{"product_id":"ai-agent-essentials","title":"CompTIA AI Agent Essentials","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Prompts to Automated Workflows with AI Agents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAI is moving far beyond chatbots and one-off prompts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eModern AI Agents can plan, use tools, remember context, handle multi-step tasks, and automate complex workflows under human supervision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompTIA AI Agent Essentials\u003c\/strong\u003e is an online course that helps you understand how AI Agents and Agentic AI systems work, and builds your skills to design, guide, evaluate, and improve AI-powered workflows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis AI Agent course is ideal for professionals in business, management, IT, data analysis, and operations, and for anyone who wants to move from using AI for isolated tasks to building structured, automated workflows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou won't just learn about AI Agents. 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