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Agents
An agent is an AI with tools and a goal. Six lessons on what that really means, how coding agents like Claude Code and Codex work, and how to let an agent touch your business without regretting it.
When you finish, you can
Explain what an agent is and is not, understand tools and permissions, and decide where an agent could safely help your business.
The lessons
- 01What an agent isA model with tools and a goal. The one-sentence definition and what it leaves out.
- 02Tools and permissionsWhat it means to give an AI a tool, and why permissions are the whole safety story.
- 03Claude Code and CodexThe coding agents in plain English: what they do, who they are for, and what they cost.
- 04Harnesses revisitedHow the wrapper around a model turns a chatbot into something that can act.
- 05An agent in your business, safelyWhere an agent can help a small business today, and the guardrails to put in first.
- 06Where this is goingWhat is changing fast, what is hype, and how to stay current without living on the news.