Agentic AI for Complete Beginners: No Code Required: Build Your First AI Agent in 30 Days

By Ruchi Agarwal

Everyone is talking about AI agents. This book makes you the one who actually builds them.

Chatbots answer questions. AI agents get work done: reading your inbox, assembling your reports, researching your competitors, and handling the busywork that eats your week. They are the biggest shift in how work gets done since the spreadsheet, and most explanations of them are buried in jargon.

This book is different. Written like a conversation with a smart friend over coffee, it takes you from "what exactly is an agent?" to designing, testing, and trusting your own, with zero code and zero prior AI experience required.

Inside, you'll learn:
What AI agents really are, and how to spot the imposters (no jargon, no hype)
How language models actually work, in plain English
The five parts every agent is made of, from hobby projects to enterprise systems
How to write instructions that agents actually follow
A step-by-step blueprint for designing your first agent, tested on paper before you build
The guardrails that keep agents safe, affordable, and trustworthy
Six real-world agent case studies, from support desks to research analysts
The ten mistakes almost every first project makes, and their fixes
A 30-day roadmap that takes you from reader to builder

Who this book is for: product managers, founders, students, analysts, engineers new to AI, and every curious professional who keeps hearing "agentic AI" in meetings and wants to be the person in the room who truly understands it.

You don't need a technical background. You don't need to write code. You need one book, a little curiosity, and 30 days.

Stop chatting with AI. Start delegating to it.

About the author: Ruchi Agarwal is a Netflix engineer, previously at Apple, with over 14 years of experience making complex technology simple.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7HNF7QK
• ISBN13: 9798185395264
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"