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<aside> <img src="/icons/calendar_purple.svg" alt="/icons/calendar_purple.svg" width="40px" /> January 30, 2025

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<aside> <img src="/icons/video-camera_purple.svg" alt="/icons/video-camera_purple.svg" width="40px" /> Virtual Event

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Welcome to the much-anticipated Hacking Agents workshop! We’re thrilled to spend the next hour with you getting our hands on AGENTS 🤖. Below are some resources you’ll want to use to get the most out of the workshop. We recommend you run through these before we start hacking.

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Please join the DataStaxDevs Discord #hacking-agents channel prior to the workshop. That’s where we will be posting important information and updates. Plus, you’ll get to introduce yourself and meet your fellow AI hackers!

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Table of Contents

Getting Started

• Follow along with our workshop host, David Jones-Gilardi
• Ask your questions in the chat and/or Discord
• Use this page as a guide and refer to the resources below as needed
• HAVE FUN!

DataStax Astra DB (Pre-Setup)

Getting Ready 🔗

1. Sign Up for Astra if you haven’t already; work email addresses are best!
2. Please Star the LangFlow GitHub to keep up with the latest changes
3. Have Python installed on your machines

Astra DB

Astra DB is a NoSQL Vector Database optimized for Gen AI applications. Vector search capabilities enable complex, context-sensitive searches across diverse data formats (structured and unstructured). Here are the steps needed to get your Astra DB account ready for the workshop.