Workshop #1: An Introduction to Agentic AI

This workshop covers how to build AI systems that can plan, reason, and take action through tool calling. Learn how agents use APIs, functions, and external tools to solve tasks autonomously.

You'll Learn:

• How to create agentic workflows using the Gemini Python API.
• How to create tools for task automation.
• How to integrate tools into an AI agent's reasoning.

You'll Build:

• An AI agent capable of interacting API(s) of your choice!

Setup

Requirements

• An IDE
• Python 3.x
• Chrome
• Git (optional)

Download the starter code by downloading the zip file or by running git clone https://github.com/VandyHacks/workshop1-2025.git.

Frontend

To run the frontend, navigate into the frontend folder and open the HTML file index.html with Chrome.

Backend

Windows:

cd backend
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

Linux/Mac:

cd backend
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 main.py

We will go over these steps in the workshop!