Learn AI Agents: Design, Build & Deploy
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What you'll learn
Design Agent Architectures: Learn to structure agents with planners, workers, memory systems, RAG pipelines, and feedback loops.
Implement Tool Use and Integrations: Connect agents with APIs, databases, function calling, and external services while managing errors and retries.
Build Multi-Agent Systems: Create agent teams with clear roles, messaging patterns, and collaborative workflows.
Add Memory and Retrieval: Use embeddings, vector databases, memory, and context strategies to improve agent responses.
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March 2026
8 assignments
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There are 8 modules in this course
AI agents are moving beyond simple demos into real-world systems that support automation, decision-making, workflow orchestration, and intelligent task execution.
Learn AI Agents: Design, Build, Deploy is a hands-on technical certification course that helps learners understand how AI agents work, build them, and deploy them reliably in production environments. This program guides you through practical engineering workflows, including tool use, function calling, memory, retrieval, planning, multi-agent collaboration, monitoring, safety, and performance optimization. Youβll explore how to design agent systems that can reason through tasks, connect with external tools, coordinate across multiple roles, and operate with the reliability required for real users and business systems. The learning journey is structured around modules that combine technical instruction with hands-on labs. In each, youβll build task-focused agents, integrate APIs, implement RAG, design planners, add short-term and long-term memory, set up evaluations, and deploy agents with observability, guardrails, and cost controls. By the end, youβll design, monitor, evaluate, and deploy reliable AI agent systems for automation. Enroll now to master the design, development, and deployment of AI agents for real-world automation.
This module introduces the overall certification structure and explains how the learning experience is organized throughout the course. To support different learning preferences, the content is offered in multiple formats, including Videos, eBooks, Audiobooks, and Podcasts. Each format covers the same key concepts, giving you the flexibility to learn in the way that works best for you. You can choose any format based on your preferred learning style and move through the course at your own pace.
What's included
10 videos2 readings1 assignment2 plugins
10 videosβ’Total 160 minutes
- Navigation Videoβ’2 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 1: Course Introductionβ’5 minutes
- Module 1: Course Introductionβ’4 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 1: Introduction to AI Agentsβ’79 minutes
- Podcast: Module 1: Introduction to AI Agentsβ’44 minutes
- 1.1 Understanding AI Agentsβ’3 minutes
- 1.2 Core Components of an AI Agentβ’4 minutes
- 1.3 AI Agent Ecosystems and Framework Selection Factorsβ’7 minutes
- 1.4 Applications, Misconceptions, and Mini Case Studiesβ’6 minutes
- 1.5 Case Study: Transforming Customer Support at Acme Retail with AI Agentsβ’4 minutes
2 readingsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Hands On-1β’10 minutes
- Hands On-2β’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 1β’30 minutes
2 pluginsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Ebook: Module 1: Introduction to AI Agentsβ’15 minutes
- Activity: Tabβ’15 minutes
What's included
6 videos2 readings1 assignment2 plugins
6 videosβ’Total 129 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 02: Core Concepts and Types of AI Agentsβ’64 minutes
- Podcast: Module 02: Core Concepts and Types of AI Agentsβ’44 minutes
- 2.1. Anatomy of an AI Agentβ’5 minutes
- 2.2 Classification of AI Agentsβ’7 minutes
- 2.3 Matching Agents to Use Casesβ’4 minutes
- 2.4 Case Study: Enhancing Mental Health Support with AI Agents at Earkickβ’5 minutes
2 readingsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Hands On-1β’10 minutes
- Hands On-2β’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 2β’30 minutes
2 pluginsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Ebook: Module 02: Core Concepts and Types of AI Agentsβ’15 minutes
- Activity: Hotspotβ’15 minutes
What's included
6 videos1 reading1 assignment2 plugins
6 videosβ’Total 137 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 03: Tools for Non-Codersβ’76 minutes
- Podcast: Module 03: Tools for Non-Codersβ’41 minutes
- 3.1 No-code and visual agent platformsβ’5 minutes
- 3.2 Tools Overview and Setupβ’7 minutes
- 3.3 Start building: 'Your First Flow' with n8nβ’4 minutes
- 3.4 Case Study: Empowering HR with AI β Building an Onboarding Assistant Without Codingβ’4 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 10 minutes
- Hands Onβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 3β’30 minutes
2 pluginsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Ebook: Module 03: Tools for Non-Codersβ’15 minutes
- Activity: Drag-and-dropβ’15 minutes
What's included
5 videos4 readings1 assignment2 plugins
5 videosβ’Total 120 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 04: Building Simple Agentsβ’62 minutes
- Podcast: Module 04: Building Simple Agentsβ’41 minutes
- 4.1 Building Simple Agentsβ’6 minutes
- 4.2 Troubleshooting and Validation of AI Agentsβ’6 minutes
- 4.3 Share your AI Agentβ’5 minutes
4 readingsβ’Total 40 minutes
- Hands On-1β’10 minutes
- Hands On-2β’10 minutes
- Hands On-3β’10 minutes
- Hands On-4β’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 4β’30 minutes
2 pluginsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Ebook: Module 04: Building Simple Agentsβ’15 minutes
- Activity: Scenario Activityβ’15 minutes
What's included
8 videos1 reading1 assignment2 plugins
8 videosβ’Total 146 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 5: Multi-Tool Agents and Workflow Automationβ’73 minutes
- Podcast: Module 5: Multi-Tool Agents and Workflow Automationβ’44 minutes
- 5.1 Multi-Tool Agentβ’6 minutes
- 5.2 Agent Chaining and Workflow Basicsβ’4 minutes
- 5.3 Managing Agent State: State, Context, and User Journeyβ’6 minutes
- 5.4 Prompt Engineering for Agentsβ’6 minutes
- 5.5 Multi-Agent System (MAS)β’3 minutes
- 5.6 Case Study: Chaining Tools for Smarter Marketing Campaignsβ’4 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 10 minutes
- Hands Onβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 5β’30 minutes
2 pluginsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Ebook: Module 5: Multi-Tool Agents and Workflow Automationβ’15 minutes
- Activity: Carouselβ’15 minutes
What's included
9 videos1 reading1 assignment2 plugins
9 videosβ’Total 171 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 06: Integration, Application Mapping, and Deploymentβ’83 minutes
- Podcast: Module 06: Integration, Application Mapping, and Deploymentβ’55 minutes
- 6.1 Deploying Agentsβ’4 minutes
- 6.2 Channel Selection- Where the User Will Interactβ’5 minutes
- 6.3 Hosting Environment β Where Does the Agent Run?β’5 minutes
- 6.4 Data Integrationβ’5 minutes
- 6.5 Security Setupβ’4 minutes
- 6.6 Monitoring and Updatesβ’2 minutes
- 6.7 Application Mappingβ’6 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 10 minutes
- Hands Onβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 6β’30 minutes
2 pluginsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Ebook: Module 06: Integration, Application Mapping, and Deploymentβ’15 minutes
- Activity: Problem Statementβ’15 minutes
What's included
9 videos1 assignment2 plugins
9 videosβ’Total 187 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 07: Monitoring, Guardrails, and Responsible AIβ’105 minutes
- Podcast: Module 07: Monitoring, Guardrails, and Responsible AIβ’51 minutes
- 7.1 Observability Basicsβ’4 minutes
- 7.2 Performance Evaluation: Key Metricsβ’5 minutes
- 7.3 Guardrails: Preventing Misuse and Ensuring Safe Outputsβ’5 minutes
- 7.4 Responsible AIβ’4 minutes
- 7.5 Mini-Case: Failure and Recovery in Agent Deploymentsβ’4 minutes
- 7.6 Real-World Failuresβ’4 minutes
- 7.7 Peer Sharing: How to Present and Discuss Agent Logs or Resultsβ’5 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 7β’30 minutes
2 pluginsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Ebook: Module 07: Monitoring, Guardrails, and Responsible AIβ’15 minutes
- Activity: Multiple Responseβ’15 minutes
What's included
4 videos1 assignment1 plugin
4 videosβ’Total 125 minutes
- Audiobook: Module 08: Capstone Project β Design Your Own Intelligent Agentβ’81 minutes
- Podcast: Module 08: Capstone Project β Design Your Own Intelligent Agentβ’36 minutes
- 8.1 Introduction to Capstone Projectβ’4 minutes
- Module 08: Summaryβ’5 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 8β’30 minutes
1 pluginβ’Total 15 minutes
- Ebook: Module 08: Capstone Project β Design Your Own Intelligent Agentβ’15 minutes
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Frequently asked questions
Youβll be able to design, build, evaluate, and deploy AI agent systems for real-world automation.
Yes. This is a technical course, so comfort with Python or JavaScript and basic API usage is recommended.
General LLM courses often focus on prompts and model usage. This course teaches you agent architecture, tool use, memory, orchestration, multi-agent collaboration, and production deployment.
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