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AI Agents 101
What an agent actually is, when to use one (and when a single prompt wins).
5 stages~10 h
That leaves 5 stages, ~10 hours of focused work. You can clear it in any order, but the stages compound — try them top-to-bottom your first time.
- ConceptsplanactobserveiterateterminationLab task
A 50-line "calculator agent" that uses a calc tool to answer multi-step math word problems.
CheckpointYour loop solves "if a train leaves Cairo at 9am…" by chaining 3 calc tool calls.
What you'll be able to do
- Build a working agent that calls tools and finishes a task.
- Know when an agent is the wrong answer and a single prompt wins.
- Diagnose the 5 most common agent failure modes by name.
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