OpenAI Agent Builder Tutorial: Build AI Agent Workflows

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📚 Access ALL video resources & get personalized help in my community: https://www.skool.com/agentic-labs/about?ref=3fd61190e13d426dbf4f3b38adc7de69 Learn how to use OpenAI's Agent Builder in this comprehensive crash course. The Agent Builder makes it easy to create complex agentic workflows using a visual canvas interface. You'll discover how to build customer-facing assistants, implement human-in-the-loop approvals, and create a deep research agent that performs web searches and generates detailed reports. This tutorial covers the Agent Kit ecosystem including ChatKit for embedding agents into applications, state management, while loops, and integration with Next.js projects using the Agent SDK. 🔗 ACCESS AGENT BUILDER: https://platform.openai.com/agent-builder 📚 CHATKIT DOCUMENTATION: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/chatkit 🎓 CLAUDE CODE MASTERCLASS: https://youtu.be/50tzzaOvcO0 🙏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/leonvanzyl 💰 PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/EKRQ8QSGV6CWW 👋 CONNECT: 🔔 Subscribe for weekly AI automation tutorials 🐦 Follow on Twitter: https://x.com/leonvz ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - OpenAI Agent Builder introduction 00:43 - What Agent Builder is (and isn't) - Not a Zapier killer 01:41 - Agent Kit components: Builder, Connector Registry, ChatKit 02:38 - Creating your first workflow and canvas overview 03:35 - Renaming and managing workflows 04:11 - Understanding the Start node and Agent node 05:00 - End node and structured output setup 06:50 - Building your first agent with system prompts 08:00 - Adding web search tools to agents 09:20 - Publishing workflows and ChatKit integration 10:42 - Setting up OpenAI API keys and environment variables 11:47 - Using agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Bolt, Lovable) 13:29 - Embedding agents into Next.js applications 14:00 - Guard rails node for content moderation 15:03 - Building a deep research agent (advanced project) 16:00 - State management and variables 17:16 - Keyword agent with JSON structured output 19:03 - While loops for iteration 22:00 - Common Expression Language (CEL) basics 24:00 - Dynamic keyword processing in loops 26:00 - Human-in-the-loop approval workflow 27:20 - Final report consolidation agent #agentbuilder #openai #aiautomation

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