Working with AI Agents
Move beyond basic chat prompts to build AI that takes action. Learn how agents use tools, plan multi-step tasks, and operate safely under human oversight.
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: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Making AI Take Action and Steering and Guarding Autonomous Runs. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Working with AI Agents
- Chatbots only generate single-turn textual responses to a prompt
- Agents break a goal into steps and independently execute actions across multiple rounds to achieve it
- An agent first inspects inputs or tool outputs to see current status
- It then evaluates what to do next based on what it saw
- It finishes the cycle by executing a concrete action before looping back
- Agents will loop indefinitely or consume resources if they do not have a defined completion criteria
- An explicit finish line or stopping condition tells the agent when the goal is achieved so it can exit cleanly
- Autonomy can be set on a spectrum rather than just completely off or completely autonomous
- High-risk or irreversible agent actions require human sign-off before proceeding
- Low-risk repetitive tasks can run with high autonomy without human interrupts
- Agents need a log of past attempts and tool results to know what they've already tried
- Without working memory, an agent will repeat the same action or loop because it cannot see past errors
- Progress in an agentic task builds incrementally upon previous tool outputs stored in memory
- Language models predict text rather than running reliable computation
- Agents connect to outside software like calculators via structured commands
- External software executes the math and hands the exact result back
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.
What makes an AI agent different from a basic text chatbot?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
How to learn Working with AI Agents, step by step
Go in order. 12 short levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
Making AI Take Action
- The Agent Mindset: Perceive, Reason, Act
- Equipping Agents with Tools and Context
- 2
Steering and Guarding Autonomous Runs
- Prompting Goals Instead of Steps
- Guardrails, Loops, and Human Control
2 sections · 4 units · 12 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 Making AI Take Action, then Steering and Guarding Autonomous Runs. On Tomo that's 12 short levels, about 24 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?
12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 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.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- 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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