Tool-Using AI Agents

About this course

Design tool-using agents around reliable interfaces, explicit control flow, permissions and observable execution.

This advanced course is part of the Agentic AI & Intelligent Automation school. Work through the curriculum below in a instructor-led / cohort format, with an estimated study time of 25 h.

Course curriculum

• Module 1 — Production Architecture for Tool-Using Agents
• Module 2 — Designing Tool Interfaces
• Module 3 — Reliable Execution
• Module 4 — Control Flow: State Machines, Approvals and Checkpoints
• Module 5 — Tool Protocols: MCP, Authentication and Scopes
• Module 6 — Securing Tool-Using Agents
• Module 7 — Evaluation and Observability
• Module 8 — Operating Agents in Production

Applied learning

• Case Study — Kestrel's Dispatch Agent, Six Weeks In
• Lab 1 — Robust tool execution
• Lab 2 — A dispatch agent behind an MCP-style server
• Lab 3 — Secure, evaluated and observable
• Capstone — A Production-Ready Agent Service

Who this course is for

Technology Professional; Engineer / Architect; Enterprise Team

Prerequisites

NE-AGI-101

Course details

• Course code: NE-AGI-302
• Level: Advanced
• Estimated duration: 25 h
• Delivery: Instructor-Led / Cohort