Antigravity for Developers: Building Agent-First Applications Training Course

Introduction to Agent-First Development

• The concept of autonomous and semi-autonomous agents
• Adopting an agent-first architectural perspective
• Determining the appropriate use cases for agent-driven workflows

Exploring the Antigravity IDE

• Workspace layout and navigation techniques
• Overview of the editor, browser pane, and terminal
• Configuring the development environment

Building Your First Agent-Driven Application

• Project setup and initialization processes
• Defining specific agent roles and capabilities
• Executing agents within the development environment

Deep Dive into the Agent Manager

• Managing the lifecycle of multiple agents
• Orchestrating collaboration between agents
• Monitoring agent activity and state changes

Agent Tools: Terminal, Browser, and Execution Environment

• Implementing live debugging workflows
• Leveraging the browser view for agent-led tasks
• Executing agent commands via the terminal

Integrating Agents into Application Logic

• Chaining workflows and orchestrating tasks
• Aligning agent behavior with business logic
• Handling persistence, memory, and data patterns

Testing, Reliability, and Safety Considerations

• Strategies for testing agent-first systems
• Ensuring predictable and secure agent behavior
• Implementing error handling and fallback mechanisms

Deploying Agent-First Applications

• Preparing applications for production environments
• Exploring deployment options and pipelines
• Monitoring agents post-deployment

Summary and Next Steps