---
id: "/agents/beginner/"
title: "Agents and harnesses for beginner learners"
creator: null
url: "https://skillissue.dev/agents/beginner/"
level: null
category: null
models: null
source_date: null
date_added: null
---

# Agents and harnesses for beginner learners

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

4 resources

- 

### [AGENTS.md](/e/agentsmd-agents-md/index.md)

by [AGENTS.md (multi-vendor open format)](https://agents.md/)

Open format for a repo instruction file that coding agents read.

Beginner · any · date not stated

- 

### [Building Effective AI Agents](/e/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.

Beginner · any · 2024-12-19

- 

### [AI Agents Course](/e/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.

Beginner · any · date not stated

- 

### [A practical guide to building agents (PDF)](/e/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 · any · date not stated