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A ground-up introduction to the Claude Platform using the TypeScript SDK: first requests, model selection, agent loops, tool use, built-in tools, skills, MCP, and Managed Agents. For developers who have never used an LLM API and want the fastest route to a working agent.
Developers and builders. This is a beginner-level course in AI Agents & Developer Tools, running about Self-paced (~12 lessons).
Free. Requires an Anthropic Console account and a small amount of prepaid API credit to run demos.
Anthropic's Elie Schoppik explains the SKILL.md format, progressive disclosure, and how skills compare with tools, MCP and subagents, then builds custom skills for Claude.ai, Claude Code, the Claude API and a research agent on the Claude Agent SDK. For builders who want one reusable way to give agents specialized know-how across Anthropic's products.
Microsoft's 18-lesson open course on agent design patterns, tool use, planning, multi-agent systems, agentic RAG, memory, trust and security, and protocols like MCP and A2A. For developers who want a free, vendor-documented survey of agent concepts with runnable samples.
Harrison Chase and Andrew Ng teach the LangChain building blocks: prompts and parsers, memory, chains, question answering over documents, evaluation, and agents. A quick on-ramp for Python developers who want to build their first LLM application.