Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI's Guides to AI Agents ALL in 18 Minutes

Cole Medin May 19, 2025
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Cole Medin

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Hi I'm Cole Medin and I'm your guy for learning how to make a huge impact with AI agents and AI coding assistants. AI is no doubt the future of not just software development but the whole world. And I'm on a mission to master it and share everything with you. Join me as I push the limits of what is possible with AI. I'll be uploading videos weekly - at least every Wednesday at 7:00 PM CDT!

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In this video, I distill for you hundreds of hours of research from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google into a 20-minute masterclass on the foundation of building ANY AI agent. The internet is filled with advice on how to build effective AI agents, and I wanted to cover the best for you - no fluff. What I cover here isn't just theory - it's the strategies and understanding of AI agents used by the best of the best today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you want your AI coding assistant to actually understand your production codebases and larger projects, check out AugmentCode and get started with a 14 day free trial: https://fnf.dev/4meP8g6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Whitepaper on AI Agents: https://ia600601.us.archive.org/15/items/google-ai-agents-whitepaper/Newwhitepaper_Agents.pdf Anthropic's Article on Building Effective AI Agents: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents OpenAI's Practical Guide to Building AI Agents: https://cdn.openai.com/business-guides-and-resources/a-practical-guide-to-building-agents.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 00:00 - The Best AI Agent Advice from Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI 00:57 - The Foundation of AI Agents 02:35 - When Should and Shouldn't You Build an Agent? 05:06 - The 4 Components of Any Agent 06:28 - AI Reasoning Patterns 07:30 - AugmentCode 09:14 - Common Patterns for AI Agents 10:40 - Single vs. Multi Agent Systems 11:32 - Safety and Guardrails 13:26 - Best Practices for Building Agents 14:43 - Real World Use Cases for AI Agents 15:40 - Agent Frameworks and Tools 16:26 - Focus on Outcomes, not Complexity 17:22 - Final Thoughts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join me as I push the limits of what is possible with AI. I'll be uploading videos at least two times a week - Sundays and Wednesdays at 7:00 PM CDT!

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