About this course
Multi-step, tool-calling AI agents that plan, act and integrate with real business systems.
This is an 8-week specialist track - our most in-depth program, taking you to a professional, hireable standard. It runs online in the August 2026 cohort (starting 1 August 2026) and is taught the EchoLens way: you learn by doing real, gradeable work rather than just watching lectures.
What's included
- Live, instructor-led online sessions across 8 weeks (32 hours total).
- Hands-on coding quests you solve inside the EchoLens browser compiler - nothing to install.
- Gems, stages and a leaderboard that keep you moving instead of grade anxiety.
- A verified certificate with a scannable QR code, ready to share on LinkedIn, when you finish.
- The first week is open free so you can try the course before you pay.
Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- CLO 1. Implement tool-calling so an AI agent can take real actions, not just respond with text.
- CLO 2. Build a multi-step agent loop that plans, acts and adapts across steps.
- CLO 3. Orchestrate multiple agents with guardrails into a working autonomous assistant.
Course outline - level by level
5 leveles, each with hands-on quests you clear in the portal.
- Level 1. Tools in Hand - Function calling fundamentals
- Level 2. The Agent Loop - ReAct pattern, memory, termination
- Level 3. Agents That Act - Real-world integration: files, web, APIs
- Level 4. Orchestration and Guardrails - Multi-agent patterns, approvals, evaluation
- Level 5. Capstone: Autonomous Assistant - Complete agent product
How you submit: Quests submitted as files (PDF, Word, PNG, JPEG) and graded instantly.
Who it's for
AI Agents & Automation Engineering suits learners at a intermediate to advanced level who want a practical, project-based route into AI Agents. You need only a browser and an internet connection - all coding runs inside the EchoLens compiler, so there is nothing to set up.
Certificate
Finish every stage and EchoLens issues a verified certificate carrying a QR code anyone can scan to confirm it on our site. You can add it to your CV or share it to LinkedIn in one click.