Building Custom AI Agents: Beyond CrewAI and AutoGen
Data Centric via YouTube
Overview
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Learn how to build custom AI agents in Python instead of relying on existing frameworks like CrewAI or AutoGen. This 45-minute tutorial guides you through developing a simple web search agent, demonstrating the architecture, setup, prompts, web search tool implementation, and agent creation. Test the custom agent and understand the advantages of building tailored solutions over using one-size-fits-all frameworks. Gain practical insights into AI agent development and multi-agent workflows while exploring function calling and RAG applications.
Syllabus
Introduction:
Agent Architecture:
Python Code Walkthrough - Setup:
Python Code Walkthrough - Prompts:
Python Code Walkthrough – Web Search Tool:
Python Code Walkthrough - Agent:
Testing the Custom Agent:
Why Build Custom:
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Data Centric