πŸ—οΈ 🚒 πŸš€ MCP, Agents SDK, and Llama 4


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Hey, AI Makerspace community!

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This Wednesday, we'll cover the new release from OpenAI: Codex CLI, a lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal. Carrying the same name as the original Codex models released in 2021, this new open-source tooling is a CLI-based coding agent that bears little resemblance to the model that originally powered GitHub Copilot. Join us to understand coding agents and best practices for their use in 2025

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πŸ” Coming Up: What is an Agent?

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OpenAI just released their β€œPractical Guide to Agents.” Harrison Chase from LangChain responded with a blog entitled β€œHow to think about agent frameworks.” People are talking about the Matter of OpenAI vs. LangGraph. We have thoughts about what an agent is, and what it isn't, and we're excited to pattern-match and break down the arguments from all sides in this special event we're calling "What is an Agent?" Join us for what will certainly be a fun and wide-ranging live discussion!

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πŸ‘€ Event Recaps!

On April 16th, we dug into the architecture and training behind the Llama 4 Herd of MoE models. We examined the release blog for breakthroughs and showed how to run the model with Unsloth on your local machine!!
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β€‹πŸ§° Llama 4 Herd of Models

On April 9, we dove into Model Context Protocol (MCP), the β€œUSB-C for AI applications.” We broke down how MCP connects LLMs to external tools, how it has evolved since its release in late 2024, and how you should use it as an AI Engineer.

🧰 Model Context Protocol

On April 2, we explored OpenAI’s new Responses API and Agents SDK, diving into their new agent orchestration framework! The session sparked great discussion around cost, performance, and how it stacks up against leading alternatives like LangGraph.
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β€‹πŸ§° OpenAI Agents SDK

πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» Find the concepts and code from any event we've ever done in the Awesome-AIM-Index!
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πŸ–ΌοΈ Meme of the Week


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​Dr. Greg & The Wiz​
​AI Makerspace​

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