• Webinar
  • 2 hr
  • Beginner

Agents & Automations for Beginners: A Neuron Academy Webinar

AI agents are everywhere right now, but most explanations either get too technical or stay too vague to be useful. This beginner-friendly webinar gives you the practical version: what agents are, how they differ from regular chatbots and automations, and where they actually fit into everyday work.

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Taught by The Neuron team

Agents & Automations for Beginners: A Neuron Academy Webinar, from The Neuron Academy

What you'll learn

  • How a chatbot, automation, and agent are different
  • What triggers, actions, APIs, webhooks, JSON, and MCP mean in real workflows
  • Why “human in the loop” approval matters
  • How tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Make, Zapier, n8n, ClickUp, Codex, and Cloudflare Workers fit into your agent workflows
  • What a safe first agent project looks like for a nontechnical team

Curriculum

The shape of the webinar

One mark for every step, in the order you take them. 1 video, 1 exercise and a certificate of completion.

  1. Total Beginner's Guide to AI Agents & Automation

    • 1 video
    • 1 exercise

    Learn what AI agents are, how they differ from chatbots and automations, and how to design a safe first agent workflow using goals, context, tools, triggers, actions, and human approval.

    1. A Total Beginner's Guide to AI Agents & Automations
    2. Exercise : Final Exercise
  2. Certificate of Completion

    Congratulations! You now understand the fundamentals of AI agents and automations. Keep exploring, experimenting, and looking for ways to put these tools to work.

    1. Certificate of completion

Your instructor

The Neuron team

Live sessions from the people behind The Neuron, recorded for Academy members.

Questions about this webinar

How long is this webinar?

It runs 2 hr. Inside: 1 video, 1 exercise and a certificate of completion.

Who teaches this webinar?

The Neuron team. Live sessions from the people behind The Neuron, recorded for Academy members.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes. Finish the webinar and you get a certificate of completion from The Neuron Academy.

Do I need to know how to code?

No, though you'll work hands-on with coding tools. The webinar walks you through them step by step, and like everything in the Academy it assumes no coding background.

How do I get access?

This webinar is included in a The Neuron Academy membership. Start with a 7-day free trial, then choose a monthly or yearly plan. Cancel anytime. New lessons are added every week.

The Neuron Academy

Learn AI the way you read The Neuron: short, practical, no hype.

  • 73 courses and lessons, with new ones every week
  • Guided paths for 5 goals, from first prompt to first agent
  • A certificate for every course you finish
  • No coding or technical background required
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