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Episode 4 — Your first agent

An agent built end to end on camera — name, instructions, knowledge scope, tools, model — then made visible and tested live, with the trust boundary spelled out.

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Chat taught you to ask; knowledge taught you what answers stand on. This episode builds the thing that puts both to work: an agent, created from scratch on camera. The through-line is the trust boundary — every tool you grant widens what the agent can do, so the smallest agent that does the job is the safest one.

Episode 4 — Your first agent (2:46, captions available)

What the episode shows

AtScene
0:13The agents list — builtins, and where yours will live
0:26Create: a technical name, a display name, continue
0:43Instructions — the job description, including the hand-off rule
1:00Knowledge scope: the smallest library that does the job
1:13Tools: capability is exposure — start with none
1:33The model and its fallback
1:44Visible in chat, then the first live ask
2:06Iterate freely: versions keep every draft

Where to go next

Agent concepts is the mental model behind the four decisions; create an agent the reference walkthrough. Deepen each knob with tools, knowledge, and versions — then follow the editor tutorial from first agent to production.

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