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Course Outline
Fundamentals of AI Agents and Alibaba Cloud Services
- Defining AI agents and distinguishing them from standard chat applications
- Exploring common enterprise use cases like support, knowledge assistance, and task automation
- Examining core agent components: models, prompts, tools, memory, and workflows
- Surveying relevant Alibaba Cloud services for agent development and hosting
Environment Setup and Initial Model Interaction
- Setting up the Alibaba Cloud account, workspace, and access credentials
- Navigating the console, APIs, and foundational development setup
- Accessing foundation models via Model Studio or equivalent services
- Making initial model calls and validating response flows
Constructing a Basic Agent Workflow
- Defining the agent's role, task boundaries, and expected outputs
- Crafting clear prompts and instructions for consistent behavior
- Managing user input, response formatting, and basic conversation logic
- Testing and refining the agent with practical examples
Incorporating Enterprise Knowledge via Retrieval
- Understanding retrieval-augmented generation in practical contexts
- Preparing business documents and content for knowledge grounding
- Linking the agent to a knowledge source for query response
- Evaluating answer accuracy, relevance, and traceability
Tool Utilization, Deployment, and Operations
- Enabling the agent to invoke external tools, APIs, or lightweight cloud functions
- Creating simple business workflows such as lookups, summarization, or ticket support
- Deploying the agent for internal use with appropriate access controls
- Monitoring logs, usage, quality, and costs with practical operational safeguards
Conclusion and Implementation Planning
- Reviewing the end-to-end agent architecture and workflow
- Identifying suitable business scenarios for pilot projects
- Outlining next steps for improvement, governance, and team adoption
Requirements
- Fundamental knowledge of cloud computing concepts and web APIs
- Experience navigating cloud consoles and command-line interfaces
- Basic proficiency in Python programming
Target Audience
- Developers keen on building AI-driven applications using Alibaba Cloud
- Cloud engineers and solution architects investigating AI agent use cases
- Technical teams tasked with prototyping or deploying intelligent assistants
7 Hours
