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Course Outline

Core Foundations of AI Agents on Google Cloud

  • Defining AI agents and distinguishing them from chatbots and conventional AI applications.
  • Identifying common business use cases for agents in enterprise settings.
  • Survey of Google Cloud services utilized in agent development.

Architecting AI Agents

  • Essential agent components: models, instructions, tools, memory, and workflows.
  • Selecting the appropriate agent capability level for specific business scenarios.
  • Crafting effective instructions and establishing basic guardrails.

Creating Agents with Vertex AI and Gemini

  • Configuring the Google Cloud environment for development.
  • Utilizing Vertex AI and Gemini models to create foundational agents.
  • Testing prompts, responses, and basic agent behaviors.

Integrating Agents with Tools and Data

  • Facilitating tool usage through APIs and function calling.
  • Linking agents to business data to ensure grounded responses.
  • Enhancing reliability, relevance, and the quality of responses.

Deploying and Managing Agents

  • Exploring deployment options for agent solutions on Google Cloud.
  • Monitoring, logging, and conducting basic performance evaluations.
  • Addressing security, access control, and responsible AI considerations.

Hands-On Workshop and Future Directions

  • Constructing a simple agent for a realistic business scenario.
  • Evaluating design choices and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Planning subsequent steps for pilot projects and continued learning.

Requirements

  • Fundamental knowledge of cloud computing principles and web applications.
  • Experience with APIs, JSON, and Google Cloud services or comparable cloud platforms.
  • Basic programming proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or another contemporary language.

Target Audience

  • Developers aiming to construct AI agents on Google Cloud.
  • Technical leads and solution architects investigating agent-based application architectures.
  • Data and AI specialists seeking practical experience with Vertex AI agent features.
 7 Hours

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