Module 8

Hard agent shapes

The course so far graded one text agent talking to one user. Real deployments are messier (routers dispatching sub-agents, memory that outlives the session, hands that touch production, voices on a phone line), and every one of these shapes decomposes into evals you already know how to build.

4 lessons

  1. 8.1Routers, sub-agents, handoffsGrade the seams too25 min
  2. 8.2Memory and long sessionsReplay, correct, remember22 min
  3. 8.3Agents that touch the worldShadow first, act later23 min
  4. 8.4Voice and other modalitiesOne layer at a time24 min