AI Agents: How Do They Work and How to Build Them
summary
Claim: anyone with basic JavaScript and an API key can build a working AI agent in minutes. Implementation is a controlled while loop that asks an LLM whether it can answer, and if not calls tools (web search, vector DB, company API) until it can. Example: Claude is prompted to emit a Google query, the query result (screenshot or text) is fed back and Claude answers — a real weather lookup. Use JSON tool schemas or built-in function calling, deploy on AWS Lambda + Bedrock or LangChain, enforce spending limits and a three‑try exit to avoid runaway token costs. request leave tool is a concrete example of a callable API.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction to AI agents
- 1:56What are AI agents
- 3:45How LLMs process text
- 7:33Meet the speaker
- 8:16Real-time data challenge
- 10:50AI agents vs LLMs
- 11:59Building AI agents with loops
- 13:43Cost and safeguards
- 15:48JSON response trick
- 17:13Built-in agent tools
- 18:15Demo agent workflow
- 20:23Production considerations
- 21:05Code walkthrough
- 23:54MCP protocol overview
- 24:56Summary and next steps
