These materials describe the October 2025 course.
Agentic AI Workshop
Master cutting-edge Model Context Protocol through live demonstrations. Build a personalized newspaper creation application using two collaborative agents.
🤖 What is Agentic AI?
Agentic AI is all the buzz in 2025, both for businesses and employers. It refers to AI systems that can autonomously accomplish specific goals with limited supervision. These AI agents use tools, maintain memory, and mimic human decision-making to solve problems in real time, adapting their behavior based on context.
This is a "technical story-telling" experience where you'll watch agents come to life through live demonstrations using pre-written Jupyter notebooks—then build your own newspaper agent as optional homework each week.
🍽️ The Restaurant Analogy
MCP Server = Kitchen
All the tools and ingredients (resources) you need
Client = Waiter
Takes orders and delivers results (Claude, your app)
Agent = Chef's Expertise
The intelligence that adapts and creates
Why This Workshop?
Live Demonstrations
Watch real agents built through pre-written Jupyter notebooks that run with one click
Model Context Protocol
Master MCP through FastAgent, Copilot, and Cursor integrations
Technical Story-telling
Laptops closed - observe, discuss, and learn through guided demonstrations
Newspaper Agent Project
Build a personalized news application with collaborative agents
Workshop Journey
Building the Foundation
From LLM Calls to MCP Tools
- LLM evolution & tool use fundamentals
- MCP introduction & server setup
- Building your first newspaper agent
- Anti-patterns and teaching moments
Adding Memory & Context
Vector Storage & Conversation Management
- Context bursting problems & solutions
- ChromaDB for vector memory
- MCP sampling and elicitation features
- Conversation compaction strategies
Multi-Agent Collaboration
Predictive Intelligence & Agent Orchestration
- Multi-agent newspaper personalization
- Predictive intelligence patterns
- Production hosting options survey
- Agent collaboration workflows
Student Showcases
Demo Your Creations
- Student presentations
- Peer feedback sessions
- Advanced patterns & next steps
- Production deployment strategies
Tech Stack & Development Environment
Pre-written Jupyter notebooks and modern MCP tools
Tools & Platforms
Key Learning Areas
Workshop Structure
15 Minutes Pre-Discussion
Session kickoff with community discussion and context setting.
60 Minutes Live Demo
Technical story-telling with live Jupyter notebook demonstrations.
15 Minutes Q&A
Interactive discussion and personalized guidance for your projects.
Optional Homework
Build your own newspaper agent using provided notebooks as foundation.
Learning Outcomes
This isn't just theory—you'll leave with:
Working Agents
Functional agents you built yourself that solve real problems
Domain Knowledge
Skills to build intelligent systems for any domain or use case
Strategic Understanding
Know when to use agents vs traditional applications
AI Revolution Position
Be at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation
About the Instructors
Adi Singhal
Former CDS student and founder of the NYU Data Science Club. Currently at AWS helping build Amazon Q, the company's premiere agentic offering for developers and businesses.
Connect on LinkedInLuca Chang
Works in the AWS Agentic AI organization and is a regular contributor to the MCP specification and SDKs. Expert in building production-ready agentic systems.
Connect on LinkedIn🎯 What We Expect
A collaborative learning experience for builders interested in agentic AI.
Ready to Explore Agentic AI?
Join the CDS community in learning about agentic AI through hands-on demonstrations and collaborative exploration.
Inspect the Hype
Read the historical quotations and their sources
Original sourceIn 2025, we may see the first AI agents 'join the workforce' and materially change the output of companies
Original sourceWe're now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it
Original sourceDiscussion on ChatGPT and AI agents future
Original sourceHey, why do I need Excel? I think the very notion that applications even exist, that's probably where they'll all collapse, right? In the Agent era
Original sourceWith Copilot, we are bringing the power of next-generation AI to the tools millions of people use every day
Original sourceThe age of AI agentics is here... a multitrillion‑dollar opportunity
Original sourceAI agents are the new digital workforce
Original sourceGTC Paris 2025 content about agentic AI
Original sourceReduced support staff from 9,000 to 5,000; AI agents handle 50% of customer conversations
Original sourceSay hello to your new colleague
Original sourceNeed fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today... agents are coming, and coming fast
Original sourceFrom a total reimagining of Search to Agent Mode, Veo 3 and more, Gemini season will be the most exciting era of AI yet
Original sourceDisrupt your function with agentic AI by the end of the year. AI is the one thing that drives disruption
Original sourceThe technology to build powerful agents is already here... Agentic AI is the catalyst that can make this transition possible
Original sourceAgents... will upend the software industry, bringing about the biggest revolution in computing since we went from typing commands to tapping on icons
Original sourceThese more agentic systems are going to become possible, and it is why I think 2025 is gonna be the year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream
Original sourceWhen I hear '2025 is the year of agents,' I get nervous... this is the decade of agents
Original source'Agentic' is the latest buzzword in AI, and in this case it's appropriate to believe the buzz
Original sourceThink of agents as the apps of the AI era... agents will begin to transform every business process
Original sourceAgents are the new apps for an AI-powered world. Every organization will have a constellation of agents
Original sourceThe next wave in the evolution of generative AI... able to tackle complex, multi‑step problems
Original sourceAgentic AI is the next frontier of AI development... requires full-stack optimization
Original sourceUnlock a whole new level of enterprise productivity beyond today's generative AI scenarios
Original sourceAI agents make it possible for organizations to achieve more with less effort, setting new standards for business transformation
Original sourceThink about your org chart. Now imagine it features both... humans... and AI agents. That's not science fiction; it's happening
Original sourceHalf of the respondents say that more than 50% of AI deployment will be autonomous in their company in the next 24 months
Original sourceIt's written by AI agents. It's mood-boarded by AI agents. The director of photography is an agent
Original sourceIn the long run, 'productivity is everything' and there is an 'insane need to go fast'. That is where agents come into play
Seeing a shift of AI moving from just being about Assistants you chat with to Agents that go out and execute work for you
Original sourceThe agentic AI market explodes from $5.1B to $69B by 2032. That's 13x growth in 7 years
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore announcement
How to Rewrite the Future and Win With Agentic AI
Original sourceAgentic AI is here. But the real question isn't what to automate, it's which decisions to
Original sourceNext phase of AI computing
Original sourceAgentic AI as #1 strategic technology trend for 2025; 80% automation of customer service by 2029
$2.6-4.4 trillion annual GDP contribution by 2030
Original source25% of enterprises using GenAI will deploy AI agents by 2025, growing to 50% by 2027
Original source67% of C-level executives expect autonomous agents; 58% already integrated
Original source$13.81 billion in 2025 to $140.80 billion by 2032 (39.3% CAGR)
Original source$5.25 billion in 2024 to $199.05 billion by 2034 (43.84% CAGR)
Original sourceGlobal agentic AI market to reach $51.8 billion by 2028