Decoding Visualizer
View how beam search decoding works, in detail!
This interactive, certified course will guide you through building and deploying your own AI Agents.
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\n\n\nHere is the general syllabus for the course. With each unit a more detailed list of topics will be released.
\n| Chapter | \nTopic | \nDescription | \n
|---|---|---|
| 0 | \nOnboarding | \nSet you up with the tools and platforms that you will use. | \n
| 1 | \nAgent Fundamentals | \nExplain Tools, Thoughts, Actions, Observations, and their formats. Explain LLMs, messages, special tokens and chat-template. Show a simple use case in generic python functions. | \n
| 2 | \nFrameworks | \nUnderstand how the fundamentals are implemented in popular libraries : smolagents, LangGraph, LLamaIndex | \n
| 3 | \nUse Cases | \nLetβs build some real life use cases ( open to PRs π€ from experienced Agent builders ) | \n
| 4 | \nFinal Assignment | \nBuild an agent for a selected benchmark (GAIA) | \n
Units contain: live session, written material, and interactive quiz.
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defined yet.
This interactive, certified course will guide you through building and deploying your own AI Agents.
π Register here for the course
π Check out the course material here
Here is the general syllabus for the course. With each unit a more detailed list of topics will be released.
| Chapter | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Onboarding | Set you up with the tools and platforms that you will use. |
| 1 | Agent Fundamentals | Explain Tools, Thoughts, Actions, Observations, and their formats. Explain LLMs, messages, special tokens and chat-template. Show a simple use case in generic python functions. |
| 2 | Frameworks | Understand how the fundamentals are implemented in popular libraries : smolagents, LangGraph, LLamaIndex |
| 3 | Use Cases | Letβs build some real life use cases ( open to PRs π€ from experienced Agent builders ) |
| 4 | Final Assignment | Build an agent for a selected benchmark (GAIA) |
Units contain: live session, written material, and interactive quiz.
If you would like to study, contribute to, or discuss the agents course then join the Hugging Face Discord.
View how beam search decoding works, in detail!
View how beam search decoding works, in detail!
Answer questions using multiple tools and information sources
Test your knowledge of the Agent fundamentals.
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