AI Agents: The Practical Guide

Design and ship autonomous agents that research, decide, and take action without you in the loop.

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What Is an AI Agent?

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Agents vs. Prompts

Beginner

Designing Agent Memory

Intermediate

Giving Agents Tools

Intermediate

Multi-Agent Systems

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Agent Safety & Guardrails

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Build a Research Agent

Continuously scans sources and reports what changed.

Build a Support Triage Agent

Reads tickets, tags themes, escalates what matters.

Build a Monitoring Agent

Watches competitors, prices, or mentions on a schedule.

Build a Multi-Agent Pipeline

Chain specialist agents into one end-to-end workflow.

Make Money With AI Agents

Sell Custom Agents to Clients

Agent-as-a-Service Retainers

License Your Agent Templates

AI Agents Resources

Prompts & Templates

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Agents & Skills

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AI Agent or Automation Workflow? The Question That Decides Your Whole Build

Before picking a framework, answer one question: does this task need judgment calls, or does it need to happen the same way every single time?

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