Agentic AI Essentials

AI isn't just answering questions anymore — it's setting goals, making plans, and taking action on its own. Agentic AI Essentials is a four-session course that pulls back the curtain on this next wave of artificial intelligence: autonomous tools and multi-step workflows that don't just respond to a prompt but actually work toward an outcome. Students and forward-thinking learners will get hands-on with real platforms — including ChatGPT with memory, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and AgentOps — learning how to design, direct, and deploy AI agents for meaningful tasks. This isn't a survey of buzzwords; it's a practical, skills-first introduction to the technology that's already changing how professionals work, build, and solve problems. Whether you're curious about where AI is headed or ready to start building smarter workflows right now, this course gives you the framework to do it confidently and responsibly.

Beyond Prompt and Response Learn how agentic AI systems set goals, make plans, and take action on their own, how they differ from prompt-response tools, and when a simpler AI tool is the better fit.

Defining Goals and Scope Give an AI agent clear goals and boundaries so it stays focused, useful, and safe, and design multi-step workflows that run semi-independently to save time and scale effort.

Hands-On with Agent Platforms Experiment with platforms like ChatGPT with memory, AutoGPT, CrewAI, Cognosys, and AgentOps, then prototype an agentic workflow for a real-world task or project you choose.

Guardrails and Evaluation Set guardrails and evaluate agent performance to catch errors before they compound, and leave with a framework for deploying agents confidently and responsibly.