[Hands-on Workshop]From One Agent to a Swarm: Building Collaborative AI Analysts

​What happens when AI agents stop working alone and start collaborating?

​WHAT YOU'LL BUILD

​Explore agentic AI through a real-world use case: multi-agent stock analysis.

​Starting from a working swarm of specialized agents, you'll extend the system by adding new capabilities, introducing new agents, and shaping how they coordinate.

​You'll gain hands-on experience:

• ​Creating tools for agent collaboration

• ​Designing handoff chains between agents

• ​Orchestrating multi-agent systems

• ​Building specialized agents that work together to solve complex problems

​Walk away with practical experience building collaborative AI systems that go beyond single-agent limitations.

​KEY TOPICS

• ​Multi-agent system architecture

• ​Agent specialization and collaboration patterns

• ​Tool creation for agent ecosystems

• ​Handoff chain design

• ​Swarm orchestration strategies

​WHO SHOULD ATTEND

​AI/ML engineers, developers building agent systems, technical leads exploring multi-agent architectures, and builders interested in collaborative AI.

​PREREQUISITES

​Participants must complete setup before the workshop:

​Required Software:

• ​AWS account with Amazon Bedrock model access enabled (Claude Opus 4.6 via cross-region inference)

• ​AWS CLI v2 installed and configured (aws configure)

• ​Python 3.12+ and uv package manager installed

• ​Claude Code CLI installed

​Setup Steps:

1. ​Add the Strands Agents MCP server to Claude Code: claude mcp add strands uvx strands-agents-mcp-server

2. ​Clone the workshop repo:

​git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/strands-agents/samples.git
cd samples
git sparse-checkout set python/04-industry-use-cases/finance/finance-assistant-swarm-agent
cd python/04-industry-use-cases/finance/finance-assistant-swarm-agent

• ​Install dependencies: uv sync

• ​Verify setup: uv run finance_assistant_swarm.py

  • ​Enter a ticker (e.g., AMZN)

  • ​Wait for the report to complete

  • ​If a full analysis report appears without errors, you're all set

​WORKSHOP CONDUCTORS

• ​Mofijul Islam

• ​Federica Cerina

• ​Shinan Zhang

• ​Yiyue Qian

​WORKSHOP ACCESS

​This workshop is exclusively available to summit attendees. First come, first served with limited capacity.