ai-agents-for-beginners

AI Agents for Beginners - A Course

AI Agents for Beginners

A course teaching everything you need to know to start building AI Agents

🌐 Multi-Language Support

Supported via GitHub Action (Automated & Always Up-to-Date)

Prefer to Clone Locally?

Dis repository get more dan 50 language translation wey go increase di download size well well. To clone without di translations, use sparse checkout:

Bash / macOS / Linux:
git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners.git
cd ai-agents-for-beginners
git sparse-checkout set --no-cone '/*' '!translations' '!translated_images'
CMD (Windows):
git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners.git
cd ai-agents-for-beginners
git sparse-checkout set --no-cone "/*" "!translations" "!translated_images"
Dis one go give you everything wey you need to complete di course wit fast download.

If you want make we support more translation languages, dem dey listed here.

🌱 How to Start

Dis course get lessons wey dey teach di fundamentals to build AI Agents. Each lesson get e own topic, so you fit start anywhere you like!

Dis course get multi-language support. Go check our languages wey dey available here.

If na your first time to build wit Generative AI models, check our Generative AI For Beginners course wey get 21 lessons for building wit GenAI.

No forget to star (🌟) dis repo and fork dis repo make you fit run di code.

Meet Other Learners, Get Your Questions Answered

If you jam any wahala or get question about how to build AI Agents, join our special Discord Channel for Microsoft Foundry Discord.

Wetin You Need

Each lesson for dis course get code examples, wey dey inside code_samples folder. You fit fork dis repo to make your own copy.

Di code examples for these exercises dey use Microsoft Agent Framework wit Microsoft Foundry Agent Service V2:

Microsoft Foundry - Azure Account Required

Dis course dey use dis AI Agent frameworks and services from Microsoft:

Some code examples sef fit use other OpenAI-compatible providers like MiniMax, wey get big-context models (up to 204K tokens). Check di Course Setup for configuration details.

If you want more info on how to run di code for dis course, go Course Setup.

🙏 You Wan Help?

You get suggestion or you see any spelling or code mistake? Raise an issue or Create a pull request

📂 Each Lesson Get

Written lesson for README and short video
Python code samples wey dey use Microsoft Agent Framework with Microsoft Foundry
Links to extra resource to continue your learning

🗃️ Lessons

Lesson	Text & Code	Video	Extra Learning
Intro to AI Agents and Agent Use Cases	Link	Video	Link
Exploring AI Agentic Frameworks	Link	Video	Link
Understanding AI Agentic Design Patterns	Link	Video	Link
Tool Use Design Pattern	Link	Video	Link
Agentic RAG	Link	Video	Link
Building Trustworthy AI Agents	Link	Video	Link
Planning Design Pattern	Link	Video	Link
Multi-Agent Design Pattern	Link	Video	Link
Metacognition Design Pattern	Link	Video	Link
AI Agents in Production	Link	Video	Link
Using Agentic Protocols (MCP, A2A and NLWeb)	Link	Video	Link
Context Engineering for AI Agents	Link	Video	Link
Managing Agentic Memory	Link	Video
Exploring Microsoft Agent Framework	Link
Building Computer Use Agents (CUA)	Link		Link
Deploying Scalable Agents	Link		Link
Creating Local AI Agents	Link		Link
Securing AI Agents	Link		Link

🎒 Odas Kọ́s

Our team dey make oda kọns! Check am:

LangChain

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Azure / Edge / MCP / Agents

Generative AI Series

Core Learning

Copilot Series

🌟 Community Thanks

Thanks to Shivam Goyal for contributing important code samples demonstrating Agentic RAG.

Contributing

Dis project dey welcome contributions and suggestions. Most contributions need say you agree to Contributor License Agreement (CLA) wey talk say you get the right to, and you really dey grant us di rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.

When you submit pull request, CLA bot go automatically check whether you need to provide CLA and fit decorate the PR well (like status check, comment). Just follow di instructions wey di bot give. You go just need to do am once for all repos wey dey use our CLA.

Dis project don adopt Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more info check Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com if you get any questions or comments.

Trademarks

Dis project fit get trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Unauthorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos no allowed, and you must follow Microsoft’s Trademark & Brand Guidelines. If you modify di project and use Microsoft trademarks or logos, e no suppose cause confusion or make people think say Microsoft dey sponsor am. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos gots follow di third-parties’ rules dem.

Getting Help

If you get stuck or get any question about building AI apps, come join:

If you get product feedback or find errors while you dey build, visit:

Disclaimer: Dis document don translate wit AI translation service Co-op Translator. Even tho we dey try make am correct, abeg make you know say automated translation fit get errors or mistakes. Di original document for dia own language na im be di correct source. For important info, make person wey sabi human translation do am. We no go responsible for any misunderstanding or wrong understanding wey fit happen because of dis translation.

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