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Course Outline

Introduction to Agent Builder and RAG

  • Overview of Agent Builder’s capabilities
  • RAG fundamentals and appropriate use cases
  • Real-world applications and success stories

Environment Configuration

  • Setting up the Vertex AI workspace
  • Linking search engines and vector stores
  • Hands-on lab: Preparing the environment

Architecting Grounded Agent Workflows

  • Defining agent objectives and conversation paths
  • Aligning data sources with retrieval strategies
  • Hands-on lab: Constructing a conversation flow

Building RAG Pipelines

  • Indexing documents and generating embeddings
  • Patterns for retrievers and re-rankers
  • Hands-on lab: Developing a RAG pipeline

Integrations and Enterprise Data

  • Secure connections to internal systems
  • Data governance and access control mechanisms
  • Hands-on lab: Connecting enterprise data sources

Testing, Evaluation, and Iteration

  • Prompt testing and assessment metrics
  • User simulation and validation techniques
  • Hands-on lab: Evaluating and tuning the agent

Deployment, Monitoring, and Maintenance

  • Deployment options and scalability considerations
  • Tracking performance, relevance, and drift
  • Operational guidelines for updates and rollbacks

Wrap-up and Future Steps

Requirements

  • Fundamental understanding of natural language processing
  • Practical experience with cloud services and APIs
  • Knowledge of search engines and vector databases

Target Audience

  • Software Developers
  • Solution Architects
  • Product Managers
 14 Hours

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