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Intro to Agents

Discover how the landscape of AI agents has evolved, from core components like thinking models and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to architectural patterns like sub-agents and orchestrators.

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Introduction to Agents and Google's Agent Ecosystem

In the beginner-level path, you'll build a solid foundation in AI agent architecture and learn how to drive real-world business impact.

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AI Boost Bites: Intro to Gemini

Learn Gemini fundamentals, including how to use the admin console, connect external databases, and deploy custom, no-code AI agents.

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Create no code agents

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Integrate Agents with Google Workspace

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Build High-Performance Multi-Agent Systems

This path teaches you to coordinate agents in Agent Development Kit (ADK), connect to external tools with MCP, and automate workflows using the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol.

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Govern and Secure Enterprise Agents

Learn to implement guardrails around agent access and behavior using callbacks, configure secure infrastructure perimeters, and monitor operational trust to maintain safety, reliability, and compliance at scale.

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Develop Agents with Agent Development Kit (ADK)

In this technical path, learn how to use the open-source ADK framework to build production-ready AI agents. You'll also learn how to set up your environment and configure agent logic.

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Deploy Production-Ready Agents

Transition your agents from localhost to production environments by architecting hierarchical trees and managing multi-turn conversation continuity through session state and workflow handoffs.

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*Google Cloud customers and partners can access GEAR content at no-cost via Google Skills for Organizations and Google Skills for Partners.

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Getting Started with MCP, ADK and A2A

Build and deploy a currency agent using ADK, connect it to a Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool on Cloud Run, and expose it as an Agent2Agent (A2A) server for seamless communication.

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Building a Multi-Agent System

Learn to architect self-correcting multi-agent systems, coordinate specialized agent roles using the ADK, and securely connect distributed agents on Cloud Run using the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol.

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Building ADK Agents with Skills and Tools

Learn how to build a sophisticated marathon planner agent ADK to dynamically load custom skills and integrate Google Maps location data via MCP.

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Google Cloud Developer plugin for AI Coding Agents

Learn how to use Google Cloud plugins for AI coding agents, which package relevant Google Cloud skills and MCP servers into installable bundles for more effective AI agents.

Certification programs

Advance your career with industry-recognized Google Cloud certifications.

Get Certified

Join a cohort and prepare for your Google Cloud certification exam with instructor-led training, hands-on labs, and technical mentorship.

For Google Cloud customers with active Google Workspace corporate accounts

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Certified Partner
Specialist

Build your skills with Partner Specialist Certification, built by Google experts to help you deploy, scale, and optimize Gemini for your customers.

For Google Cloud partners

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Developer deep
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Building AI agents that speak to each other

Learn all about Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol—a universal standard that lets agents communicate. Dive into critical architecture patterns, treating your Orchestrator as a "Project Manager" and ensuring your worker agents remain stateless, scalable, and crash-resistant.

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How to use agentic AI for business

Go from AI basics to advanced proficiency in under 50 minutes. Start building AI agents grounded in your organization's context.

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Scale Agents Across the Enterprise

In this path, learn how to build and coordinate AI agents to solve day-to-day business challenges in various industries including marketing, retail, and manufacturing.

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Agentic Strategy: Discover, Design, and Prototype

Learn Google Agentic AI Transformation Framework to quantify business value, prioritize AI projects, map critical user journeys, and build prototypes.

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*Google Cloud customers and partners can access GEAR content at no-cost via Google Skills for Organizations and Google Skills for Partners.

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Step-by-step
guides

Apply your knowledge in a real Google Cloud environment using these hands-on codelabs.

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Evaluating Agents with
ADK

You built an agent, but how do you ensure that it runs as expected? Learn how to create an automated evaluation framework to bridge the gap between a proof-of-concept and a production-ready AI agent.

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Deploy an ADK agent to Agent Runtime using Agents CLI

Package, verify, and host your graph-based workflow. Transition an ADK 2.0 agent from a local development environment into a production-grade deployment using Agents-CLI.

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