Recommended Reading
Curated resources for going deeper on agentic engineering topics. This list will be updated as the field evolves.
Foundations
Section titled “Foundations”Section for foundational books on AI, software engineering, and related topics.
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Context engineering
Section titled “Context engineering”The emerging discipline of providing agents with the right information at the right time.
- Context Engineering for AI Agents – Tobi Lutke - Shopify CEO on why context engineering is the new skill
- Context Engineering – Andrej Karpathy - “Prompt engineering is dead, context engineering is king”
- AGENTS.md - Open format for persistent agent context, used by 60k+ open-source projects
Prompt engineering
Section titled “Prompt engineering”Guides to effective prompting and AI interaction.
- Coming soon
Software engineering
Section titled “Software engineering”Classic and modern software engineering texts relevant to AI-assisted development.
- Coming soon
Research papers
Section titled “Research papers”Key papers on agents
Section titled “Key papers on agents”Academic papers defining agentic systems and patterns.
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Language models for code
Section titled “Language models for code”Research on code generation, understanding, and synthesis.
- StarCoder: may the source be with you! - Open-source Code LLM with 8K context and infilling capabilities
Human-AI collaboration
Section titled “Human-AI collaboration”Studies on how humans and AI systems work together effectively.
- Coming soon
Online resources
Section titled “Online resources”Blogs and newsletters
Section titled “Blogs and newsletters”Regular sources of insight on AI and development.
- 2025: The year in LLMs – Simon Willison - Comprehensive annual review of LLM developments
Podcasts
Section titled “Podcasts”Audio content covering agentic development.
- Coming soon
Video content
Section titled “Video content”Tutorials, talks, and demonstrations.
- The Complete AI Coding Course (2025) - Hands-on course covering Cursor and Claude Code
Communities
Section titled “Communities”Places to connect with others working in this space.
- Coming soon
Documentation and guides
Section titled “Documentation and guides”Tool documentation
Section titled “Tool documentation”Official docs for major agentic development tools.
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Framework references
Section titled “Framework references”Documentation for building with AI/agents.
- Coming soon
Industry reports
Section titled “Industry reports”Market analysis
Section titled “Market analysis”Industry research and trends.
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Case studies
Section titled “Case studies”Real-world implementations and lessons.
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Contributing resources
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Contribution guidelines coming soon.
This list is actively maintained. Check back for updates as we add vetted resources.