A deeper read of the three categories of agents · Deterministic automation, Reasoning + acting, Multi-agent networks. Watch the walkthrough · download the visual guide · go deeper at your own pace.
This is the longer-form companion to Session 2 · How to Build AI. Start with the walkthrough video below · Sandhiya talks through the anatomy of an agent in under 10 minutes. Then scroll the 9-slide visual guide for the deeper read, or download the PDF for offline reference.
Pair this with the Restaurant Map for context, and the CoS Template when you're ready to build your first Category 2 agent.
★ THE WALKTHROUGH
Sandhiya · the anatomy of agents.
★ THE VISUAL GUIDE · 9 SLIDES
Read top to bottom · each rung sits on the one below.
SLIDE 1 · THE THREE FLAVORS OF AI AGENCYSLIDE 2 · THE SHAPE OF THE LADDERSLIDE 3 · FLAVOR 1 · DETERMINISTIC AUTOMATIONSLIDE 4 · DETERMINISTIC IN ACTIONSLIDE 5 · FLAVOR 2 · REASONING AND ACTINGSLIDE 6 · THE REASONING LOOPSLIDE 7 · FLAVOR 3 · MULTI-AGENT NETWORKSSLIDE 8 · WHERE THE RUNGS MEET YOUR WORKSLIDE 9 · PICK YOUR RUNG
★ NOW WHAT
Pick a use case · build a Category 2 agent · ship by Workshop 3.
The whole ladder is useful as context. The first agent you actually ship will almost certainly be Category 2 · one reasoning + acting agent, with a goal and a few tools. Two worked examples live on this site · fork one, change the [BRACKETS] for your org, watch it run.
