Curriculum
Module 01 · Free
What an agent actually is
Replace the word 'agent' with a mechanism you could draw on a whiteboard.
5 lessons · 12 videos · 4h 16m- 01.01
The loop, not the model
Draw the agent loop: model, tool call, result, repeat, and say where each step can fail.
- 01.02
Agent or workflow — and why it matters
Decide whether a task needs an agent at all, or a fixed pipeline that is cheaper and testable.
- 01.03
What the model actually sees each turn
Reconstruct the exact payload sent on turn three of a conversation with two tool calls.
- 01.04
Stopping, and the loop that will not
Bound a loop so it terminates on success, on budget and on repetition.
- 01.05
Your first agent, end to end
Build a working single-tool agent and watch every message in the loop.