Introduction to AI Agents
Map which of your tasks suit an agent
Part of Basecamp, a track in Alpine Academy for people going further.
Program pricing starts from $299 per participant.
Classes are run for teams. Book a call, or send this to your manager.
About this class
A chatbot waits for your next message.An agent takes a goal, makes a plan, uses your tools and works through the steps on its own.Watch one handle a real task from start to finish, including where it goes wrong.Then map your own job: what is ready to hand over, what needs a human checkpoint, and what never should be.
What you'll learn
- 01Explain the difference between a chatbot, an automation and an agent
- 02Watch an agent plan and complete a multi-step task, and see where it fails
- 03Understand what an agent can reach: tools, data and permissions
- 04Spot the tasks in your role that suit an agent today
- 05Ask the three questions before an agent acts: what can it touch, who approves, what gets logged
Choose your role
Example: what a Finance learner does in class
- Walk through the month-end close and mark each step as chat, automation or agent.
- Watch an agent chase a missing accrual and note the moment it guesses instead of asking.
Choose your role above to see examples for your own work.
What you'll build
- Agent-readiness map of your role
- One task written up as an agent brief
- Checklist for trusting agent output
Prerequisites
Time commitment
1 session · 60 minutes
Available self-paced, in person or live online.
Who teaches it
Live classes are taught by Andrew Phillips or a qualified Alpine coach. Andrew is the founder of Alpine Systems, with twenty years building revenue systems, and builds with AI every day.
You leave Basecamp with
- A reusable prompt template library
- Custom AI assistants set up on your own work
- Working connections to your own data, with a permission map
Need sign-off?
Send your manager a short note about this class. It covers the time, what you will build and the price.
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