Generative AI has revolutionized how organizations tackle problems, accelerating the journey from concept to prototype to solution. While these applications enhance efficiency, they often require extensive planning, drafting, and revising to complete complex tasks. By combining many of these actions, AI agents offer greater autonomy and efficiency, but understanding and deploying them remains a challenge for many organizations, especially as technology and research rapidly develops.This book is your indispensable guide through this intricate and fast-moving landscape. Author Michael Albada provides a practical and research-based approach to designing and implementing single- and multi-agent systems. It simplifies the complexities and equips you with the tools to move from concept to solution efficiently. By the end, you'll: * Understand the distinct features of foundation model-enabled AI agents * Discover the core components and design principles of AI agents * Explore design