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Agentic Systems: sections and modules
T3.2Partly ready

Tool design, the agent-computer interface, MCP and A2A

Design tool schemas and choose integration protocols.

About 2 h 53 min: 38 min reading + 2 h 15 min practice · 7 lessons

Scope
Tools and protocols
7 lessons
  1. 1
    The Agent-Computer Interface

    6 min · Credited source

  2. 2
    Tool Schema Design

    5 min · Credited source

  3. 4
    The Tool Gateway and Code Sandboxing

    6 min · Credited source

  4. 5
    The Model Context Protocol

    5 min · Credited source

  5. 6
    Tool Selection at Scale

    4 min · Credited source

Practise and Check

Deliverable
Rewrite 3 bad tool schemas
Assessment
Checkpoint
Interview probe
How do you expose internal APIs to an agent?
Common mistakes
  • Vague tool descriptions
  • Too many tools

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