--- title: 4 Ways to Build an AI Agent | daily.dev description: An overview of four approaches to building AI agents, ranked by how much of the agent you build yourself: no-code platforms with drag-and-drop forms, low-code... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-build-an-ai-agent-okafftu1t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 4 Ways to Build an AI Agent | daily.dev og:description: An overview of four approaches to building AI agents, ranked by how much of the agent you build yourself: no-code platforms with drag-and-drop forms, low-code... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-build-an-ai-agent-okafftu1t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OkAFftU1T.png og:image:alt: 4 Ways to Build an AI Agent og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 4 Ways to Build an AI Agent **[Tech With Tim](https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An overview of four approaches to building AI agents, ranked by how much of the agent you build yourself: no-code platforms with drag-and-drop forms, low-code tools with visual canvases, agent harnesses where you install and customize a pre-built agent, and full-code development writing everything from scratch in a language like Python. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are the different ways to build an AI agent besides writing full code? There are four general tiers of building an AI agent, ranging by how much you build yourself. No-code platforms let you build agents through forms or drag-and-drop blocks with no programming required. Low-code tools let you write parts of the agent using a visual canvas. Agent harnesses let you install a complete, powerful pre-built agent and customize it. Full code means writing the entire agent yourself in a language like Python. _Comparing no-code, low-code, and full-code agent approaches gets easier with guides curated on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How To Build AI Agents 3 Ways With Google ADK](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-ai-agents-3-ways-with-google-adk-e5hjedxo7) · The New Stack · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Everything You Need to Know Before Building AI Agents](https://daily.dev/posts/everything-you-need-to-know-before-building-ai-agents-ube2oh8qr) · BigData Boutique blog · 13 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#nocode](https://daily.dev/tags/nocode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-build-an-ai-agent-okafftu1t) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"4 Ways to Build an AI Agent","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-build-an-ai-agent-okafftu1t","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-build-an-ai-agent-okafftu1t"},"datePublished":"2026-08-15T12:26:54.280Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:29:53.601Z","description":"An overview of four approaches to building AI agents, ranked by how much of the agent you build yourself: no-code platforms with drag-and-drop forms, low-code...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/do8Rx6CpQX8/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/do8Rx6CpQX8/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Tech With Tim","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Tech With Tim","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--6vVIDfU0--/f_auto/v1711726146/logos/TechWithTim","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-build-an-ai-agent-okafftu1t","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"python,ai-agents,nocode","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"4 Ways to Build an AI Agent","description":"An overview of four approaches to building AI agents, ranked by how much of the agent you build yourself: no-code platforms with drag-and-drop forms, low-code...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/do8Rx6CpQX8/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-15T12:26:54.280Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/OkAFftU1T","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/do8Rx6CpQX8"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tech With Tim","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"4 Ways to Build an AI Agent"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-build-an-ai-agent-okafftu1t#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are the different ways to build an AI agent besides writing full code?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"There are four general tiers of building an AI agent, ranging by how much you build yourself. 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