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Day 1: What an AI agent really is

Understand what an AI agent is, without jargon, and pick the one small, boring task your agent will take off your plate.

Today's simple steps

  1. See the difference between a chatbot (it waits for you) and an agent (it has a job, starts on its own and uses tools).
  2. Learn the 4 parts every agent has: a trigger, a brain, instructions and tools.
  3. Meet the agent you'll build this week: a Lead Helper that reads new form messages, logs them and drafts a reply.
  4. Fill out your Agent Job Card: the job, what starts it, what it does, which tools it needs and what it must never do without asking.

What you'll see working

A finished Agent Job Card: a one page plan for your agent that you can read and share.

Time needed

About 10 minutes. No code, just clicking and plain English.

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