A free, beginner-to-expert course on AI agents in theory and practice, using smolagents, LlamaIndex and LangGraph, with challenges and a certification path. Learners share agents on the Hugging Face Hub and work with a community on Discord.
The step after AI Foundations: learners take a workflow they repeat, break it into steps, find where AI adds value and build a practical plan to use AI across that process, turning one-off prompts into repeatable workflows.
Objectives
Explain what agents are and how they are designed
Build agents with smolagents, LlamaIndex and LangGraph
Evaluate agents in challenges and publish them on the Hub
Map a recurring piece of work into clear steps
Identify which steps AI can help with and which need a person
Turn useful prompts into a repeatable workflow
Build a practical plan for using AI across a real process
Things to know
Python required
Pace is self-set; the certification path has deadlines in some cohorts
Needs a free Hugging Face account
Uses ChatGPT specifically.
Course is about 80 minutes; the full learning path with assessment is listed at 1h 50m.
Badge requires passing an assessment at 80% or higher.
Lesson-level module titles are only visible after enrolling; the public page lists the course plus its assessment.
OpenAI says badges and certificates of completion are not certifications and do not guarantee eligibility for a future OpenAI Certification.
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