Building AI Agents with OpenAI APIs Training Course
Developing AI Agents Using OpenAI APIs is a hands-on course focused on designing, constructing, and optimising AI agents for business applications.
This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) targets beginner to intermediate developers and technical teams who wish to leverage OpenAI APIs to create AI agents capable of reasoning, utilising tools, and executing multi-step tasks.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Comprehend the fundamental building blocks of an AI agent utilising OpenAI APIs.
- Design prompts, tools, and workflows for practical agent functionality.
- Manage conversation states, outputs, and essential safety controls.
- Test and enhance an AI agent for real-world business scenarios.
Course Format
- Interactive lectures and discussions.
- Extensive exercises and practice opportunities.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customisation Options
- To request customised training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Foundations of AI Agents and OpenAI APIs
- Understanding what an AI agent is and how it differs from a basic chatbot
- Common business use cases for assistants and workflow agents
- Core OpenAI API concepts, requests, and responses
- Planning a simple agent workflow for a business task
Getting Started with the Development Environment
- Preparing API access, credentials, and local setup
- Choosing Python or JavaScript for implementation
- Making a first API request and reviewing the result
- Understanding basic request parameters and structured output
Prompting and Instruction Design
- Writing clear instructions for agent behaviour
- Structuring prompts for reliable and useful responses
- Using examples, constraints, and output formats
- Avoiding common prompt design mistakes
Tool Use and Multi-Step Workflows
- Introduction to tool use and function calling patterns
- Defining simple tools for business tasks and data lookup
- Passing structured data between the model and tools
- Orchestrating a basic multi-step agent workflow
Managing Context, Reliability, and Safety
- Working with multi-turn conversations and session state
- Keeping responses focused, consistent, and on task
- Applying basic guardrails, moderation, and fallback handling
- Monitoring token usage, cost, and common failure points
Building and Reviewing a Simple Business Agent
- Creating a small end-to-end agent for a realistic business scenario
- Connecting prompts, tools, and workflow logic
- Testing the agent with sample cases and refining the design
- Summarizing lessons learned and next steps for production planning
Requirements
- Familiarity with fundamental API concepts and JSON data
- Experience with Python or JavaScript for basic scripting tasks
- Basic programming experience
Audience
- Developers keen to build practical AI assistants and workflow agents
- Technical product teams exploring OpenAI-powered applications
- Solution architects and innovation teams evaluating agent use cases
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