Welcome to the first official module of the N8N AI Engineering Academy! 🚀
This week, we move beyond simple automation and into the world of Agentic AI. We're laying the critical groundwork for building autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and execute complex tasks. This is the future of AI engineering.
The attached presentation, "Foundations of Agentic AI," is your guide for this week. It provides a comprehensive overview of the core concepts you need to master.
Key takeaways from this module include:
•Core Components: Understand what truly makes an agent intelligent: the powerful combination of a Large Language Model (LLM) brain, persistent Memory, specialized Tools, and robust Planning capabilities.
•Agentic Architectures: We'll look inside the "mind" of an agent, comparing foundational patterns like ReAct (Reason + Act) and ReWOO to understand how they think and operate.
•The Modern Toolkit: Get introduced to the industry-leading frameworks we'll be using to build real-world solutions. We compare the strengths of CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen, and LlamaIndex.
•Building Responsibly: From day one, we focus on production. This includes a critical look at the ethics, safety guardrails, and evaluation metrics for deploying trustworthy and reliable agents.