Agentic AI Hands-On in Python: MCP, CrewAI and OpenAI Agents SDK (by Jon Krohn and Ed Donner)

Now live! Four hours long and 100% free, this hands-on workshop covers all the Agentic A.I. theory and tools you need to develop and deploy multi-agent teams with Python.

Beautifully shot by a professional film crew (led by the exceptional Lucie McCormick) at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) East in Boston a few weeks ago and then meticulously edited by SuperDataScience's inimitable Mario Pombo, this training (within the GenAI-forward Cursor IDE) features all of today's essential agent frameworks:

• OpenAI Agents SDK

• CrewAI

• Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP)

From design considerations through to practical implementation tips, by completing all four modules in this video, you will have all the knowledge and skills needed to create effective multi-agent systems. The four modules are:

1. Defining Agents

2. Designing Agents

3. Developing Agents

4. The Future of Agents

The coding elements are led by the wonderful Ed Donner, whom many of you will already know as one of the very best in the world at creating and teaching hands-on A.I. content.

We received rave reviews for the session at ODSC East and the lecture hall was standing-room only for the entire duration, so I anticipate that you'll love it too!

Watch the full training here: youtu.be/LSk5KaEGVk4

Celebrating 5 Years with ODSC: An Award, A Workshop, and What’s Ahead

Last week in Boston, the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) surprised me with their "Speaker Impact Award" to recognize the years of training I've been providing at ODSC conferences.

Thank you Sheamus McGovern (pictured) and the whole ODSC team (Alex, Alina, Anna, Deepti, Elen, Paula, Ruby) for the honor and for putting on such stellar technical conferences.

I first lectured at ODSC New York in June 2019, when I provided a half-day workshop that introduced Deep Learning. (By great chance, the now-legendary Serg Masís emceed my session!)

Since then, I've enjoyed both ODSC East (held each spring in Boston) and ODSC West (held each autumn in San Francisco) most years, delivering (typically full-day) workshops on:

• Deep Learning

• The mathematical foundations of Machine Learning (e.g., linear algebra, partial-derivative calculus)

• Training and deploying Large Language Models (with Lightning AI and Hugging Face)

This year at ODSC East, Ed Donner and I delivered a full-day training on developing and deploying Agentic A.I. featuring the open-source tools CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, and Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP). The session was jam-packed for the entire day and received rave reviews.

If you couldn't make it to Boston last week, I have good news for you! I hired a film crew to capture our entire Agentic A.I. training and am currently having the footage professionally edited. In the coming weeks (as soon as possible!), we'll be publishing this on YouTube so that it's freely available to everyone worldwide. Watch this space :)