Get Started with AI Agents on Databricks
This course is an introduction to AI agents, their role in modern AI applications, and how to build them on the Databricks platform. You'll learn what agents are, how they differ from traditional AI systems, and their key components. Through demos and hands-on labs, you'll give agents governed tools with Unity Catalog functions and AI Search, build a Genie Agent over your data, and explore an agent deployed as an application on Databricks Apps, following its work in MLflow traces and validating its answers. By the end of this course, you'll understand the full lifecycle of an AI agent on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
Note: Databricks Academy is transitioning to a notebook-based format for classroom sessions within the Databricks environment, discontinuing the use of slide decks for lectures. You can access the lecture notebooks in the Vocareum lab environment.
You can create a Databricks Free Edition account and try the follow-along demos in a hands-on environment.
The content was developed for participants with these skills/knowledge/abilities:
• Navigating the Databricks workspace, including the left navigation menu and the UI for AI/ML features.
• Awareness of Unity Catalog as the governance and data management layer within Databricks.
• Basic SQL (SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY). Basic Python is helpful but not required.
• Familiarity with core machine learning and generative AI concepts.
• Comfort copying and pasting provided code and prompts and following UI instructions. No advanced programming is required.
Outline
1. Introduction to AI Agents
• Introduction to AI Agents
2. The Databricks Agent Platform
• The Databricks Agent Platform
• Demo: Get Started with AI Agent on Databricks
3. Agent Tools and Genie Agents
• Demo: Build Agent Tools with Unity Catalog Functions
• Demo: Create a Genie Agent
• Lab: Benchmarking and Tool Improvement
4. Evaluating and Deploying Agents
• Evaluating and Deploying Agents
• Demo: Explore an Agentic Application
Upcoming Public Classes
Date | Time | Your Local Time | Language | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 24 | 03 PM - 05 PM (Europe/London) | - | English | Free |
Dec 01 | 09 AM - 11 AM (America/Los_Angeles) | - | English | Free |
Dec 08 | 12 PM - 02 PM (Asia/Singapore) | - | English | Free |
Dec 15 | 03 PM - 05 PM (Europe/London) | - | English | Free |
Jan 05 | 09 AM - 11 AM (America/Los_Angeles) | - | English | Free |
Jan 12 | 12 PM - 02 PM (Asia/Singapore) | - | English | Free |
Jan 26 | 03 PM - 05 PM (Europe/London) | - | English | Free |
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