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# Agent Design Patterns: 7 curated resources

Curated material on agent design patterns within agents and harnesses.

[Beginner](/agents/beginner/index.md) [Intermediate](/agents/intermediate/index.md) [Advanced](/agents/advanced/index.md) [Expert](/agents/expert/index.md)

7 resources · page 1 of 1

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### [A practical guide to building agents (PDF)](/agents/agent-design-patterns/openai-practical-guide-to-building-agents/index.md)

by [OpenAI](https://cdn.openai.com/business-guides-and-resources/a-practical-guide-to-building-agents.pdf)

Plain-language foundations: when to build an agent, orchestration, guardrails.

Beginner · West · closed resource · en

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### [Building Effective AI Agents](/agents/agent-design-patterns/anthropic-building-effective-agents/index.md)

by [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents)

Workflows vs agents and the core patterns; argues to start simple. Readable without code.

Intermediate · West · closed resource · en

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### [AI Agents Course](/agents/agent-design-patterns/hf-ai-agents-course/index.md)

by [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/learn/agents-course/unit0/introduction)

Free course from 'what is an agent' to building one.

Intermediate · West · closed resource · en

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### [Agents](/agents/agent-design-patterns/huyenchip-agents/index.md)

by [Chip Huyen](https://huyenchip.com/2025/01/07/agents.html)

Long-form essay on tools, planning, failure modes and evaluating agents.

Intermediate · West · closed resource · en

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### [12-Factor Agents](/agents/agent-design-patterns/humanlayer-12-factor-agents/index.md)

by [HumanLayer (Dex Horthy)](https://github.com/humanlayer/12-factor-agents)

Principles for agents that hold up in production.

Advanced · West · open resource · en

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### [LLM Powered Autonomous Agents](/agents/agent-design-patterns/lilianweng-llm-powered-autonomous-agents/index.md)

by [Lilian Weng](https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2023-06-23-agent/)

Classic overview of planning, memory and tool use in agents.

Advanced · West · closed resource · en

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### [ReAct: Synergizing Reasoning and Acting in Language Models](/agents/agent-design-patterns/yao-react/index.md)

by [Shunyu Yao et al.](https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.03629)

Research on combining reasoning with environment actions, a useful reference for agent-loop design.

Advanced · West · open resource · en

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