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Introduction to Agent Builder and RAG

  • Overview of Agent Builder features and capabilities.
  • Core principles of RAG and appropriate use cases.
  • Real-world applications and success stories.

Environment Setup

  • Configuring the Vertex AI workspace.
  • Linking search and vector storage systems.
  • Hands-on lab: Preparing the environment.

Designing Grounded Agent Workflows

  • Establishing agent objectives and conversation flows.
  • Aligning data sources with retrieval strategies.
  • Hands-on lab: Constructing a conversation flow.

Implementing RAG Pipelines

  • Indexing documents and generating embeddings.
  • Employing retriever and re-ranker patterns.
  • Hands-on lab: Building a RAG pipeline.

Integrations and Enterprise Data

  • Establishing secure connections to internal systems.
  • Managing data governance and access controls.
  • Hands-on lab: Connecting enterprise data sources.

Testing, Evaluation, and Iteration

  • Prompt testing and analyzing evaluation metrics.
  • Strategies for user simulation and validation.
  • Hands-on lab: Evaluating and tuning the agent.

Deployment, Monitoring, and Maintenance

  • Exploring deployment options and scaling considerations.
  • Monitoring performance, relevance, and drift.
  • Operational guides for updates and rollback procedures.

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Fundamental understanding of natural language processing.
  • Experience with cloud services and APIs.
  • Familiarity with search and vector databases.

Target Audience

  • Developers.
  • Solution architects.
  • Product managers.
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