Everyone is talking about AI agents. This book helps a founder decide what to build on Monday, what it will cost, and what has to be true before it touches a customer. 163 pages, 77 original diagrams and charts, 15 chapters in five parts, and two working code examples you can run on your own machine.
What's included
PDF, 163 pages, 6 x 9 inches, cover as page 1, contents with page numbers, and a glossary, a quick reference and an index at the back.
EPUB 3 for e-readers and phones. Text reflows; all 77 figures are included. Validated with epubcheck 3.3: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 info.
Offline HTML flipbook, one file, works in any modern browser with no internet connection. Tap, swipe, arrow keys, Next and Back buttons, a page slider, and a Contents panel that jumps to any chapter.
Example 1, inbox triage, a workflow: the model labels each message, plain code routes it. Labels that fail the checks go to a person.
Example 2, refund desk, an agent: three tools, a step limit, a spending limit and a human approval queue. The refund tool enforces the policy itself, so a confused model cannot push through a refund the policy forbids.
A cost calculator you can edit for your own idea, and an example Skill (support reply style).
Uses Anthropic's official SDK, Claude Haiku 4.5 by default, with a model picker. You need your own Anthropic API key. Each run prints its exact cost: when both examples were run against the real API on 22 September 2026, the whole run cost 1.46 US cents at list prices.
File formats
PDF, for reading on a laptop or tablet and for printing
EPUB 3, for e-readers and phone reading apps
An offline HTML flipbook that turns pages by tap, swipe or arrow key, in any browser
Delivered as one ZIP (17 files)
Works with
A PDF reader, any EPUB reader, or any web browser for the flipbook
Node.js 20 or newer, only if you want to run the two code examples
Your own Anthropic API key for those examples. Anthropic bills you directly and the key is not included
Licence
Personal use by one person or one business; no redistribution of the book, the flipbook or the example code. The example code in code/ may be used, changed and built on inside your own business or products, with no credit required. Full terms in LICENSE.md inside the download. Seller: CodeUpVik.
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