agent building
Beyond Market Intelligence keeps agent building in one place: 3 stories so far. The section currently leads with “Seven free books to help you build AI systems that work in the real world”, “Build a free local CLI agent with Python and Ollama from scratch”, and “Build a stateful support agent to transform a 15-minute booking into seconds.”. Building an AI agent is straightforward. Building a CLI agent from scratch sounds like a focused challenge, and this guide takes you through it using Python and Ollama without spending a dime. Acme AI is the next-generation, AI-powered spreadsheet platform built to replace Excel and redefine how analysts, data scientists, and enterprise teams work… The list below is every agent building story on Beyond Market Intelligence, newest first.
Seven free books to help you build AI systems that work in the real world
Building an AI agent is straightforward. Building one that reliably works in production is a different challenge entirely. These seven free books deliver the practical engineering knowledge needed to bridge that gap. They focus on real-world reliability, not theoretical ease. For deeper insight into how major companies handle production AI, explore our coverage of the QCon AI New York program featuring engineers from LinkedIn, Netflix, and DoorDash.
Build a free local CLI agent with Python and Ollama from scratch
Building a CLI agent from scratch sounds like a focused challenge, and this guide takes you through it using Python and Ollama without spending a dime. It's a practical, hands-on approach for anyone tired of clicking through menus when a command line could do the work faster. The steps are clear enough to follow, yet they leave room for your own tinkering.
Build a stateful support agent to transform a 15-minute booking into seconds.
Fifteen minutes to book an appointment is fifteen minutes too many when you know the process can be automated. This guide walks through building a stateful customer support agent with Python, LangGraph, and Langfuse, showing exactly how to replace a tedious workflow with something that actually works. It's a practical, hands-on look at what AI-native tooling can do for everyday tasks. For more on the human side of these systems, check out "Talking to My AI Clone Taught Me to Question the Tech."