The Launch of "AI Agents for Beginners": Your Gateway to Building Intelligent Systems

🌱 Getting Started

Each lesson covers fundamental aspects of building AI Agents. Whether you're a novice or have some experience, you'll find valuable insights and practical knowledge. We also support multiple languages, so you can learn in your preferred language. To see the available languages, click here.

If this is your first time working with Generative AI models, we highly recommend our "Generative AI For Beginners" course, which includes 21 lessons on building with GenAI.

Remember to star (🌟) this repository and fork it to run the code!

📋 What You Need

The course includes code examples that you can find in the code_samples folder. Feel free to fork this repository to create your own copy. The exercises utilize Azure AI Foundry and GitHub Model Catalogs for interacting with Language Models:

• Github Models - Free / Limited
• Azure AI Foundry - Azure Account Required

We also leverage the following AI Agent frameworks and services from Microsoft:

• Azure AI Agent Service
• Semantic Kernel
• AutoGen

For more information on running the code for this course, visit the Course Setup.

🙏 Want to Help?

We welcome contributions from the community! If you have suggestions or spot any errors, please raise an issue or create a pull request. If you encounter any difficulties or have questions about building AI Agents, join our Azure AI Community on Discord.

📂 Each Lesson Includes

• A written lesson located in the README (Videos Coming March 2025)
• Python code samples supporting Azure AI Foundry and Github Models (Free)
• Links to extra resources to continue your learning

🗃️ Lessons Overview

1. Intro to AI Agents and Use Cases
2. Exploring Agentic Frameworks 
3. Understanding Agentic Design Patterns 
4. Tool Use Design Pattern 
5. Agentic RAG 
6. Building Trustworthy AI Agents 
7. Planning Design Pattern 
8. Multi-Agent Design Pattern 
9. Metacognition Design Pattern 
10. AI Agents in Production 

🌐 Multi-Language Support

We offer translations in several languages and will updating these on a regular basis.

🚀 Go Fork or Clone this repo and get started on your AI Agents journey 🤖 at https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners