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Video course · 15 chapters · 134 min · certificate

Agentic AI in Python: Build a Coding Agent with Google Gemini API

Build a coding agent in Python with the Gemini API: what agents are, four file tools, project setup with uv, API calls, CLI args and history, a verbose flag, building get-files, read-file, write-file and run-python tools, security, the system prompt, function declarations, function calling and the agent loop.

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What you'll learn

  • Explain what makes an AI agent
  • Set up a Python project and call the Gemini API
  • Build file and execution tools
  • Declare functions for the LLM
  • Implement function calling and an agent loop
  • Understand the security risks of agent-run code

Chapters

15 chapters · 134:23
  1. 6:03 01Intro Free preview Why build an agent Course overview and what an agent is.
  2. 9:41 02Setup Members Four tools and setup The four tools, prerequisites and uv setup.
  3. 9:00 03API Members Gemini API basics Making the first API call.
  4. 5:55 04CLI Members CLI arguments and history Accepting prompts and tracking conversation.
  5. 5:44 05Debug Members Verbose flag and test project A verbose flag and a calculator test project.
  6. 13:16 06Tools Members Tool 1: get files info Listing a directory safely.
  7. 8:45 07Tools Members Tool 2: get file content Reading files with truncation.
  8. 9:06 08Tools Members Tool 3: write file and security Writing files and the dangers of running AI code.
  9. 10:30 09Tools Members Tool 4: run Python file Executing Python with subprocess.
  10. 15:10 10Prompting Members The system prompt Guiding the agent's behaviour.
  11. 8:28 11Tool calling Members Declaring functions How LLMs call functions via schemas.
  12. 7:41 12Tool calling Members All declarations Adding schemas for every tool.
  13. 8:11 13Tool calling Members Function calling logic Executing the model's function calls.
  14. 9:41 14Agent Members The agentic loop Looping until the task is done.
  15. 7:12 15Demo Members Final demo: fixing a bug The agent fixes a bug on its own.