Agentic AI with .NET Tutorial

Agentic Foundations

1 Introduction to Agentic AI 8 min 2 AI Agents vs Chatbots 8 min 3 Types of AI Agents 8 min 4 Agent Loop Perceive Plan Act 8 min 5 Agent Architecture Basics 8 min 6 Planning for Agents 8 min 7 Conversation Memory Basics 8 min 8 Tools and Capabilities 8 min 9 When to Use Multi-Agent 8 min 10 AgentVerse Project Overview 8 min

Semantic Kernel

11 Introduction to Semantic Kernel 8 min 12 Kernel Builder and Services 8 min 13 Prompt Functions 8 min 14 Native Functions as Tools 8 min 15 Prompt Templates 8 min 16 Plugins in Semantic Kernel 8 min 17 Chat History in Kernel 8 min 18 Filters and Middleware Hooks 8 min 19 Planner-Style Tool Loops 8 min 20 Kernel Configuration Checklist 8 min

.NET AI Wiring

21 Microsoft.Extensions.AI Overview 8 min 22 IChatClient Abstractions 8 min 23 AI Options with IOptions 8 min 24 Dependency Injection for Agents 8 min 25 HttpClient to Model Providers 8 min 26 Structured Logging for AI Calls 8 min 27 Basic Metrics for Agents 8 min 28 OpenTelemetry Traces for AI 8 min 29 Feature Flags for AI Endpoints 8 min 30 Building a Minimal Agent API 8 min

Framework Choices

31 Semantic Kernel Agents 8 min 32 AutoGen Ideas in .NET Terms 8 min 33 OpenAI Assistants vs Your Agents 8 min 34 LangChain Concepts Mapped to SK 8 min 35 LangGraph Concepts Mapped to SK 8 min 36 CrewAI Concepts Mapped to SK 8 min 37 Model Context Protocol Basics 8 min 38 Choosing an Orchestration Style 8 min 39 Avoiding Framework Soup 8 min 40 Enterprise Framework Selection 8 min

RAG & Memory

41 RAG Fundamentals for Agents 8 min 42 Embeddings in .NET 8 min 43 Chunking Documents 8 min 44 Semantic Search Flow 8 min 45 Short-Term Chat Memory 8 min 46 Long-Term Knowledge Memory 8 min 47 Knowledge Base Design 8 min 48 Document Search Agent Skill 8 min 49 Hybrid Keyword Plus Vector 8 min 50 Enterprise RAG Checklist 8 min

Tools & Automation

51 Function Calling Mechanics 8 min 52 Designing Safe Tool Contracts 8 min 53 HTTP API Tools 8 min 54 Database Query Tools 8 min 55 File Tools with Sandboxing 8 min 56 Browser Automation Caution 8 min 57 Tool Result Summarization 8 min 58 Event-Driven Agent Triggers 8 min 59 Business Process Automation 8 min 60 Tool Allow-Lists and Auth 8 min

Multi-Agent Patterns

61 Multi-Agent Architecture 8 min 62 Researcher and Writer Pattern 8 min 63 Agent Handoff Messages 8 min 64 Delegation and Escalation 8 min 65 Shared Memory Boundaries 8 min 66 Coordinator Agent Pattern 8 min 67 Distributed Worker Agents 8 min 68 Avoiding Agent Swarms Early 8 min 69 Team Roles and SLAs 8 min 70 Human Approval Gates 8 min

ASP.NET Core Integration

71 AI Endpoints in ASP.NET Core 8 min 72 Agent Microservices Boundaries 8 min 73 SaaS Multi-Tenant Agent Tips 8 min 74 SignalR Streaming Replies 8 min 75 Authenticating AI Routes 8 min 76 Authorizing Tools per Role 8 min 77 Ops Dashboard for Agent Runs 8 min 78 BackgroundService Agent Workers 8 min 79 Idempotency for Agent Jobs 8 min 80 Productizing AgentVerse APIs 8 min

Security & Governance

81 Prompt Injection Defenses 8 min 82 Hallucination Handling 8 min 83 AI Governance Basics 8 min 84 Secrets Never in Prompts 8 min 85 Permissioned Tool Execution 8 min 86 Sandboxing Side Effects 8 min 87 Compliance Logging 8 min 88 Responsible AI Checklist 8 min 89 Security Monitoring Signals 8 min 90 Secure Agent Hardening Pass 8 min

Cloud & Operations

91 Dockerizing Agent Apps 8 min 92 Kubernetes Notes for Agents 8 min 93 Azure OpenAI Deployment Options 8 min 94 Scaling Agent Workers 8 min 95 CI/CD for Prompt and Code 8 min 96 Observability Pillars 8 min 97 Production Telemetry Views 8 min 98 SLO for Latency and Errors 8 min 99 Token Cost Budgets 8 min 100 Runbooks for Agent Outages 8 min

Advanced Agent Behavior

101 Reflection and Self-Critique 8 min 102 Retry and Self-Heal Patterns 8 min 103 Hierarchical Planning 8 min 104 Decision Policies 8 min 105 Reasoning with Constraints 8 min 106 Workflow Optimization 8 min 107 Scheduling Long Agent Jobs 8 min 108 DevOps Helper Agent 8 min 109 Research Helper Agent 8 min 110 Autonomy Levels Matrix 8 min

Capstone Projects

111 Coding Copilot Mini Project 8 min 112 Customer Support Agent Project 8 min 113 Research Assistant Project 8 min 114 Resume Analyzer Project 8 min 115 HR Workflow Agent Project 8 min 116 Analytics Q&A Agent Project 8 min 117 Document Search Agent Project 8 min 118 DevOps Triage Agent Project 8 min 119 SaaS Copilot Shell Project 8 min 120 AgentVerse Capstone Platform 8 min