How do I get started with AI agents? A programmer's first steps
A programmer and data analyst asks where to begin with AI agents. The practical path is to pick one boring task you already do by hand, like triaging an inbox or pulling a weekly report, and give an agent exactly that job. With a Python background, a framework like LangGraph or a simple script with tool calls teaches more in a weekend than a month of tutorials, and the learning lives in shipping one small agent that runs every day.