Designing and Deploying AI Agents: Going Beyond Chatbots to Open Claw and More

Programme outline

Learning objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Distinguish between conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) and agentic AI, and articulate why the shift matters.
  • Set up and configure AI agents using OpenClaw (and/or similar).
  • Design and prototype a personal AI agent use case.
  • Collaborate to develop a group use case that addresses broad challenges.
Day 1
  • The Agentic AI Landscape: From ChatGPT to Autonomous Agents
  • Introduction to OpenClaw (and/or similar): Architecture & Capabilities
  • Hands-on Setup: Installing and Configuring Your First AI Agent
  • Guided Exploration: Building Agent Workflows & Prompt Engineering for Agents
  • Individual Use Case: Design & Prototype Your Personal AI Agent
  • Group Use Case: Collaborative Business Challenge with AI Agents
  • Group Presentations, Discussion & Key Takeaways
Assessment
  • Participation-based
  • Individual use case exercise
  • Group collaborative use case exercise
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