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How to Build Your First AI Agent (The Developer’s Quickstart Manual)

Ali Farhat on July 08, 2025

Tired of answering the same customer questions over and over again? Good. You're ready to build your first AI agent that actually saves time — with...
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Dotallio

This is the most practical AI agent guide I've seen, especially your point about weekly feedback loops - it's what most people skip. Have you seen any big wins or unexpected fails after putting agents into real support workflows?

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Ali Farhat

Well... you always have to start with your dataflow, if the data is polluted or has no correct architecture then AI Agents can do more harm then good

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shiva shanker

Great guide! This is exactly what I was looking for to build my first AI support agent. The step-by-step approach makes it really easy to follow. I especially liked how you explained the tech stack choices - OpenAI + LangChain seems like a solid combination for beginners like me.
One question - do you have any suggestions for handling multiple languages? My users speak both English and Hindi. Also, any tips on keeping the API costs low during testing phase?

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Elfreda

Nice guide. It’s cool to see the full build process.
For my own small workflow helpers, I’ve found just writing a good prompt in ChatGOT to create a custom bot is surprisingly effective. A great shortcut.

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Ali Farhat

Yes indeed! The right prompt engineering is one of the most important key-factors when building an AI Agent

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Nathan Tarbert

this is extremely impressive, i've enjoyed all of the research you've put into this guide, it adds up
honestly, you think there’s ever a point a team can fully step back and let the agent handle it all

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Ali Farhat

Thank you @nathan_tarbert

Short answer is yes, but you would have to make sure that your dataflow is setup the right way.

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Rashedin | FullStack Developer

A very constructive guide! Clear, practical, and easy to follow.

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Ali Farhat

Thanks brother! 🙌

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Ankit Verma

Misleading title, where is the guide? This appears to be a promotional article with no How-to guide.

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Parag Nandy Roy

This is the kind of no-fluff guide every dev needs..

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SourceControll

How can we build an AI Agent as a sales person for a website?

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Ali Farhat

Feel free to follow me and I will write an article about this next week 🙂

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Chilled grily

Hello dev

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Jan Janssen

Exactly what I needed, thanks! 🙌

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Ali Farhat

🙌 🙌 🙌

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Galactic Circuit

Very helpful!

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Rolf W

Interesting read!

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Ali Farhat

Thank you!

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