An examination of the hype surrounding autonomous AI agent frameworks and why they may add unnecessary complexity to software development. The author argues that for most production use cases, structured workflows using LLM function calling are more reliable than fully autonomous agents.
- Complexity vs control in agentic systems
- Limitations of current models regarding long-term autonomy
- Advantages of explicit programming over unpredictable loops
- Complexity vs control in agentic systems
- Limitations of current models regarding long-term autonomy
- Advantages of explicit programming over unpredictable loops
This tutorial demonstrates how to construct a complete skill-based agent system for large language models using Python. It explores structuring modular capabilities similar to an operating system, where reusable skills are defined with metadata and schemas, registered centrally, and orchestrated through dynamic tool calling and multi-step reasoning. The implementation covers composing multiple skills for advanced workflows, hot-loading new capabilities at runtime, and monitoring performance via an observability dashboard.
This article provides a hands-on coding guide to explore nanobot, a lightweight personal AI agent framework. It details recreating core subsystems like the agent loop, tool execution, memory persistence, skills loading, session management, subagent spawning, and cron scheduling. The tutorial uses OpenAI’s gpt-4o-mini and demonstrates building a multi-step research pipeline capable of file operations, long-term memory storage, and concurrent background tasks. The goal is to understand not just how to *use* nanobot, but how to *extend* it with custom tools and architectures.
This article details a tutorial on building cybersecurity AI agents using the CAI framework. It guides readers through setting up the environment with Colab, loading API keys, and creating base agents. The tutorial progresses to advanced capabilities, including custom function tools, multi-agent handoffs, agent orchestration, input guardrails, and dynamic tools.
It demonstrates how CAI transforms Python functions and agent definitions into flexible cybersecurity workflows capable of reasoning, delegating, validating, and responding in a structured way. The article also showcases CTF-style pipelines, multi-turn context handling, and streaming responses, offering a comprehensive overview of CAI's potential for security applications.
It demonstrates how CAI transforms Python functions and agent definitions into flexible cybersecurity workflows capable of reasoning, delegating, validating, and responding in a structured way. The article also showcases CTF-style pipelines, multi-turn context handling, and streaming responses, offering a comprehensive overview of CAI's potential for security applications.
This article details how to use OpenClaw, an open-source framework, to build a personal assistant. It covers the setup, configuration, and basic usage of OpenClaw, focusing on its ability to connect to various tools and services to perform tasks like sending emails, browsing the web, and executing commands. The guide provides a practical walkthrough for creating a customized AI assistant tailored to individual needs.
The official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. It allows building MCP clients, servers, and provides tools for interacting with LLMs in a standardized way.
An MCP server that gives language models temporal awareness and time calculation abilities. Teaching AI the significance of the passage of time through collaborative tool development.
LLM 0.26 introduces tool support, allowing LLMs to access and utilize Python functions as tools. The article details how to install, configure, and use these tools with various LLMs like OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Ollama models, including examples with plugins and ad-hoc functions. It also discusses the implications for building 'agents' and future development plans.
This document details how to use function calling with Mistral AI models to connect to external tools and build more complex applications, outlining a four-step process: User query & tool specification, Model argument generation, User function execution, and Model final answer generation.
Diagrams is a tool that lets you draw cloud system architecture using Python code, supporting major cloud providers and on-premise nodes.
