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Google Cloud AI Agents: From Foundations to Enterprise Scale Professional Certificate

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Google Cloud AI Agents: From Foundations to Enterprise Scale Professional Certificate

Google Cloud AI Agent Developer: Enterprise Scale.

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build, configure, and optimize AI agents using Python code, YAML, and Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK).

  • Equip agents with tools, structured outputs, and real-time state management using session state and Memory Bank.

  • Deploy scalable agents and multi-agent trees to Vertex AI Agent Engine, serverless Cloud Run, and GKE.

  •  Strategically orchestrate enterprise multi-agent systems using Gemini Enterprise and human-centered AI governance.

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Professional Certificate - 12 course series

Introduction to AI Agents

Introduction to AI Agents

Course 1, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Identify the core capabilities of AI agents, including autonomous action, reasoning and continuous learning.

  • Distinguish the differences between reactive, script-based chatbots and autonomous, goal-oriented AI agents.

  • Explain how multi-agent collaboration enables systems to share knowledge and coordinate actions to achieve large-scale goals.

  • Describe the components of agent architecture: models, tools, orchestration and runtime.

Agent Fundamentals

Agent Fundamentals

Course 2, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Define AI agents and their role in autonomous goal achievement.

  • Identify core agent capabilities: autonomous action, reasoning, planning, and continuous learning.

  • Explain workplace use cases across customer service, marketing, and research industries.

  • Distinguish AI agents from traditional chatbots based on autonomous action and system integration.

Enterprise Agents and Use Cases

Enterprise Agents and Use Cases

Course 3, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Map specific AI agent types directly to the business KPIs that matter most to your organization.

  • Identify the four key components that power an agentic workflow: models, tools, orchestration, and runtime.

  • Distinguish between the different ways to deploy agents, including Google-built, no-code, high-code, and third-party integrations.

  • Determine whether a pre-built assistant or a fully customized agent is the best fit to solve your specific business challenge.

Build Agents with Gemini Enterprise

Build Agents with Gemini Enterprise

Course 4, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Define the core purpose of ADK and how it differs from basic prompt engineering.

  • Identify the developer tools included in ADK, such as the CLI, web-based UI, and evaluation features.

  • Describe the three primary pathways for deploying containerized ADK agents (Managed runtime, Serverless, and Custom infrastructure).

Build Your First Agent with Gemini Enterprise

Build Your First Agent with Gemini Enterprise

Course 5, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • ADK installation with virtual environments. The four core parameters: model, name, description, and instruction.

  • The root_agent naming convention for ADK tools. Configuring .env files with GOOGLE_API_KEY after adk create.

  • Three execution modes: adk web, adk run, and adk api_server. Programmatic execution with Runner and sessions.

  • YAML-based Agent Config for code-free agent definition. When to use YAML versus Python for agents.

Optimize Agent Behavior

Optimize Agent Behavior

Course 6, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Writing sophisticated multi-section instructions

  • Creating consistent agent personalities

  • Implementing ethical boundaries

  • Using examples to guide behavior

Add Agent Capabilities With Tools

Add Agent Capabilities With Tools

Course 7, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Core tool concepts

  • Built-in tools

  • MCP tools

  • Custom function tools

Manage Agent Memory and State

Manage Agent Memory and State

Course 8, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Understand state fundamentals

  • Implement state-driven patterns

  • Master state persistence

  • Build stateful agents

Build and Deploy Agents in Production

Build and Deploy Agents in Production

Course 9, 23 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Design hierarchical architectures

  • Implement workflow logic

  • Evaluate deployment environments

  • Configure security and observability

Deploy Your First Agent

Deploy Your First Agent

Course 10, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Deploy to production

  • Production session state

  • Cross-session memory

  • Deployment options

Gen AI Agents: Transform Your Organization

Gen AI Agents: Transform Your Organization

Course 11, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Define the components of generative AI agents and how they work together.

  • Explain how you can combine the components of generative AI agents to build powerful solutions.

  • Describe how you can use Google Cloud’s gen AI products to create generative AI agents.

  • Explain how to effectively lead and manage organizational transformation with gen AI.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Customer experience improvement
Category: LLM Application
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: AI Enablement
Category: Strategic Planning
Category: Prompt Engineering Tools
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Agentic Workflows
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Google Gemini
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Agentic systems
Category: Tool Calling
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Innovation
Category: AI Product Strategy
Category: Generative AI
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Human-Centered AI

Human-Centered AI

Course 12, 19 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Distinguish between augmentation and automation

  • Leverage Gen AI for strategic cognitive enhancement

  • Identify and automate high-volume, rule-based tasks

  • Implement "Human-in-the-Loop" frameworks

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