AI Agents Made Simple: Your Zero-to-Hero Guide to Prompting for Work Automation
1h 19mBeginner2025-09-18
Authors

Jose Latorre
Course details
Dive into the world of AI agents and learn how to make them work for you, transforming tedious tasks into automated workflows. In this course, José Latorre—a .NET, Azure Cloud, and UI/UX specialist—shows you techniques for crafting precise prompts that not only enhance productivity but also sharpen decision-making capabilities. Gain skills in guiding AI to think out loud, ensuring transparency and improved response quality. Learn how to split large tasks into smaller, manageable parts and integrate personality in AI interactions to maintain engaging communication. Build your understanding of the tools to automate and optimize your daily operations. Explore real-world applications and examples of effective prompt engineering. Engage with AI agents in a way that makes you an AI-powered hero in your field. This course helps you to equip yourself with cutting-edge skills that can make you a sought-after professional in today's AI-driven world.
Learning objectives
Clearly define what AI agents are, describe their core functions, and recognize their key components and business use cases.
Design clear, actionable prompts using simple, real-world techniques—such as providing examples or step-by-step instructions—that make AI responses more predictable and structured.
Grasp more advanced prompting methods in everyday language and through relatable analogies, enabling you to guide AI agents toward delivering more nuanced and effective responses.
Leverage prompt engineering to enhance the performance of AI agents, ensuring they effectively address challenges in marketing, finance, customer service, and other business areas.
Learning objectives
Clearly define what AI agents are, describe their core functions, and recognize their key components and business use cases.
Design clear, actionable prompts using simple, real-world techniques—such as providing examples or step-by-step instructions—that make AI responses more predictable and structured.
Grasp more advanced prompting methods in everyday language and through relatable analogies, enabling you to guide AI agents toward delivering more nuanced and effective responses.
Leverage prompt engineering to enhance the performance of AI agents, ensuring they effectively address challenges in marketing, finance, customer service, and other business areas.
Concepts
Introduction
- The power of smart prompting for AI agents
Getting to Know AI Agents
- Meet your new AI assistant
- Real-world benefits of AI agents
- Seeing AI agents in action
Agent Prompting Fundamentals - Asking for What You Need
- Prompting best practices - Clear and simple instructions
- Adding personality and tone
- Getting the right answer
Intermediate Techniques - Breaking It Down
- Step-by-step thinking - Guided reasoning
- Step-by-step thinking - Example-driven reasoning
- Step-by-step thinking - Consensus check
- From step-by-step to all-in-one prompting
- Review and improve - Learn from each attempt
- Splitting big tasks into smaller ones
Advanced Techniques - Thinking and Acting
- Smart moves - Combining thought and action
- Thinking aloud for transparent AI
Conclusion
- Key takeaways and practical tips
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