What this lesson covers
Function calling, APIs, and the structured-output trick
A practical, ground-up introduction to AI agents. Understand the ReAct loop, tools, orchestration, memory, and evaluation, then build real agents using Aurora Trading Agent platform as your lab.
Explain the difference between a bare language model, a chatbot, and an AI agent
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Describe the ReAct loop (Thought → Action → Observation) and why it makes agents agentic
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Design tool-calling workflows and understand why tools, function calling, and MCP servers are all the same core concept
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Use autonomy controls (whitelists, approvals) to safely run agents in production
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Connect memory, scheduling, and subagents into a full autonomous workflow
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Build traces and evaluators (including LLM judges) to measure agent quality
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