6ix Applied Agentic Computing
Most people have used an AI chatbot. Far fewer have set up an agent: software that reads your files, runs your tools, and finishes a task while you do something else.
Toronto DAO is hosting an evening on applied agentic computing (software agents that take actions on your behalf, not just answer questions). Three things happen here.
You learn what an agentic setup actually is, in plain terms, including where these things break
You set up your own environment, on your own laptop, and make it do something you have not done before
You meet people who have already built one, which is the part you cannot get from a tutorial
The last stretch of the evening is a show and tell. Anyone running a setup can put it on the screen and walk the room through it. Most of what people take home from a night like this comes from seeing someone else's working setup and asking why they built it that way.
No prior experience with agents is needed. Curiosity and a charged laptop are enough.
Who this is for
Anyone who has hit the ceiling of copy and pasting into a chat window
Builders, operators and founders who want to automate real work, not demos
People already running a setup who want to show it off and compare notes
People who learn by doing rather than by watching slides
What to bring
A laptop, and its charger
A paid subscription to an agentic AI product. Claude (Pro or Max) is what will be demonstrated on stage, but any equivalent works: ChatGPT Plus with agent mode, Cursor, or similar
Permission to install software on that laptop. A locked down work machine will fight you all evening
Optional: a small, real task you would like automated. The workshop goes better when you bring your own problem
If you already run a setup, bring it. There is a slot for you to show it
Agenda
6:00–6:15 PM — Doors open, coffee, and quick introductions
6:15–7:45 PM — Main session with Edward Buchi: what agentic computing is, the setups that work, then build one on your own laptop
7:45–8:00 PM — Break + time to troubleshoot any setups that are misbehaving
8:00–8:25 PM — Guest speaker
8:25–8:55 PM — Show & Tell: bring your own setup to the screen and walk us through it
8:55–9:00 PM — Wrap-up + what to try next
Presenter
Edward Buchi is a go to market and product founder in Toronto, and Managing Director of Baptisia Ventures. He spent nine years building blockchain communities in this city, including Bitcoin Bay and five university backed hackathons, and now builds agent systems that run his own company's day to day operations.
He hosts The Superlative Podcast, where he talks to founders about the systems behind their work.
Follow him for more on agentic setups, and say hello after the session:
LinkedIn: edward-buchi-1a103a33
𝕏: thespeakerlisan
YouTube: @TheSuperlativePodcast