Building with the Claude API
Anthropic · Coursera
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Free
- Level
- Beginner
- For
- Developers and engineers
- Duration
- About 10 hours
- Certificate
- No
Start any time
UK
Verified 12 Oct 2026
Hugging Face Learn
AI Agents Course
AI Agents Course is a free beginner course from Hugging Face Learn, online. It ends with a free certificate. Hugging Face Learn doesn't say how long it takes.
Good to know
- Duration not stated by provider.
Before you sign up
A free, practical route into AI agents for developers with basic Python and some LLM knowledge. It covers agent fundamentals, frameworks such as smolagents, LangGraph and LlamaIndex, use cases and a final challenge. Two free certificate tiers are a plus. The caveat is time: the page suggests about 3 to 4 hours a week, one week per chapter, with no total given. For a paid course with a fixed scope, try Building RAG Agents With LLMs from NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute.
What you'll learn
Free self-paced course on understanding, building and deploying AI agents, covering agent fundamentals, frameworks (smolagents, LangGraph, LlamaIndex), use cases and a final challenge, with two free certificate tiers.
More courses on AI agents and agentic AI and on generative AI.
Who it's for
Level: beginner (as stated by the provider). Delivery: online, self-paced.
Prerequisites
Basic Python; basic knowledge of LLMs
Is AI Agents Course free?
Free.
Certificate: free certificate. Free fundamentals certificate (Unit 1) and certificate of completion (assignment plus final challenge).
Taking this course from the UK
Hugging Face is based in the US. We checked this course on the provider's own page on 12 Oct 2026.
It is free to take. We show any paid extras, such as a certificate, as the provider prices them.
If you want a free, government-backed start instead, AI Skills Boost gives every adult in the UK free AI courses, and finishing selected ones earns an AI foundations badge.
None of the UK funding schemes we track pays for this course. See free and funded training by nation for what is funded where you live.
Other UK courses for developers and engineers: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (ILX Group), BCS Foundation in Artificial Intelligence (QA), BCS Foundation Award: Award in Machine Learning (PLA) (Cardiff and Vale College).
See also: free and funded training by nation, AI courses for developers and engineers.
Questions people ask
How much does AI Agents Course cost?
It's free.
Is there a certificate for AI Agents Course?
Yes: free certificate. The provider calls it "free fundamentals certificate (Unit 1) and certificate of completion (assignment plus final challenge)".
Do I need experience first?
It's a beginner course. Prerequisites: Basic Python; basic knowledge of LLMs.
When does AI Agents Course start?
Start any time.
Are Hugging Face AI courses free?
Yes, every one we list is free or free to learn, including AI Agents Course and LLM Course.
Alternatives
Claude Code in Action
Anthropic · Coursera
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Paid, price not stated
- Level
- Beginner
- For
- Developers and engineers
- Duration
- About 1 hour
- Certificate
- Yes
Start any time
UKLicence neededVerified 12 Oct 2026ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers
DeepLearning.AI
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Free for now
- Level
- Beginner
- For
- Developers and engineers
- Duration
- About 1.5 hours
- Certificate
- Yes
Start any time
Verified 4 Oct 2026
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