the FastAPI-style developer experience for agents.

HuggingFace Smolagents

Build code-writing agents with HuggingFace Smolagents. Master CodeAgent vs ToolCallingAgent, the code-as-action paradigm, and integration with HF models and tools.

OpenAI Assistants API

Build managed assistants with the OpenAI Assistants API. Master threads, runs, file search, code interpreter, and the patterns for production OpenAI agents.

Claude Agent SDK

Build agents on the Claude Agent SDK. Master tool definitions, tool result patterns, computer use, and the Anthropic-recommended best practices for production agents.

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

Build production agents with Google's Agent Development Kit. Master Gemini integration, tool use, evaluation, and deployment to Vertex AI Agent Engine.

OpenAI Swarm

Build lightweight multi-agent systems with OpenAI Swarm. Master agent handoffs, context variables, and the minimal-orchestration pattern for routing between specialists.

Agent Architectures

Agentic RAG

Add an agent layer on top of RAG to handle multi-step retrieval, query routing, and self-correction. Master corrective RAG (CRAG), self-RAG, and adaptive RAG patterns.

Agentic Workflows

Design deterministic workflows with agent steps. Learn when to choose a workflow over a fully autonomous agent and how to combine the two for reliability and flexibility.

Stateful Agents

Build agents that remember across runs. Master state stores (Redis, Postgres), checkpointing, conversation state, and recovery patterns for resumable agent execution.

Event-Driven Agents

Build agents that react to events from queues, webhooks, and message buses. Master Kafka/RabbitMQ integration, async patterns, and high-throughput agent pipelines.

Hierarchical Agent Systems

Build manager-worker agent hierarchies. Master delegation patterns, task decomposition across layers, and the supervisor-subordinate models used in CrewAI and LangGraph.

Swarm and Mesh Agent Networks

Build peer-to-peer agent networks with no central orchestrator. Master agent discovery, gossip protocols, consensus, and emergent multi-agent behavior.

Agent Pipelines

Compose agents into linear pipelines. Master pipe-and-filter patterns, intermediate state contracts, and the testing strategies that keep pipeline agents reliable.

Reflection and Self-Critique Agents

Build agents that critique and improve their own outputs. Master Reflexion, Self-Refine, and the meta-cognitive loops that boost agent quality 20-40% on hard tasks.

Agent Capabilities

Agent Code Execution (Sandboxes)

Give agents the ability to run code safely. Master Docker sandboxes, E2B, Modal, RestrictedPython, and the security patterns for executing agent-written code.

Agent Web Browsing

Build agents that browse and interact with the web. Master Playwright, Puppeteer, browser-use, and the patterns for reliable web automation by LLMs.

Agent Computer Use

Build agents that control a full desktop. Master Claude Computer Use, OpenAI Operator, screen capture, mouse/keyboard control, and the security model for OS-level access.

Agent File System Operations

Give agents safe file system access. Master read/write/edit tools, sandbox boundaries, glob patterns, and the patterns used by Cursor, Claude Code, and Aider.

Agent SQL and Database Access

Let agents query and update databases safely. Master text-to-SQL agents, schema introspection, query validation, and the read-only/write-mode boundaries for production safety.

Agent API Integration

Connect agents to external APIs. Master OpenAPI tool generation, MCP servers, authentication patterns, and rate limit handling for API-heavy agents.

Voice Agents

Build voice-enabled agents with real-time speech. Master OpenAI Realtime API, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, telephony integration, and low-latency conversational patterns.

Vision Agents

Give agents eyes. Master GPT-4V, Claude vision, Gemini vision, document understanding, and the patterns for image-grounded multi-step reasoning.

Long-Term Agent Memory

Build agents that remember across days and months. Master Mem0, Zep, episodic vs semantic memory, memory consolidation, and the recall patterns that beat raw vector search.

Agent Knowledge Graphs

Give agents structured world knowledge with knowledge graphs. Master Neo4j, GraphRAG, entity extraction, and the patterns for graph-augmented agent reasoning.

Domain Agents

Customer Support Agents

Build production customer support agents. Master ticket routing, knowledge base RAG, sentiment-aware responses, escalation, and integration with Zendesk and Intercom.

Coding Agents

Build coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Aider. Master file editing, codebase navigation, test execution, and the SWE-bench evaluation methodology.

Research Agents

Build deep research agents that produce report-quality output. Master multi-step research, source verification, synthesis, and the GPT Deep Research-style architectures.

Sales SDR Agents

Build AI SDR agents that prospect, qualify, and book meetings. Master lead enrichment, personalized outreach, multi-channel sequencing, and CRM integration.

Marketing Content Agents

Build agents that generate, schedule, and analyze marketing content. Master brand voice, multi-channel publishing, A/B testing, and analytics integration.

Data Analyst Agents

Build agents that explore datasets, generate insights, and produce dashboards. Master pandas, SQL, chart generation, and the patterns for autonomous data analysis.

DevOps and SRE Agents

Build agents for incident response, deployment, and infrastructure ops. Master log analysis, runbook execution, Kubernetes operations, and integration with PagerDuty.

Financial Analysis Agents

Build agents for financial research, modeling, and reporting. Master 10-K analysis, financial data APIs, model building, and compliance considerations for fintech agents.

Legal Research Agents

Build agents for legal research, contract review, and case law analysis. Master citation grounding, redlining, jurisdiction handling, and the patterns to avoid hallucinated case law.

Healthcare Triage Agents

Build healthcare triage and clinical-support agents. Master HIPAA-compliant pipelines, symptom assessment, EHR integration, and the safety patterns for clinical AI.

Recruiting and HR Agents

Build agents for resume screening, candidate sourcing, and HR workflows. Master JD-resume matching, interview scheduling, bias-aware screening, and ATS integration.

Personal Productivity Agents

Build personal AI assistants for email, calendar, tasks, and notes. Master Gmail/Calendar integration, task management, daily briefings, and proactive agent patterns.

Agent Operations

Agent Deployment Patterns

Deploy agents to production. Master serverless agents, container deployment, Vertex Agent Engine, AWS Bedrock Agents, and the cost-vs-control deployment tradeoffs.

Agent Cost Optimization

Cut agent bills 50-90%. Master model routing per task, prompt caching for agent loops, iteration caps, and the cost-per-task metrics that drive optimization.

Agent Testing Strategies

Test agents the way you test code. Master unit tests for tools, integration tests for loops, snapshot tests for trajectories, and CI patterns that catch regressions.

Agent Observability

See what your agents do. Master traces, spans, metrics, and the observability stack (LangSmith, Arize Phoenix, Helicone) for production agent debugging.

Agent Tracing Deep Dive

Master agent tracing across frameworks. OpenTelemetry, OpenInference, custom spans, and the patterns to debug 100-step agent runs without losing your mind.

Agent Security Hardening

Harden agents against prompt injection, tool abuse, and credential theft. Master least-privilege tools, input sanitization, output filtering, and the agent attack surface.

Agent Rate Limiting and Quotas

Stop runaway agents from blowing your bill. Master token bucket rate limiting, per-tenant quotas, circuit breakers, and the patterns to fail fast under abuse.

Agent Versioning and Rollback

Version, ship, and roll back agents safely. Master semantic versioning for prompts, model + prompt + tool versioning, canary releases, and instant rollback patterns.

Agent A/B Testing

Run rigorous A/B tests on agent changes. Master traffic splitting, statistical significance for agent metrics, multi-arm bandits, and online evaluation patterns.

Agent Failure Recovery

Build agents that gracefully recover from failures. Master timeout handling, partial-result patterns, dead-letter queues, and the patterns that turn flaky agents into reliable ones.

Why an Agents Track?

Agents are the fastest-moving frontier in AI engineering. This track focuses on the patterns that survive contact with production.

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Framework-Agnostic

Learn LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, LlamaIndex, Pydantic AI, Claude SDK, and more — pick the right one for each problem.

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Production-First

Every topic emphasizes deployment, observability, security, and cost — not just the demo loop.

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Domain-Specific

Concrete patterns for support, coding, sales, analyst, devops, legal, healthcare, HR, and personal-productivity agents.

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Capability Coverage

Code execution, web browsing, computer use, voice, vision, long-term memory, knowledge graphs — the full capability surface.