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Course Outline
AI Agent Fundamentals and Alibaba Cloud Services
- Distinguishing AI agents from standard chat applications.
- Common enterprise use cases, including customer support, knowledge assistance, and task automation.
- Core agent components: models, prompts, tools, memory, and workflows.
- Overview of relevant Alibaba Cloud services for building and hosting agents.
Environment Setup and First Model Interaction
- Setting up the Alibaba Cloud account, workspace, and access credentials.
- Reviewing the console, APIs, and basic development configuration.
- Accessing foundation models via Model Studio or related services.
- Making an initial model call and validating the response flow.
Building a Simple Agent Workflow
- Defining the agent's role, task boundaries, and expected outputs.
- Crafting clear prompts and instructions to ensure reliable behavior.
- Managing user input, response formatting, and basic conversation flow.
- Testing and refining the agent with practical examples.
Adding Enterprise Knowledge with Retrieval
- Understanding retrieval-augmented generation in practical terms.
- Preparing business documents and content for knowledge grounding.
- Connecting the agent to a knowledge source for question answering.
- Evaluating answers for accuracy, relevance, and traceability.
Tool Use, Deployment, and Operations
- Enabling the agent to call external tools, APIs, or lightweight cloud functions.
- Building simple business workflows such as data lookup, summarization, or ticket assistance.
- Deploying the agent for internal use with appropriate access controls.
- Monitoring logs, usage, quality, and cost with practical operational safeguards.
Wrap-Up and Implementation Planning
- Reviewing the end-to-end agent architecture and workflow.
- Identifying suitable business scenarios for pilot projects.
- Planning next steps for improvement, governance, and team adoption.
Requirements
- Fundamental understanding of cloud computing concepts and web APIs.
- Experience navigating a cloud console and using command-line tools.
- Basic proficiency in Python programming.
Audience
- Developers looking to build AI-powered applications on Alibaba Cloud.
- Cloud engineers and solution architects exploring use cases for AI agents.
- Technical teams tasked with prototyping or deploying intelligent assistants.
7 Hours
