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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Agent Builder and RAG

  • Explore the capabilities of Agent Builder
  • Core concepts of RAG and applicable scenarios
  • Real-world use cases and success stories

Environment Setup

  • Configuration of the Vertex AI workspace
  • Establishing connections to search and vector stores
  • Practical lab: preparing the environment

Designing Grounded Agent Workflows

  • Defining agent objectives and conversation pathways
  • Aligning data sources with retrieval strategies
  • Practical lab: creating a conversation flow

Building RAG Pipelines

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

Integrations and Enterprise Data

  • Securing connectors to internal systems
  • Managing data governance and access controls
  • Practical lab: linking enterprise data sources

Testing, Evaluation, and Iteration

  • Conducting prompt tests and analyzing evaluation metrics
  • Employing user simulation and validation methods
  • Practical lab: assessing and adjusting the agent

Deployment, Monitoring, and Maintenance

  • Reviewing deployment options and scaling factors
  • Monitoring performance, relevance, and drift
  • Developing operational playbooks for updates and rollbacks

Conclusion and Future Directions

Requirements

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

Target Audience

  • Developers
  • Solution architects
  • Product managers

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