​Build Powerful AI Agents Without the Headaches

​Stop getting stuck on infrastructure. Start building agents that actually work.

​Hands-on workshop designed for builders who are tired of the same old problems: OAuth complexity, brittle translation layers, and deployment hell.

​This is your chance to learn a new, more efficient way to build.

​We'll show you how to solve the most common agent development challenges.

​Why Your Agents Aren't Working (And How We'll Fix It)

​This workshop directly addresses the biggest hurdles in agent development:

• ​OAuth is a Project Killer: You'll learn how to bypass weeks of authentication setup and give your agents secure, dynamic access to critical services like Gmail, Slack, and Salesforce.

• ​APIs Don't Speak "Intent": Stop building expensive disambiguation engines. We'll show you how to connect LLMs to your APIs more intelligently, reducing token costs and hallucination probability.

• ​Infrastructure Complexity Kills Velocity: You'll get hands-on experience setting up, deploying, and configuring agents in a fraction of the time, so you can focus on building value, not fighting with infrastructure.

• ​Standard Testing Practices Break Down: You'll learn how to go beyond toy demos. We'll introduce a new framework for testing and evaluating agents, so you can move from manual checks to a scalable, automated workflow.

​What You'll Build and Learn

​This is a four hour, hands-on session. By the end of the afternoon, you will:

• ​Build an AI/LLM-powered CLI application from the ground up.

• ​Get a deep understanding of what "tools" are in an AI context and how to use them effectively.

• ​Learn best practices on how to build a reliable tool effectively

• ​Walk away with a working project and the knowledge to build more powerful agents.

​Meet the Experts

• ​​Alex Salazar, CEO/cofounder of Arcade. Sold his last company to Okta, dude knows Auth.

• ​​Evan Tahler, Head of Engineering, Arcade. Previously at Airbyte. Dude knows data.

• ​​Eric Gustin, Founding Engineer, Arcade. Previously at Okta Auth savant

​This is a unique opportunity to learn directly from former Okta engineers who have solved these problems at scale.

​Who this is for:

​This workshop is for software engineers who are comfortable with the command line and want to get hands-on with building real-world AI applications.

​This is a technical deep dive, not a high-level overview.

• ​Software Engineers who want to level up their skills in AI and LLM application development.

• ​Engineers who are tired of fighting infrastructure and want to learn new, powerful workflows.What you'll learn:

​Pre-Workshop Requirements:

• ​​You should be comfortable with coding and debugging

• ​​We will ask you to pre-install some libraries before the workshop

​Food, drinks and good vibes will be provided during the workshop.