This is the index for the six-part series I taught on LinkedIn: what an agent actually is and why it's different from a chatbot, through to the parts most courses skip — deployment, specialized agents, and scaling a single prototype into a multi-agent system.
Each part below links straight to the original LinkedIn post — real numbers included, nothing rewritten after the fact. Follow the LinkedIn page for the next series as it ships.
the series
Part 1 — Setup Guide
Python + the OpenAI API in three steps
Part 2 — A Practical Roadmap
LangGraph vs. crew.ai, single-agent to multi-agent + MCP
Part 3 — Add Tools & Memory
Tools for action, memory for context
Part 4 — Deploy Your Agent
A 9-point checklist from prototype to production
Part 5 — Specialized Agents
Why single-purpose agents beat generic assistants
Part 6 — Scale and Automate
Single agent to multi-agent, deployment, observability
Follow along on LinkedIn
@shreekant-mandvikar