AI Agent Accelerator at the EPIC Exchange

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Build AI Agents that Get Work Done This 8-week live workshop series is for knowledge workers who want to automate workflows and increase productivity using custom AI agents. Event Summary: Over eight practical, hands-on Thursday morning workshops, you will move from AI curiosity to capability. Designed for non-technical professionals, you will learn the entire process of planning, building, and deploying your first custom AI agent to automate real-world business tasks—no coding required. About This Event Are you tired of your team wasting time on repetitive, manual tasks that you know could be automated? This is your chance to get hands-on. The AI Agent Accelerator is a 8-week, live in-person programme designed to give you the skills to build your own custom AI workforce. In just eight 90-minute sessions, we will demystify the technology and guide you step-by-step through creating AI agents that can handle tasks like answering customer inquiries, processing data, and automating internal workflows. You will leave this programme with not just knowledge, but with a working AI agent built by you. Key Details: • What: A 8-part live workshop series. Ai301-308. • When: Every Thursday in October (1, 8, 15, 22, 29),and 3 in November ( 5, 12, & 19) from 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM NZST. • Where: EPIC Innovation, 100 Manchester St, in the EPIC Exchange. • Investment: $350 NZD + GST What You Will Learn: • A Simple Framework: Discover how to identify and scope the best automation opportunities within your business for the highest ROI using the SAGE framework • No-Code Tools: Get to know the best-in-class platforms for building powerful AI agents without writing a single line of code. • Practical Skills: Learn the core principles of agent design, from crafting the perfect prompt to training it on your company's data for safe and accurate responses. • Live Building: Follow along and build your own agent in real-time with expert guidance and Q&A support. Programme Schedule: 1 October: Ai301 – Context Engineering Focus Attention Intelligently The quality of AI output depends on the quality of the information environment you design around it. Learn how to structure context — session history, long-term memory, and supporting data — so your agents perform at their best. 8 October: Ai302 – Agent Management Operate Your AI Team Managing AI agents is a new skill. Learn how to monitor, maintain, and improve autonomous agents in production — including memory management, task decomposition, and knowing when to intervene. 15 October: Ai303 – Vibe Coding Applications Build Software with AI Use AI to build working software applications without traditional coding expertise. Learn the vibe coding approach — describing what you want in natural language and iterating with AI until it works. 22 October: Ai304 – Agent Harnesses Deploy Your Personal AI Agent A comparison of open-source AI agent platforms, OpenClaw and Hermes, versus hosted solutions. Learn how to set up, configure, and operate a personal AI agent that runs 24/7 across your messaging platforms, automating tasks and managing workflows on your behalf. 29 October: Ai305 – S.C.O.P.E. Agent Tasks Define Agentic Projects Identify which tasks in your organisation are suitable for autonomous AI agents. Learn how to scope agent projects, define success criteria, and set boundaries that keep agents productive and safe. 5 November: Ai306 – Automate Your Workflows Connect Tools to Systems Move beyond one-off prompts to connected, automated workflows. Learn how to chain AI tools together, trigger actions across platforms, and build systems that run without manual intervention. 12 November: Ai307 – Generate System Prompts Engineer Agent Instructions Write the instructions that govern how AI agents behave. Learn how to craft system prompts that are clear, consistent, and robust — the foundation of every reliable agent deployment. 19 November: Ai308 – Evaluate Agent Performance Measure What Matters How do you know if your AI agent is doing a good job? Learn frameworks for testing, measuring, and improving agent output so you can trust the systems you build. Who Is This For? • Business Owners & Directors who want to understand AI at a practical level and drive efficiency. • Team Leads & Department Managers looking for ways to automate workflows and free up their team for more valuable work. • Operations Professionals tasked with improving business processes and cutting costs. • Anyone in a non-technical role who is curious about building custom AI solutions. About Your Host: Caelan Huntress is an AI Educator who teaches workshops through the AI Coaching Academy, a community for ambitious professionals to practice using the tools of the future. He is an author, public speaker, and business coach who spent ten years running an online business while traveling the world with his young family. A dual citizen in the US and New Zealand, his book ‘Marketing Yourself’ has helped thousands of personality-based businesses to create content that converts attention into revenue. With 25 years of experience in storytelling, first as a theatrical performer, and then as a marketing automation strategist, Caelan helps people learn how to use new technology to tell stories that matter, by finding the uniquely human work that robots cannot do.