Resources

This document contains all the external resources, links, and references mentioned in the “Introducing AI Agents” lecture.

Demo Agent

• Campus Agent Demo: https://simonguest-campus-agent.hf.space/
  • Interactive demo of the DigiPen Campus Assistant agent
• Campus Agent Source Code: https://github.com/simonguest/CSP/blob/main/demos/00/campus-agent
  • Complete source code for the DigiPen Campus Assistant demo

Development Tools and Platforms

UI Frameworks

• Gradio: https://www.gradio.app/
  • Python library for building machine learning web interfaces
• Gradio Documentation: https://gradio.app
  • Official Gradio documentation and tutorials
• Hugging Face Spaces: https://huggingface.co/spaces
  • Host and share Gradio-based apps on Hugging Face

Agent Frameworks

OpenAI

• OpenAI Agents SDK (Python): https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/
  • Official OpenAI agents framework for Python
• OpenAI Agents Visualization: https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/visualization/#showing-the-graph
  • Tool for visualizing agent graphs and interactions

LangChain

• LangGraph: https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/
  • Python framework for building stateful, multi-actor applications with LLMs

Crew AI

• Crew.ai: https://github.com/crewaiinc/crewai
  • Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents

Microsoft

• AutoGen: https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/stable/
  • Microsoft’s framework for building conversational AI systems
• Microsoft Semantic Kernel: https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel
  • SDK for integrating AI services with conventional programming languages

Protocols and Standards

• Model Context Protocol (MCP): https://modelcontextprototcol.io
  • Standardized protocol for connecting AI models with external tools and data sources

License Information

Most of the agent frameworks mentioned use the MIT License, making them suitable for both academic and commercial use: - OpenAI Agents SDK - LangGraph - Crew.ai - Microsoft AutoGen - Microsoft Semantic Kernel

Sidebars

• Simple Made Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4
  • Rich Hickey’s talk on the difference between “easy” and “simple”

Articles and Industry Reports

• World Economic Forum - Cognitive Enterprise: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/06/cognitive-enterprise-agentic-business-revolution/
  • Article on the agentic business revolution
• CRN - Hottest Agentic AI Tools: https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/10-hottest-agentic-ai-tools-and-agents-of-2025-so-far
  • Overview of the top agentic AI tools of 2025
• Gartner Press Release: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027
  • Gartner’s predictions about agentic AI project success rates
• Anthropic - Building Effective Agents: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents
  • Engineering guide on building effective AI agents and patterns
• E2B - AI Agents Landscape: https://e2b.dev
  • Overview of the AI agents ecosystem and available frameworks