What Is an AI Agent? › What You'll Learn

Michael BrenndoerferJune 3, 20251 min read
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Throughout this book, we'll build an AI agent from the ground up. You'll learn how the AI "brain" (the language model) works and how to communicate with it. You'll discover how to give your agent the ability to reason through complex problems, connect it to tools so it can act, and provide it with memory so it can remember context. You'll master making your agent plan multi-step tasks, and learn how to evaluate, debug, and deploy your agent safely.

By the end, you'll have built a personal assistant agent that can understand your goals, make plans, use tools, and help you get things done, all while you understand exactly how it works under the hood.