# A practical guide to building agents (PDF)

<https://cdn.openai.com/business-guides-and-resources/a-practical-guide-to-building-agents.pdf>

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## What Jamie wrote

Very approachable guide to creating agents and structuring them. Includes Python examples. Simple way to "create your first agent" if you are looking for a cookbook.

## Facts

- Kind: [Paper](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/paper/)

## Appears in

- [WT325: Weekly Thing 325 / Platform, Agents, Legacy](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/325/), Briefly

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