From Prompt to Product: Build AI Agents from scratch

🚀 From Prompt to Product: Build AI Agents from Scratch

Most developers today experiment with AI by prompting ChatGPT. But modern AI applications go much further — they integrate LLMs directly into products to power real features and even build AI agents that can take actions, use tools, and complete tasks.

In this workshop, we'll start from scratch with something every developer understands: a simple API call. You'll see how a single LLM call can power features such as summarisation, assistants, and content generation.

From there, we'll take the next step — turning those basic integrations into AI agents that follow a Think → Act → Observe loop, allowing them to make decisions, call tools, and solve multi-step problems.

By the end of the session, you'll understand how AI-powered products are built today and how you can start building your own using TypeScript and the OpenAI SDK.

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📑 Workshop Slides
Presentation Deck

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🔧 Github Repository

Github code

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🧠 What You'll Learn

• How developers use LLM API calls inside real applications  
• The difference between LLM features and AI agents  
• The Think → Act → Observe loop used by agents  
• How agents use tools (functions) to perform actions  
• How to begin building your own AI-powered applications  

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💻 Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of any programming language  
• Familiarity with API calls  
• Laptop with Node.js installed (optional if following hands-on)

No prior AI or machine learning experience required.

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🗺️ Agenda

 

5:30 – 5:40 PM  
Introduction

 

5:40 – 6:00 PM  
Understanding LLMs and Simple API Calls

 

6:00 – 6:20 PM  
Building a Real AI Feature with an LLM

 

6:20 – 6:35 PM  
Limitations of Basic LLM Integrations

 

6:35 – 6:55 PM  
Introduction to AI Agents and Agent Architecture

 

6:55 – 7:20 PM  
Live Coding: Building a Simple AI Agent

 

7:20 – 7:30 PM  
Q&A and Project Ideas to Build Next