ai-agents-for-beginners

AI Agents for Beginners - A Course

AI Agents for Beginners

A course wey dey teach everything wey you need to sabi to start to build AI Agents

🌐 Multi-Language Support

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

You prefer to Clone Locally?

Dis repository get 50+ language translations wey go make di download big. To clone without 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 you need to complete di course with download wey fast well-well.

If you wan make dem add more translations, di list of supported languages dey here

🌱 How to Start

Dis course get lessons wey dey cover di foundation of how to build AI Agents. Each lesson get e own topic so start for anywhere wey you like!

We get support for many languages for dis course. Go our languages wey dey available here.

If na your first time to build with Generative AI models, check our Generative AI For Beginners course, wey get 21 lessons about how to build with GenAI.

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

Meet Other Learners, Get Your Questions Answered

If you jam problem or you get any question about building AI Agents, join our special Discord Channel for the Microsoft Foundry Discord.

Wetin You Need

Each lesson for dis course get code examples, wey you fit find for the code_samples folder. You fit fork dis repo to create your own copy.

Dem code examples for these exercises dey use Microsoft Agent Framework with Azure AI Foundry Agent Service V2:

Microsoft Foundry - You need Azure Account

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

Some code samples fit still support other OpenAI-compatible providers like MiniMax, wey get big-context models (up to 204K tokens). Check the Course Setup for how to set am.

For more information on how to run di code for dis course, go the Course Setup.

🙏 You Wan Help?

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

📂 Wetin each lesson get

One written lesson for the README and short video
Python code samples using Microsoft Agent Framework with Azure AI Foundry
Links to more resources to continue to learn

🗃️ 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 for 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	Coming Soon
Creating Local AI Agents	Coming Soon
Securing AI Agents	Link		Link

🎒 Odá Courses Dem

Our team dey produce oda courses dem! Make you check out:

LangChain

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Azure / Edge / MCP / Agents

Generative AI Series

Core Learning

Copilot Series

🌟 Community Tenk Yu

Tenk yu to Shivam Goyal for to give important code samples wey dey show how Agentic RAG work.

How to Contribute

Dis project dey welcome contributions and suggestions. Most contributions go need make you agree to one Contributor License Agreement (CLA) wey talk say you get di rights, and you really dey give us permission make we use your contribution. If you wan see details, waka go https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.

If you submit pull request, CLA bot go check automatically if you need provide CLA and e go put correct decoration for PR (like status check, comment). Just follow the instructions wey di bot give. You go only need do dis once for all repos wey dey use our CLA.

Dis project don adopt di Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. If you want know more, see di Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com if you get any extra questions or comments.

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How to Get Help

If you jam wahala or get any question about to build AI apps, join:

If you get product feedback or bugs wey happen 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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