Working with AI Agents
Move beyond static chat prompts into autonomous AI. Discover how agents plan multi-step workflows, use digital tools, and safely solve open-ended problems.
Like Duolingo, but for Working with AI Agents. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 11 levels across 2 sections, about 22 minutes end to end, roughly 4 days at five minutes a day. It moves through From Chatbot to Active Assistant and Keeping Agents on Course. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Working with AI Agents
- A standard chatbot stops working once it generates a single text reply to a user prompt
- An AI agent takes initiative to pursue a goal across multiple actions without needing user prompts at each step
- An agent first reasons or plans what step to take to move toward its objective
- It then executes that specific action in the environment
- It observes the feedback or outcome of that action before repeating the loop
- Agents solve problems best when given an unambiguous definition of 'done' (such as a specific deliverable or format)
- Clear guardrails or constraints prevent the agent from wandering or taking unauthorized actions
- Micromanaging an agent's individual clicks and keystrokes limits its ability to handle unexpected obstacles
- A standalone model only generates text and has no live connection to outside environments
- An agent needs external tools (like APIs, web browsers, or database connectors) to inspect live data or enact changes in real software
- Pure text tasks like summarizing or drafting operate entirely within the model's internal language processing
- Autonomy means the agent selects its own route toward a goal based on what it observes
- If a specific tool call or webpage fails, an autonomous agent can interpret the failure and attempt an alternative strategy rather than crashing like a static script
- Language models only generate text and structured data, not physical mouse clicks or direct server connections
- An external runtime or application wrapper receives the agent's text command and actually triggers the real-world action
- Language models rely on external tools to fetch current information beyond their training data
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Working with AI Agents the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
You ask an AI to find five receipts in your inbox and save them. What makes an AI agent different from a regular chatbot here?
Get it right to open this lesson and 10 more in the app.
How to learn Working with AI Agents, step by step
Go in order. 11 short levels across 2 sections, about 22 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
From Chatbot to Active Assistant
- The Agent Mindset
- Giving AI Hands: Tools and Environment
- 2
Keeping Agents on Course
- Planning, Memory, and Loop Traps
- Supervised Autonomy and Guardrails
2 sections · 4 units · 11 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Questions about Working with AI Agents
How do I learn Working with AI Agents?
Go in order: start with From Chatbot to Active Assistant, then Keeping Agents on Course. On Tomo that's 11 short levels, about 22 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for Working with AI Agents?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. Working with AI Agents is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is the Working with AI Agents course free?
Yes. Working with AI Agents is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn Working with AI Agents?
11 levels across 2 sections, about 22 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start Working with AI Agents?
No. It's pitched at a beginner level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
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- What you get
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- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Working with AI Agents is taught in the Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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