Course Information
Course Overview
Learn how to design smarter, effective AI agents using the 6 essential context types: Instructions, Memory, Tools & more
Are you ready to build intelligent AI agents that go beyond simple prompts and one-off answers? In today’s fast-evolving AI landscape, it’s not just about Large Language Models (LLMs)—it’s about giving them the right context to think, reason, and act. This course will teach you how to master the art and science of context design so your agents can perform complex tasks, sustain multi-turn conversations, and integrate with real-world tools and memory systems.
In Mastering Context Design for Intelligent AI Agents, you’ll learn how to design agents that are context-aware, adaptive, and highly capable. You’ll discover how to work with six foundational context types: instructional context, example-based context, knowledge context, memory context, tool context, and tool result chaining. These aren’t just theory—they’re the building blocks behind real-world agent frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, LangGraph, and OpenAI’s function calling systems.
We’ll show you how to move beyond static prompting into modular, orchestrated systems that automatically manage and update context over time. Whether you’re building a Document Q&A bot, a multi-agent workflow, or a self-reflective planner agent, this course will guide you step by step.
You'll learn how to:
Use prompt engineering effectively with role, goal, and requirement structures
Implement few-shot prompting using positive and negative examples
Leverage semantic search and vector databases for dynamic retrieval
Architect short-term and long-term memory using modern tools
Integrate tools through function calling, with clear parameter design and output handling
Optimize token usage with prompt compression and memory pruning
Create self-improving agents through reflection and autonomous context refresh
Build multi-context pipelines using agent orchestration frameworks
This course is perfect for developers, AI engineers, technical product managers, and prompt engineers who want to move beyond beginner prompt patterns and develop real-world, production-grade AI agents.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
- Design context-rich prompts for advanced use cases
- Build modular agent workflows with dynamic context injection
- Implement agents using LangChain, CrewAI, or OpenAI Assistants API
- Apply token-efficient strategies to keep costs low and performance high
- Debug, reflect, and improve agent behavior in autonomous systems
No prior deep learning experience is required—just a working knowledge of prompts, tools, and a curiosity for how autonomous agents really work under the hood.
If you're aiming to lead the way in AI automation, agentic systems, or LLM-powered workflows, this course is your blueprint.
Course Content
- 10 section(s)
- 46 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction to Mastering Context Design for Intelligent AI Agents
- Section 2 Module 1: Introduction to Contextual AI Agents
- Section 3 Module 2: Instructional Context – Setting the Stage
- Section 4 Module 3: Example-Based Context – Showing, Not Just Telling
- Section 5 Module 4: Knowledge Context – Domain, Tasks, and Workflows
- Section 6 Module 5: Memory – Short-Term and Long-Term Recall
- Section 7 Module 6: Tool Context – Parameters and Descriptions
- Section 8 Module 7: Tool Results – Using Outputs as Context
- Section 9 Module 8: Building Context-Rich Agent Workflows
- Section 10 Module 9: Advanced Topics in Contextual Agent Design
What You’ll Learn
- Understand and apply the 6 types of context: Instructions, Examples, Knowledge, Memory, Tools, and Tool Results
- Design role-based prompts with clear objectives and behavioral requirements
- Craft few-shot and zero-shot prompts using positive and negative examples
- Inject structured domain knowledge, process workflows, and documents into agent prompts
- Architect short-term and long-term memory systems for multi-turn reasoning
- Use tool descriptions, parameters, and return values to integrate APIs and functions
- Handle tool outputs and chain results across multiple agentic steps
- Balance context length vs. token limits using summarization and prompt compression
- Implement agent orchestration frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, and LangGraph
- Build modular, reusable, and scalable agent workflows for real-world use cases
- Debug and improve agents with self-reflection and context refresh strategies
- Complete a capstone project by building a full multi-context AI agent from scratch
Reviews
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BBoysie
This course addressed what I was looking for and needed regarding AI Agents. Understanding what goes on under the hood when building intelligent AI Agents, the keys to the intellectual treasure chest of tools that makeup the awesome toolkit.
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CCamilo Alvarez
Creo que se queda corto y no muestra ejemplos concretos y reales de aplicacion, muy teorico poco aplicable a la realidad
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CCharlie Baik
It made me more understand and capable to craft good prompt for agent
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SSamuel Paul Yila
easy to follow and undrstand