Building AI Agents for Email and Scheduling

Managing a flooded inbox and coordinating meeting times can drain hours from your work week. What if you could build an intelligent assistant to handle these repetitive tasks for you? This course teaches you how to design and implement AI agents specifically focused on email management and calendar scheduling. You will start with the foundational concepts of artificial intelligence and agentic workflows, then move into practical, text-based exercises where you construct automated systems to draft replies, categorize messages, and propose meeting times. By the end of the course, you will know how to turn manual administrative chores into seamless, automated processes. What you'll learn: Understand the core concepts of AI agents and automated workflows. Design effective prompts that reliably categorize and draft responses to incoming emails. Apply modern tool-use and function-calling concepts to connect AI with calendar applications. Build logic flows that identify scheduling conflicts and propose optimal meeting times. Implement safe automation practices and human-in-the-loop patterns to maintain control over your communications. The course begins with essential terminology, explaining how large language models and autonomous agents function behind the scenes. From there, you will read through step-by-step written tutorials and practice configuring your own automated workflows. Designed entirely for beginners, this course requires no prior programming experience or advanced technical knowledge. Start reading today to reclaim your time and transform how you manage your daily communications.