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Create an AI agent: steps and tools, from real projects

This guide does not invent a method: each step is based on projects of AI agents already described in the directory, with their source (business, media or tool editor), and on official library skills. The figures quoted are those of the sources; The editorial staff did not test these agents.

Four ways of doing this come out of the files: setting up an assistant in a mainstream tool like ChatGPT, using a codeless agent platform (Copilot Studio, Dust), chaining tasks with an automation tool (n8n, Make), or developing with a framework (OpenAI Agents SDK, Google ADK, LangGraph).

See also the library of AI agents' skills and the MCP server guide and the app guide and all use cases.

METHOD

The steps, from these projects.

  1. Starting from a specific task

    GroupActive gathered the needs of its network during a seminar: the priority was to assist in prospecting (form). Doctolib started with a single scenario, managing access rights to a doctor's agenda (form). At Malt, the team observed the participants' working day and identified the difficult tasks before building with them (form).

  2. Give the agent its sources and tools

    Tutiac's assistants were fed into the cooperative's history, product names and language elements. Prospecting officerAlmais connected to Salesforce; that of Montreal draws on more than 40,000 pages and two internal systems; that ofWayflyerGo through Notion, Slack and Jira, and interview internal tools via MCP. To connect a service to an agent by MCP, the skill dBuild a quality MCP serverdescribes the approach, and theserver guide MCPexplains the protocol, its installation and precautions.

  3. Write instructions, or a skill

    At Doctolib, each agent has a role, a specialized prompt and a limited list of tools. ManoMano's prompt specifies which error to prefer: it is better to duplicate than an erroneous reconciliation. For reusable instructions, the SKILL.md format (What's a skill?) stores them in a folder that the agent loads when the task is ready; the skill of the skillCreate and evaluate your own skillsaccompany their writing.

  4. Limit what the agent can do alone

    ManoMano has removed to the agent the ticket creation tool: he searches, and a classic code loop creates tickets. Carrefour disconnected the automatic creation of Jira tickets after a month because it produced hundreds of unnecessary tickets. At Doctolib, the model never executes a sensitive action itself: the user confirms with a click.

  5. Maintain Human Validation

    At Alma, the product manager reads, corrects and publishes the documentation proposed by the agent (form). At GroupeActive, the expert rereads and validates the commercial proposal. AtSAM, TPE of retired counsel, arbitrations, validations and sensitive letters remain supervised by the manager.

  6. Measure, then govern

    The City of Montreal reports 95% accuracy in internal testing and follows its agent in a Power BI dashboard.PMP Strategyconvenes a weekly committee to decide which agents to publish;Bpifranceclassified agents into two levels of risk and listed authorized data connectors. On the skills side, Google publishesEvaluate and improve an AI Officer.

Without code: an assistant configured in ChatGPT

Without code, at work: agent platforms

Chain tasks: n8n, Make

With code: SDK and frameworks of agents

Moving to scale: Agent library and governance

SKILLS

SKILLS

The whole library
AnthropicAgents and skills

Create and evaluate your own skills

skill-creator

Helps to create a zero skill, modify or optimize an existing skill and measure its performance: evaluations, comparisons with variance analysis, optimization of the description to trigger it at the right time.

Demonstration
Tools: Claude Code, Claude.ai, API ClaudeLevel: Intermediateupdated 20/04/2026
AnthropicAgents and skills

Build a quality MCP server

mcp-builder

Guides the creation of MCP servers that allow a model to act on external services with well-designed tools, in Python with FastMCP, or in Node and TypeScript with SDK MCP.

Demonstration
Tools: Claude Code, Claude.ai, API ClaudeLevel: Advancedupdated 28/10/2026
AnthropicAI and machine learning

Reference of the API Claude and SDK Anthropic

claude-api

To be used as an up-to-date reference for building an application that calls the API Claude or an SDK Anthropic: model identifiers, parameters, streaming, tool call, MCP, agents, cache, token count and migration between models.

Demonstration
Tools: Claude Code, Claude.ai, API ClaudeLevel: Intermediateupdated 09/10/2026
GoogleAgents and skills

Start with cli agents (ADK)

google-agents-cli-onboarding

Cli-agent entry point on Agent Platform, as soon as you want to create, develop, build with the ADK (Agent Development Kit), run locally, debug, test, evaluate, deploy, publish or supervise an agent.

Tools: Not specified by the publisherLevel: Intermediateupdated 19/10/2026
GoogleAgents and skills

Build and deploy AI agents on Google Cloud

google-cloud-solution-build-deploy-agents

Interactive workflow to design, build and deploy a multi-agent agent or system on Google Cloud: needs collection, architecture adapted, and then deployment instructions, with a validation phase.

Tools: Not specified by the publisherLevel: Advancedupdated 21/10/2026
GoogleAgents and skills

Manage agents with the API Managed Agents

gemini-agents-api

The API Managed Agents is the control plan for Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: it allows you to create, configure, list, update or delete server-side managed agent resources, with system instructions, sandbox files, local or remote skill register and tools, before you open a conversation.

Tools: Not specified by the publisherLevel: Advancedupdated 22/10/2026
GoogleAI and machine learning

Evaluate and improve an AI agent

agent-platform-eval-flywheel

This skill measures and improves the quality of a model or agent on Google Cloud, using the Eval Quality Flywheel method.

Tools: Not specified by the publisherLevel: Advancedupdated 02/11/2026
CloudflareAgents and skills

Build agents with the SDK Cloudflare Agents

agents-sdk

The skill builds, debugs or re-reads an application based on the SDK Cloudflare Agents (agents package).

Tools: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3Level: Advancedupdated 27/10/2026
GoogleAI and machine learning

Develop with Genkit in JavaScript/TypeScript

developing-genkit-js

Genkit guide for Node.js and TypeScript: feed, tools, Dotprompt prompts, observability, middleware, and troubleshooting errors, validation or typing.

Tools: Not specified by the publisherLevel: Intermediateupdated 09/11/2026
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

In brief, with the sources.

Can we create an AI agent without knowing how to code?

Yes, according to several records. Tocave de Lugny, the quality manager, trained at the AI, configured a "expert" in ChatGPT.Bpifranceopened a codeless agent platform to 500 employees; atPMP Strategy, each consultant can create his agents. Projects linked to internal systems often involve a technical team:City of Montrealbuilt its agent with its IT team, reusing existing API.

Are there free resources to create an AI agent?

The skills presented here are published in public deposits on GitHub and consult freely; their license, verified on each card, says what you can do with it. Several relate to the construction of agents (list above). The case sheets do not give the price of the mentioned platforms: check with each publisher.

What is a skill, and why write one for its agent?

A skill is a folder that contains a SKILL.md file: a header name and description, then instructions, sometimes scripts and resources. According to the documentation of the officer, the agent keeps the name and description on a permanent basis, and only loads the rest when the task is ready; Unlike a quick one, the skill is reused from conversation to conversation. Explanation and sources:What is a skill (SKILL.md)?

Should an AI agent be left to act on its own?

The records show the opposite.ManoManohas withdrawn from its agent the creation of tickets,Carrefourdisconnected the automatic ticket creation after a month, and atDoctolibthe model never executes a sensitive action itself.