microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners resource
18 Lessons to Get Started Building AI Agents observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 45
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How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
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Adoption not part of the score
73281 stars · 24237 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
An 18-lesson open course from Microsoft teaching how to build AI agents, delivered as Jupyter Notebooks with code samples using frameworks like AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, and Microsoft Foundry. It covers agentic design patterns, tool use, and agentic RAG for beginners.
Use cases
- learn how to build AI agents from scratch
- understand agentic design patterns and tool use
- get started with agentic RAG
- compare agent frameworks like AutoGen and Semantic Kernel
- find hands-on Jupyter notebook tutorials for generative AI agents
- teach a course or workshop on building AI agents
When to choose
- you are a beginner wanting a structured, lesson-based introduction to AI agents
- you prefer learning through runnable Jupyter Notebook code examples
- you want free, MIT-licensed educational material with multi-language translations
- you want exposure to multiple agent frameworks including Microsoft's ecosystem
When to avoid
- you need production-ready agent code or a maintained framework rather than a course
- you are already an expert seeking advanced agent architecture guidance
- you want framework-agnostic content with no vendor-specific tooling
- you need a non-Python or non-.NET learning path
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
agent-framework rag llm-inference prompt-engineering developer-tools artificial-intelligence large-language-models tutorials education python cross-platform course jupyter-notebooks agentic-ai autogen semantic-kernel microsoft-foundry beginner-friendly ai-agents retrieval-augmented-generation
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners · fetched 2026-08-28 · b54f9662b0a7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners | main | 66 |
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