COMS W4995 · Fall 2026

Agentic Engineering

A Columbia University course on how to design, build, and evaluate software systems that run autonomous AI agents. Each lecture gets a one-minute preview; the full recordings are on YouTube.

Lecture 01 in one minute: what intelligence is, what an agent is, what an AI agent is made of, and how to build one. Watch the full lecture

Lectures

Lecture 01 What is an AI agent, really?
Lecture 02 What should the model see?
Lecture 03 Writing the agent loop

Full playlist on YouTube Course site