Agent Foundations and Prompt Engineering is designed for learners eager to master the emerging field of AI agents and advanced prompt engineering. You'll learn how to design, build, and deploy intelligent AI agents using large language models (LLMs), craft high-quality prompts for various tasks, and automate complex workflows through programmatic execution and chaining.

Agent Foundations and Prompt Engineering
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Agent Foundations and Prompt Engineering
This course is part of AI Agents: From Foundations to Applications Specialization

Instructor: Board Infinity
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What you'll learn
Design and build AI agents using LLM-based architectures and decision flows
Craft high-quality prompts using few-shot, chain-of-thought, and role-based patterns
Build programmatic prompt chains with Python for automated multi-step workflows
Develop research automation and summarization pipelines with quality evaluation
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