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Hugging Face AI Agents Course certificate

Code
Agents Course
Cost
Free
Study time, our estimate
20 to 30 hours

The best free way to learn agents from the framework level up. You build with smolagents, LangGraph and LlamaIndex, which gives you a feel for the trade-offs before you commit to one. It is a course certificate rather than a proctored exam, so treat it as a learning path that happens to end in proof.

Take it if

You want a real, hands-on grounding in agents at no cost.

Skip it if

You need a proctored credential. Nothing here is supervised.

Before you start

Check yourself against this list first. If something is missing, close that gap before you pay for an exam.

  • Basic PythonHugging Face lists this.
  • Basic LLM knowledgeKnow what a prompt and a token are.

Next: MCP CourseCCDV-FGH-600

All exam details
Format
Self-paced units and assignments
Cost
Free
Deadline
None
Time
About 1 week per chapter, at 3 to 4 hours a week
Fundamentals certificate
Complete Unit 1
Completion certificate
Unit 1, one use case assignment, and the final challenge
Prerequisites
Basic Python and basic LLM knowledge

What the course covers

  • Onboarding
  • Agent Fundamentals
  • Frameworks: smolagents, LangGraph, LlamaIndex
  • Use Cases
  • Final Assignment
  • Bonus: fine-tuning for function calling
  • Bonus: agent observability and evaluation

What to focus on

  • Go for the certificate of completion. The fundamentals one only needs Unit 1.
  • Do not skip the observability and evaluation bonus unit. Evaluation is a full domain on CCAR-P (16%) and GH-600 (15–20%).
  • Compare the three frameworks by building the same small agent in two of them.

Study plan

  1. Week 1: fundamentals

    Finish Unit 1 and claim the fundamentals certificate.

  2. Weeks 2 and 3: frameworks

    Work through smolagents, then LangGraph, and write down when you would pick each.

  3. Weeks 4 and 5: finish

    Do a use case assignment and the final challenge, then the observability bonus unit.

Good to know

  • Hugging Face updates course units over time, so check the current requirements on the course page before you start.

Keep going

Exam facts checked on October 31, 2026 against AI Agents Course introduction. Lessons are our own explanations, so use the official docs as the final word, and confirm price and dates before booking.