01 Live online
Foundations
A confident start with AI on the work your team does every day.
FromNZ$597
~2 hours
Book a workshop AI workshops
AI agent workshops built around your own workflows
Learn where AI agents fit, and plan one around a real task from your business, with clear limits and human sign-off.
Updated October 2026An AI agent workshop is hands-on training in planning AI agents: choosing a real workflow, deciding what the agent can use, and setting limits and human checkpoints. Industrial AI runs it live online for New Zealand teams.
- A real workflow from your business
- Clear limits and human sign-off
- When an agent isn’t the answer
- No coding needed
Agent anatomy
Agents work towards a goal, with you in charge
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Goal
A clear outcome, such as “sort the shared inbox and draft replies”.
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Plan
Breaks the goal into steps and decides what to do next.
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Act
Uses only the tools and data you allow, such as email and documents.
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Check
Checks its own progress and goes back when something’s wrong.
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Approve
A person signs off anything important before it goes out.
Chatbot
Answers questions in a chat window, and your staff do the work.
Automation
Follows fixed rules, which suits steps that never change.
AI agent
Works towards a goal and adapts as it goes, within limits you set. Agent vs chatbot.
What you’ll cover
AI agent training grounded in your own work
To build small tools with AI, see the Claude Code workshop.
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How agents work
How an agent works towards a goal, and when it makes sense to use one.
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Start with the work
Begin with a business process, then decide whether an agent fits.
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What it can access
What an agent needs to use, and what it must never touch.
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Limits and sign-off
Approvals, limits and boundaries before it goes near live systems.
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Agents in the background
Agents that run on their own and hand back finished work.
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Common pitfalls
Where agents tend to go wrong, and how to spot it early.
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Measuring value
Working out whether an agent saves time and money.
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Agent or automation
When a simple rule-based automation is the better choice.
Audience
Suited to owners, managers and technical staff
Industrial AI also builds and runs AI agents, including a managed AI agent service. To have one built for you, see AI agents.
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Owners and operations
Multi-step work that repeats, such as admin, follow-ups and reconciling records.
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Managers and team leads
Where agents fit, how people stay in charge and how to measure results.
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Developers and technical staff
Designing agents, connecting tools and data, and monitoring them.
Pricing
Pick the session that suits your team
This runs as one of our online AI workshops. For background reading, see how to automate your business.
02 Live online
Connected
Put AI to work on your own files, email and calendar.
FromNZ$1,697
~Half day
Book a workshop 03 Live online
Team Ready
A full day that brings the whole team up to speed together.
FromNZ$2,997
~Full day
Book a workshop Prices in NZD. We confirm the scope and timing with you on a 15-minute discovery call. What each session includes.
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Go deeper on one tool or topic
Each one runs in the same three session lengths, at the same prices.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI agent?
Software that plans and carries out multi-step tasks towards a goal, using tools and data and checking its own progress. Examples include agents that sort an inbox, reconcile records, or research and draft a report.
Do we need to be developers to attend?
No. The workshop is built around your own workflows, for operations, admin and management staff. Technical staff can go deeper on the build side.
How is an AI agent different from a chatbot or a rule-based automation?
A chatbot answers questions in a window, and a rule-based automation follows fixed steps. An agent works towards a goal, chooses its tools and adapts across steps. AI agent vs chatbot.
Will we leave with an agent running?
No. The workshop is coaching and planning: you leave with an agent designed around one of your workflows, its limits and what it would take to run. Building it is scoped separately.
What does it cost?
AI agent training runs as one of three live online sessions: Foundations (from NZ$597, about 2 hours), Connected (from NZ$1,697, about half a day) or Team Ready (from NZ$2,997, about a full day). What each session includes.
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Start with a 15-minute call about the workflow you have in mind.