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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Agent Builder and RAG

  • Overview of Agent Builder’s core capabilities
  • Foundations of RAG and its optimal use cases
  • Real-world applications and success stories

Environment Setup

  • Configuration of the Vertex AI workspace
  • Integration of search and vector store components
  • Practical lab: Preparing the development environment

Architecting Grounded Agent Workflows

  • Defining agent objectives and conversational paths
  • Aligning data sources with retrieval strategies
  • Practical lab: Constructing a conversational flow

Building RAG Pipelines

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

Integrations and Enterprise Data

  • Establishing secure connections to internal systems
  • Implementing data governance and access controls
  • Practical lab: Linking enterprise data sources

Testing, Assessment, and Refinement

  • Conducting prompt testing and defining evaluation metrics
  • Applying user simulation and validation techniques
  • Practical lab: Evaluating and tuning agent performance

Deployment, Monitoring, and Upkeep

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

Conclusion and Future Directions

Requirements

  • Fundamental understanding of natural language processing.
  • Practical experience with cloud services and APIs.
  • Knowledge of search technologies and vector databases.

Target Audience

  • Developers
  • Solution Architects
  • Product Managers

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