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📝 Language: Jupyter Notebook

📝 Description: 12 Lessons to Get Started Building AI Agents

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  • ⭐ Stars: 55154

  • 🍴 Forks: 19046

  • 📝 Language: Jupyter Notebook

  • 📅 Created: 2024-11-28

  • 🔄 Updated: 2026-03-27

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    • Description

    12 Lessons to Get Started Building AI Agents

    Topics

    agentic-ai, agentic-framework, agentic-rag, ai-agents, ai-agents-framework, autogen, generative-ai, semantic-kernel

    Research Summary

    Key Features

  • Architecture

  • Use Cases

  • Assessment

  • Maturity:

  • Documentation:

  • Community:

  • Recommendation:

    • README Excerpt

    ```

    # AI Agents for Beginners - A Course

    ![Generative AI For Beginners](./images/repo-thumbnailv2.png)

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

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    🌐 Multi-Language Support

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

    [Arabic](./translations/ar/README.md) | [Bengali](./translations/bn/README.md) | [Bulgarian](./translations/bg/README.md) | [Burmese (Myanmar)](./translations/my/README.md) | [Chinese (Simplified)](./translations/zh-CN/README.md) | [Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong)](./translations/zh-HK/README.md) | [Chinese (Traditional, Macau)](./translations/zh-MO/README.md) | [Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)](./translations/zh-TW/README.md) | [Croatian](./translations/hr/README.md) | [Czech](./translations/cs/README.md) | [Danish](./translations/da/README.md) | [Dutch](./translations/nl/README.md) | [Estonian](./translations/et/README.md) | [Finnish](./translations/fi/README.md) | [French](./translations/fr/README.md) | [German](./translations/de/README.md) | [Greek](./translations/el/README.md) | [Hebrew](./translations/he/README.md) | [Hindi](./translations/hi/README.md) | [Hungarian](./translations/hu/README.md) | [Indonesian](./translations/id/README.md) | [Italian](./translations/it/README.md) | [Japanese](./translations/ja/README.md) | [Kannada](./translations/kn/README.md) | [Korean](./translations/ko/README.md) | [Lithuanian](./translations/lt/README.md) | [Malay](./translations/ms/README.md) | [Malayalam](./translations/ml/README.md) | [Marathi](./translations/mr/README.md) | [Nepali](./translations/ne/README.md) | [Nigerian Pidgin](./translations/pcm/README.md) | [Norwegian](./translations/no/README.md) | [Persian (Farsi)](./translations/fa/README.md) | [Polish](./translations/pl/README.md) | [Portuguese (Brazil)](./translations/pt-BR/README.md) | [Portuguese (Portugal)](./translations/pt-PT/README.md) | [Punjabi (Gurmukhi)](./translations/pa/README.md) | [Romanian](./translations/ro/README.md) | [Russian](./translations/ru/README.md) | [Serbian (Cyrillic)](./translations/sr/README.md) | [Slovak](./translations/sk/README.md) | [Slovenian](./translations/sl/README.md) | [Spanish](./translations/es/README.md) | [Swahili](./translations/sw/README.md) | [Swedish](./translations/sv/README.md) | [Tagalog (Filipino)](./translations/tl/README.md) | [Tamil](./translations/ta/README.md) | [Telugu](./translations/te/README.md) | [Thai](./translations/th/README.md) | [Turkish](./translations/tr/README.md) | [Ukrainian](./translations/uk/README.md) | [Urdu](./translations/ur/README.md) | [Vietnamese](./translations/vi/README.md)

    > Prefer to Clone Locally?

    >

    > This repository includes 50+ language translations which significantly increases the download size. To clone without translations, use sparse checkout:

    >

    > Bash / macOS / Linux:

    > ```bash

    > 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'

    > ```

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    > CMD (Windows):

    > ```cmd

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    > git sparse-checkout set --no-cone "/*" "!translations" "!translated_images"

    > ```

    >

    > This gives you everything you need to complete the course with a much faster download.

    If you wish to have additional translations languages supported are listed [here](https://github.com/Azure/co-op-translator/blob/main/getting_started/supported-languages.md)

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    [![Microsoft Foundry Discord](https://dcbadge.limes.pink/api/server/nTYy5BXMWG)](https://discord.gg/nTYy5BXMWG)

    🌱 Getting Started

    This course has lessons covering the fundamentals of building AI Agents. Each lesson covers its own topic so start wherever you like!

    There is multi-language support for this course. Go to our [available languages here](#-multi-language-support).

    If this is your first time building with Generative AI models, check out our [Generative AI For Beginners](https://aka.ms/genai-beginners) course, which includes 21 lessons on building with GenAI.

    Don't forget to [star (🌟) this repo](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/saving-repositories-with-stars?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) and [fork this repo](https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners/fork) to run the code.

    Meet Other Learners, Get Your Questions Answered

    If you get stuck or have any questions about building AI Agents, join our dedicated Discord Channel in the [Microsoft Foundry Discord](https://aka.ms/ai-agents/discord).

    What You Need

    Each lesson in this course includes code examples, which can be found in the code_samples folder. You can [fork this repo](https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners/fork) to create your own copy.

    The code examples in these exercises utilize Microsoft Agent Framework with Azure AI Foundry Agent Service V2:

  • [Microsoft Foundry](https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners/ai-foundry) - Azure Account Required

    • This course uses the following AI Agent frameworks and services from Microsoft:

  • [Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF)](https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners/agent-framewrok)

  • [Azure AI Foundry Agent Service V2](https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners/ai-agent-service)

    • For more information on running the code for this course, go to the [Course Setup](./00-course-setup/README.md).

    🙏 Want to help?

    Do you have suggestions or found spelling or code errors? [Raise an issue](https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners/issues?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) or [Create a pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners/pulls?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst)

    📂 Each lesson includes

  • A written lesson located in the README and a short video

  • Python code samples using Microsoft Agent Framework with Azure AI Foundry

  • Links to extra resources to continue your learning

    • 🗃️ Lessons

    | Lesson | Text & Code | Video | Extra Learning |

    |----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    | Intro to AI Agents and Agent Use Cases | [Link](./01-intro-to-ai-agents/README.md) | [Video](https://youtu.be/3zgm60bXmQk?si=z8QygFvYQv-9WtO1) | [Link](https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners/collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) |

    | Exploring AI Agentic Frameworks | [Link](./02-explore-agentic-frameworks/README.md) | [Video](https://youtu.be/ODwF-EZo_O8?si=Vawth4hzVaHv-u0H) | [Link](https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners/collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) |

    | Understanding AI Agentic Design Patterns | [Link](./03-agentic-design-patterns/README.md) | [Video](https://youtu.be/m9lM8qqoOEA?si=BIzHwzstTPL8o9GF) | [Link](https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners/collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) |

    | Tool Use Design Pattern | [Link](./04-tool-use/README.md) | [Video](https://youtu.be/vieRiPRx-gI?si=2z6O2Xu2cu_Jz46N) | [Link](https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners/collection?WT.mc_id=academic-105485-koreyst) |

    ```

    ---

    *Researched: 2026-03-28*

    Generated: 2026-03-28