J. Recommended Papers, Books & Open-Source Projects

Agentic AI: Projects & Engineering Mastery

A book-shaped table of contents for Agentic AI: Projects & Engineering Mastery: hands-on practitioner builds, Principal/Staff-level technical leadership, and the lookup appendices and vendor/framework reference notes for the whole series. Book 6 of the AI Systems Engineering series.

C. Agent Design Pattern Catalog

A condensed reference table of every architecture pattern covered in Part 00 of AI Architecture & System Design, listing each pattern's applicability criteria and trade-offs in one scannable page for interview-day review.

A. Agent Framework Comparison Matrix

A reference matrix comparing agent frameworks (LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, custom) across state management, tool-calling model, and production-readiness, for quick lookup rather than narrative reading.

I. AI Engineering Glossary

A glossary defining the agentic-AI terminology used throughout the book (agent, tool, orchestrator, grounding, hallucination, context window, etc.) for quick reference rather than sequential reading.

D. AI Security Checklist

A checklist reference for auditing an agent system's security posture - prompt injection defenses, tool-permission scoping, secrets handling - meant for a pre-launch review rather than first-time learning.