Lesson 16: What is an AI Agent? More Than a Chatbot

We define AI agent, differentiate it from a chatbot, and understand why it’s a qualitative leap.

3 min

Lesson 17: Anatomy of an Agent — the Pieces of the Puzzle

The components of an AI agent: brain, tools, memory, senses, and hands. How they fit together to create a working agent.

3 min

Lesson 18: Tools and Skills — the Agent's Hands

What tools and skills are, why they’re essential, how an agent decides which to use, and what MCP is.

3 min

Lesson 19: An Agent's Memory — How It Remembers (and Forgets)

The types of agent memory, what embeddings are, how RAG works, and why memory is the hardest problem.

3 min

Lesson 20: Agent Frameworks — OpenClaw, LangChain, and Others

The options for building an agent: from simplest to most complex. Which to choose based on your level.

2 min