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Agents that do things
Know what agents can do — and run them yourself.
What this becomes
- Plain-language guides to what AI agents can actually do
- Free, open access to working agents — no gatekeeping, no lock-in
- Every agent's abilities and limits stated honestly
Field signals
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Free courses
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Free library
- Hugging Face Agents Course
- Model Context Protocol — connect agents to tools
- NVIDIA Jetson AI Lab — run agents on your own hardware
Knowledge should be free. These are.
Agent terms, in plain language
- AgentSoftware that can take actions for you — not just answer questions.
- Tool callThe moment an agent uses a tool.
- MCPA common plug so agents can connect to tools.
- OrchestratorThe manager that decides which agent does what.
- GuardrailA hard rule an agent cannot cross.
- Small language model (SLM)A model small enough to run on your own device.
- Context windowHow much an agent can keep in mind at once.
- RAGLetting an agent look things up before answering.
- VerifierA second check on an agent's work.
- Human in the loopA person approves before anything important happens.
Every term stated honestly. No hype.
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