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Building AI Agents That Actually Work

9 lessons · 25 min · Beginner · Platform-Agnostic

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⚡Felix Scholz
Jul 05, 2026
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Building AI Agents That Actually Work

Most AI agents impress in a demo, then fall apart on real work. Build one that remembers, uses your tools, and runs a job the same way every time.

The gap between an agent that demos well and one you actually trust is memory, tools, and a repeatable process. This course closes it.

Most people prompt a chatbot, get one good answer, and call it an agent. Then it forgets what it learned yesterday, has no access to the systems where the work lives, and improvises a different approach every run. You start with how an agent actually thinks: the agent loop that turns a goal into action. From there you set up a real workspace, write context files that onboard your agent like a new hire, and wire a self-improving loop so it keeps what works.

The back half is integration and repeatability. You connect outside tools through MCPs, run multi-tool workflows end to end, and write Skills: documented SOPs that make your agent perform a task the same reliable way every time. The final lesson puts the whole system together on one job.

You walk away with a working agent that has its own workspace, context, memory, connected tools, and a library of Skills, plus the repeatable method to point it at any new task.

Who it’s for

Founders: want an agent that handles a recurring job using their real tools, not a one-off chat reply.

Operators: turn the SOPs in their head into Skills an agent can run reliably every time.

Builders: move past prompt tricks to MCP tool connections and multi-tool workflows that hold up on real work.

What’s included

  1. From Chat to Agents

  2. How Agents Think — The Agent Loop

  3. Setting Up Your Workspace

  4. Context Files — Onboarding Your Agent

  5. The Self-Improving Loop — Agent Memory

  6. Connecting Your Tools with MCPs

  7. Multi-Tool Workflows in Action

  8. Building Skills — SOPs for AI

  9. Putting It All Together

🎯 This course is platform-agnostic. The concepts work in Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Manus, or any other agent platform. Think of it like learning to drive — once you know how, you can jump into any car.


From Chat to Agents

If you’re using ChatGPT or Claude right now, you’re probably doing something like this: you type a question, the AI answers, you take that answer and do something with it. Then you come back with another question. Ping-pong, with you running every other shot.

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