Agents and Workflows is a free course from OpenAI Academy, online. It takes about 1.5 hours and ends with a free badge. We rate it intermediate level; the provider doesn't say.
For office workers who already use ChatGPT and want to hand multi-step work to agents without coding. It's free, about 90 minutes, and focuses on the skills that matter: clear boundaries, context and checking results. The caveats: it's ChatGPT-centric, and it's the third course in OpenAI's sequence, so beginners should start with AI Foundations. For a Microsoft 365 equivalent, see Transform your everyday business processes with agents from Microsoft Learn.
Free OpenAI Academy course for people ready to direct structured work with AI agents. Covers defining outputs and boundaries, giving agents context, reviewing results, building reusable workflows and keeping human oversight. Pass the assessment with 80% or more to earn a course badge.
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Business professionals, Everyone (no background needed).
Level: intermediate (our rating). Delivery: online, self-paced.
ChatGPT account. No other prerequisites stated.
Free. Free; requires a ChatGPT account, no workspace membership.
Certificate: free badge. OpenAI Academy course badge (80%+ on assessment).
OpenAI is based in the US. We checked this course on the provider's own page on 5 Oct 2026.
It is free to take. We show any paid extras, such as a certificate, as the provider prices them.
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.
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It's free.
About 1.5 hours, self-paced.
Yes: free badge. The provider calls it "OpenAI Academy course badge (80%+ on assessment)".
It's an intermediate course (our rating; the provider does not state a level). Prerequisites: ChatGPT account. No other prerequisites stated.
Start any time.
Yes, every one we list is free or free to learn, including AI Foundations and ChatGPT Foundations for Teachers.
Cardiff and Vale College
Next intake not announced
Swansea University
Next: 18 Jan 2027
Wise Owl
Next: 2 Dec 2026
| Course | Delivery | Cost | Level | Hours | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: A Highly Agentic Coding AssistantDeepLearning.AI | Online, self-paced | Free for nowCertificate paid | Intermediate | 2 | Paid certificate |
| Agentic AIDeepLearning.AI | Online, self-paced | Free to learnCertificate paid | Intermediate | 10 | Paid certificate |
| AI Agents and AutomationThe Chartered Institute of Marketing | Live online | £525 | Intermediate | Not stated | Certificate not stated |
| GenAI Agent EngineeringLSI (London School of Innovation) | Online, self-paced | £1,495 | Intermediate | 36 | Certificate |
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