This course teaches developers how to build AI agents and agent harnesses using the open-source Strands Agents SDK. The course starts by teaching what the difference between an agent and agent harness is, and progresses from fundamental concepts (the agent loop, model providers, tools) through intermediate patterns (hooks, plugins, steering, conversation management) to advanced multi-agent orchestration (agents-as-tools, graph workflows, agent swarms) and finally agent operations (observability, evaluation, cloud deployment).
Building AI Agent Harnesses with Strands Agents
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Construct an agent harness that orchestrates an AI model, manages tools, context, and state, and controls the agent loop from first principles.
Choose between and implement three multi-agent orchestration patterns (agents-as-tools, graph workflows, and swarms) to coordinate multiple agents.
Evaluate agent behavior with trajectory and multi-turn evaluators, then deploy to cloud environments with persistent memory and session management.
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July 2026
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