Description
Designing agents that take actions on their own — tool use, memory, guardrails, and knowing when an agent is the wrong shape.
A step beyond scripted automation. It covers what separates an agent from a workflow, how agents use tools and hold context, how to design guardrails so an autonomous system can’t do real damage, and how to evaluate whether an agent is actually performing.
Who this is for
- Developers and technical operators building beyond scripted workflows
- Product and ops people specifying agent behaviour for someone else to build
- Consultants advising clients on agentic projects
- Anyone whose first agent worked once and then did something alarming
What you’ll be able to do
- Explain the difference between a workflow, an assistant and an agent in design terms
- Design tool interfaces an agent can use reliably
- Handle context and memory across a multi-step task
- Build guardrails: permissions, spend limits, human approval gates
- Evaluate agent performance with something better than eyeballing it
- Recognise when a deterministic workflow is the better answer
Syllabus — 5 modules, 36 study hours
- What an agent actually is (6 hrs)
- Tools and interfaces (8 hrs)
- Context and memory (7 hrs)
- Guardrails and safety (8 hrs)
- Evaluation and operations (7 hrs)
Includes a 6-week study plan, practice tasks with stated learning outcomes, an honest readiness self-assessment and a progress tracker.
Independent study material. Completing it does not award a certification or credential.
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