# A field guide to _working with agents._ Choose a tool. Give it a useful job. Know when the work is done.  Revised October 7, 2026 · PDF + EPUB + offline companion A working copy for your next real task. Ten illustrated chapters with examples, checklists, and exercises you can keep beside your code or notes. ## Get your free copy. Enter your email to unlock the PDF, EPUB, and offline exercises. Email address Agentlist stores your email to record your ebook request. No account or automatic newsletter subscription. Your download appears here; we do not send an email. [Read the first chapter online →](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/choose-your-first-agent) ## Start with one task. You do not need to read the book in order. Choose a familiar job in chapter 1, write its brief in chapter 2, then use chapter 9 to judge the result. The other chapters help with the work in between. ## Inside the fieldbook 1. 01[Choose your first AI agent](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/choose-your-first-agent) 2. 02[Write a brief an agent can finish](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/write-a-task-brief) 3. 03[Give an agent the right permissions](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/set-agent-permissions) 4. 04[Ship a small change with a coding agent](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/ship-with-a-coding-agent) 5. 05[Research with an agent and keep the receipts](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/research-with-an-agent) 6. 06[Put a browser agent to work, one checkpoint at a time](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/browser-agent-workflows) 7. 07[Connect the right tools without creating a mystery machine](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/connect-agent-tools) 8. 08[Give your agent a useful memory, not a junk drawer](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/give-agents-useful-memory) 9. 09[Find out whether an agent actually helps](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/evaluate-an-agent) 10. 10[Turn one good result into a workflow you can trust](https://www.agentlist.io/learn/guides/build-a-repeatable-workflow) ## A copy for the way you work. **Fillable PDF**: Read at your desk, type into the worksheets, or print them for a trial. **Reflowable EPUB**: Read on an ebook reader. Use your notebook for the static exercises. **Offline companion**: Open the included HTML file in a browser for all ten interactive exercises. --- Source: [A field guide to working with agents: free ebook | agentlist.io](https://www.agentlist.io/ebook). This is the public page rendered as Markdown; interactive controls require the website.