// Hacker Noon · 3 February 2026

Building AI Agents Doesn't Have to Be Rocket Science (Spoiler: It's Mostly API Calls)

Most modern AI development boils down to making smart API calls to Large Language Models (LLMs) That's it. A basic AI agent setup involves: picking an LLM provider, getting an API key, creating a streaming endpoint, and wiring it to a UI.

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