A Beginner's Guide to Agentic AI

Artificial intelligence is no longer a passive tool that simply answers questions. Modern AI systems can plan, decide, use tools, and take actions in the world-sometimes over extended periods without human intervention. This new paradigm is called Agentic AI, and it is rapidly reshaping how software is built, how businesses operate, and how humans interact with machines. This textbook was written for the curious beginner: someone who may have heard the terms AI agent, autonomous system, or LLM tool use and wants a rigorous, ground-up understanding of what these mean, how they work, and how to build them. No prior experience with artificial intelligence or machine learning is assumed-only a willingness to learn and a basic familiarity with programming.

Pages: 202, Paperback, Independently published