Tips for building AI agents

Anthropic’s Barry Zhang (Applied AI), Erik Schultz (Research), and Alex Albert (Claude Relations) discuss the potential of AI agents, common pitfalls to avoid, and how to prepare for the evolving landscape. Read more advice on building agents: https://www.anthropic.com/research/building-effective-agents 00:00 Introduction 00:26 Defining AI agents and workflows 02:55 Anatomy of an agent prompt 04:29 Behind the scenes stories 07:29 Why write about agents now 08:53 Overhyped and underhyped aspects of agents 09:57 Identifying useful applications of agents 10:47 Coding agents: Potential and challenges 12:47 The future of agents in 2025 16:26 Advice for developers exploring agents