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Agentic Systems: sections and modules

T3Required

Agentic Systems

Design tool-using agents that are reliable and bounded.

For whom: All technical paths
Time: 19 h 3 min
Before this track: LLM and Retrieval Fundamentals

Objectives

Decide workflow vs agent vs multi-agent
Design tools, memory, guards

Most production agents are single-loop with tools.

T3.1
What an agent is: the tool-calling loop
3 h · 4 lessons
4 lessons
T3.2
Tool design, the agent-computer interface, MCP and A2A
2 h 53 min · 7 lessons
Partly ready
7 lessons
T3.3
Context engineering and orchestration
2 h 7 min · 7 lessons
7 lessons
T3.4
Memory and state
2 h 7 min · 7 lessons
7 lessons

Exercise: Tool-loop exercise (companion code)
Done when: Checkpoint ≥ 70%

Reliability and scope separate demos from products.

T3.5
Robust agents: retries, fallbacks and guards
2 h 59 min · 6 lessons
6 lessons
T3.6
Multi-agent systems: when justified
3 h 2 min · 8 lessons
8 lessons
T3.7
Agentic workflow platforms
2 h 55 min · 7 lessons
7 lessons

Exercise: P3 Debug a failing agent
Done when: P3 rubric ≥ 3