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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Agent Builder and RAG

  • Examining the core capabilities of Agent Builder
  • Foundations of RAG and applicable scenarios
  • Real-world use cases and success narratives

Environment Configuration

  • Setting up the Vertex AI workspace
  • Linking search and vector stores
  • Practical lab: Preparing the environment

Architecting Grounded Agent Workflows

  • Establishing agent objectives and conversation paths
  • Aligning data sources with retrieval strategies
  • Practical lab: Constructing a conversation flow

Building RAG Pipelines

  • Indexing documents and generating embeddings
  • Applying retriever and re-ranker patterns
  • Practical lab: Developing a RAG pipeline

Integrations and Enterprise Data

  • Securely connecting to internal systems
  • Managing data governance and access permissions
  • Practical lab: Linking enterprise data sources

Testing, Evaluation, and Iteration

  • Testing prompts and defining evaluation metrics
  • Simulating users and applying validation strategies
  • Practical lab: Assessing and fine-tuning the agent

Deployment, Monitoring, and Maintenance

  • Deployment strategies and scaling factors
  • Tracking performance, relevance, and drift
  • Operational guides for updates and rollbacks

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Fundamental understanding of natural language processing
  • Practical experience with cloud services and APIs
  • Proficiency with search and vector databases

Target Audience

  • Software developers
  • Solution architects
  • Product managers

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