Agentic AI in the Software Lifecycle: Architecture and Tools

How coding agents fit into software development: architecture, tool use and interaction with environments.

MSBA-370 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Microsoft Certification Prep

Course content

  1. 1What an agent isComing
  2. 2Agents across the software lifecycleComing
  3. 3Agent architecture: models, tools and loopsComing
  4. 4Tool use and function callingComing
  5. 5Model Context ProtocolComing
  6. 6Interacting with repositories and environmentsComing
  7. 7Sandboxes and permissionsComing
  8. 8The GitHub Copilot coding agentComing
  9. 9Custom agents and instructionsComing
  10. 10Choosing tasks for agentsComing
  11. 11Cost and latencyComing
  12. 12Case study: an agent that fixes failing testsComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

How coding agents fit into software development: architecture, tool use and interaction with environments.