Stanford CS329Z teaches engineering AI agents: RAG, MCP, memory, multi-agent, eval
stanfordnlp · x · 2026-10-23
Stanford's official account reshared CS329Z: Engineering AI Agents (Fall 2026, taught by Diyi Yang, Michael Ryan, John Yang and others). The course spans monolithic LLMs to compound AI systems to autonomous agents:
- Build RAG, tool use, and agent loops from scratch, then learn how frameworks like DSPy abstract these patterns
- Covers MCP, memory, multi-agent, eval, and coding agents
- Problem selection, decomposition, component choice, data curation, evaluation, and design tradeoffs
- Two applied assignments plus a quarter-long project
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