Agent Systems
Agentic AI Systems
From goal-directed model calls to governed, evaluated software systems.
8 chapters · 4-6 hours reading · 2-3 hours labs · 4-6 hours project
Chapters
- 1Agency is a controlled feedback processChapter 1
- 2Model the agent as a transition systemChapter 2
- 3Tools are capability contracts, not prompt decorationsChapter 3
- 4Plan with hypotheses and remember with evidenceChapter 4
- 5Build the runtime from deterministic seamsChapter 5
- 6Operate agency under real resource constraintsChapter 6
- 7Constrain authority and design recovery firstChapter 7
- 8Evaluate outcomes, trajectories, and effectsChapter 8