Module 1 of 10, lesson 3 of 5

Videos

What an agent really is

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How We Build Effective Agents

Three rules: don’t build agents for everything, keep them simple as long as possible, and think like your agent. AI Engineer, 15:09

How We Build Effective Agents Play video (15:09, AI Engineer)

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• 2:31 When to build an agent
• 5:36 Keeping agents simple
• 8:01 Thinking like your agent

If you want more

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Build an AI Agent From Scratch in Python

A full walk-through in Python: setup, structured output, then a custom tool. Useful if you want a framework version of the loop. Tech With Tim, 34:20

Build an AI Agent From Scratch in Python Play video (34:20, Tech With Tim)

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• 1:38 Setup
• 17:33 Creating and running the agent
• 30:48 Custom tool calling

What are AI Agents?

The move from a lone model to a compound system, then who controls the path: your program or the model. IBM Technology, 12:29

What are AI Agents? Play video (12:29, IBM Technology)

Clicking loads the YouTube player, which may set trackers. From 2024: the examples have aged.

• 4:30 Who controls the path?
• 8:15 A ReAct loop, step by step

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