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Course Outline
Fundamentals of AI Agents and Alibaba Cloud Services
- Definition of AI agents and their differentiation from standard chat applications.
- Common enterprise use cases, including 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 Initial Model Interaction
- Preparing the Alibaba Cloud account, workspace, and access credentials.
- Reviewing the console, APIs, and basic development setup.
- Accessing foundation models through Model Studio or related services.
- Making a first model call and validating the response flow.
Constructing a Simple Agent Workflow
- Defining the agent's role, task boundaries, and expected outputs.
- Writing clear prompts and instructions for reliable behavior.
- Managing user input, response formatting, and basic conversation flow.
- Testing and refining the agent with practical examples.
Incorporating Enterprise Knowledge via 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 whether answers are accurate, relevant, and traceable.
Tool Usage, Deployment, and Operations
- Enabling the agent to call external tools, APIs, or lightweight cloud functions.
- Building simple business workflows such as lookup, summarization, or ticket assistance.
- Deploying the agent for internal use with appropriate access control.
- Monitoring logs, usage, quality, and cost with practical operational safeguards.
Conclusion 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 aiming to create AI-powered applications on Alibaba Cloud.
- Cloud engineers and solution architects investigating AI agent use cases.
- Technical teams tasked with prototyping or deploying intelligent assistants.
7 Hours
