Build Your First AI Agent in 60 Lines of Python — No Framework Needed
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Everyone's talking about AI agents, but most tutorials start with heavyweight frameworks, API keys, and 500+ lines of boilerplate. What if you could build a functional AI agent in just 60 lines of pure Python? No LangChain. No CrewAI. No framework at all. Let's do it. What We're Building A simple AI agent that can: Take a goal as input Break it into subtasks Execute each subtask using tools Return a final result Think of it as the minimal viable agent - the skeleton you can extend into anything.