Who it is for
- Regular users of an AI assistant
- AI champions, managers, quality or process leads
AI agentsCourse by toolLevel Intermediate
AI agents and custom assistants for your team
Build specialised assistants (custom GPTs, Claude Projects, Copilot agents, Gems) that know your documents and your rules, and roll them out to the team.
Programme updated on 6 November 2026. Our courses are delivered in French. If you need another language, contact us: we will tell you honestly what is possible.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, participants are able to
- Tell apart an assistant, a project, an agent and an automation, and choose the right level for a given need
- Write clear system instructions: mission, rules, tone, limits, format
- Give an assistant knowledge (procedures, FAQs, templates) while respecting confidentiality
- Test, evaluate and improve an assistant with real cases and a quality checklist
- Roll out and share an assistant in the team, with usage rules and an owner
Programme
How the course is structured
1 day (7 hours). Timings are adjusted to the group's level and your priorities.
01Landscape
45 min- Custom GPTs, Claude Projects, Gemini Gems, Copilot agents
- What an agent can do alone, what it must have approved
02Designing an assistant
1 hr 30 min- Use case, users, expected result
- Write the instructions, choose the knowledge
- Anticipate drift and limits
03Workshop: your first assistant
2 hrs 30 min- Build, test with real cases, fix
- Quality checklist and test sets
- Document
04Agents and actions
1 hr 15 min- Connectors, actions, search across your data
- Guardrails: human sign-off, scope, logs
05Roll-out and governance
1 hr- Share, train, gather feedback
- Owner, periodic review, usage policy
Details
Audience, prerequisites, methods and assessment
Prerequisites
- Completed the 'basics' course or regular practice with an AI assistant
Teaching methods
- Short explanations alternating with hands-on AI workshops on the participants' real cases.
- Each participant works on their own computer, with the company's tools or trial accounts we provide.
- Materials handed over at the end of the session: practical guides, prompt library, reusable templates.
- Groups of 4 to 10 participants (8 recommended) to keep individual support possible.
Assessment and follow-up
- Self-assessment questionnaire before or at the start of the session.
- Hands-on exercises assessed during the course (trainer's observation grid).
- End-of-course quiz and immediate satisfaction survey.
- Certificate of completion issued to each participant.
Our courses are open to people with disabilities: contact us beforehand so we can adapt the pace, materials, tools or venue. All practical information
Funding this course
For companies established in France, this course falls under the company's skills development plan: depending on your OPCO, your headcount and the programme, the course fee may be covered in full or in part, sometimes with nothing left to pay. Funding is never automatic; it is checked case by case before the training and confirmed in writing by the OPCO. We prepare the file with you (detailed programme, quote, agreement). Companies outside France can take the course online and fund it from their own budget or through their national schemes, which we help you identify without promising anything.
OPCO funding applies only to companies established in France; it depends on the company's and the programme's eligibility and is checked case by case before any booking. Companies elsewhere fund the training from their own budget or through their national schemes. Boost Activity does not currently hold Qualiopi certification (the French quality standard for training providers).
Frequently asked questions
Before you book
Where and how is the 'AI agents and custom assistants' course delivered?
In-house, at your premises ; Online, live virtual classroom ; Open sessions, mixed companies. Duration: 1 day (7 hours), in groups of 4 to 10 participants. Dates are agreed with you and the programme is adapted to your tools and your real cases. Sessions are delivered in French; contact us for other languages.
What are the prerequisites and what equipment is needed?
Completed the 'basics' course or regular practice with an AI assistant. Each participant works on their own computer, with the company's tools or trial accounts we provide.
How much does this course cost and can it be funded?
In-house course: quoted on request, based on group size, duration and location, excluding VAT, plus any travel costs. In France, OPCO funding depends on your company's and the programme's eligibility and is checked case by case before booking; Boost Activity does not currently hold Qualiopi certification. Outside France, the course is self-funded or funded through your national schemes.
What do participants receive at the end?
A certificate of completion (non-accredited course), the course materials and practical guides (prompt library, templates), and a personal action plan of three uses to put in place the following week.
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