Beginner Volume I · Foundations
Understanding Agentic AI Systems
From GenAI to Agentic AI, Explained Simply (A Beginner's Guide)
For software people new to AI. Assumes you can read code, no AI background required.
Two books · A working blog · No hype
Practical, honest writing
on agentic AI.
For software people actually building these systems. A gentle on-ramp for engineers new to AI, and an architect's field guide for shipping agents in production.
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Written by Muhammad Arbab. 20 years in
enterprise systems, 14 focused on production AI in Fortune 100 organizations.
01 / The Books Two volumes · one running example · IT helpdesk agent
Enterprise Volume II · Practice
Designing Enterprise Agentic AI Systems
An Architect's Field Guide for Engineers
For engineers and architects building agentic systems in production. Assumes a working understanding of GenAI and agents (the level Book 1 teaches). Also serves senior AI-engineering interview prep.
The point
An agent is software that uses a language model to decide what to do next, takes that action, looks at what came back, and decides what to do after that. Everything else is plumbing.
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