Applied AI Labs

# Your First Practical AI Agent in 30 Minutes

Build your first usable AI agent in a fast, beginner-friendly workshop.
In this session, we’ll go beyond basic chatbot prompts and create a simple AI agent that can take a real task, reason through the steps, use structured instructions or tools, and produce a useful output.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll leave with a working agent you can adapt for your own workflows — such as research, planning, summarization, email drafting, task automation, or business operations.
No advanced AI background required. This session is designed for builders, students, founders, engineers, PMs, and AI-curious professionals who want to understand how practical AI agents are built.

## What you’ll learn

• What an AI agent is and how it differs from a basic chatbot
• How agents use instructions, context, tools, and structured workflows
• How to design a simple agent for a real-world task
• Common mistakes that make AI agents unreliable
• How to improve your agent with better task framing and validation

## What you’ll leave with

A working starter AI agent that you can reuse, modify, and expand after the session.

## Who should attend

Anyone interested in building practical AI applications, especially beginners who want a hands-on introduction to AI agents without getting lost in theory.
Bring your laptop. No prior agent-building experience required.