Design Patterns

4 resources

• Building Effective AI Agents

  by Anthropic

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

  Beginner · any · 2024-12-19

• A practical guide to building agents (PDF)

  by OpenAI

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

  Beginner · any · date not stated

• Agents

  by Chip Huyen

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

  Intermediate · any · 2025-01-07

• ReAct: Synergizing Reasoning and Acting in Language Models

  by Shunyu Yao et al.

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

  Expert · any · 2022-10-06