Build an Agent Day · Charlotte
One day.
One working AI agent.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
A hands-on one-day workshop for Charlotte's business, government & education leaders. Walk in with a workflow you hate — walk out with an agent that runs it. No code.
Downtown Charlotte · venue announced soon
$297 early bird · first 100 seats
A stylized street map of downtown Charlotte, rendered in brand navy, marking the city where this Build an Agent Day takes place.
What you build & walk out with
A working agent — not a slide deck.
By 6 PM you have something running against your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account — a workflow you own, codified as an AI agent on Claude Cowork (Anthropic), ChatGPT Agents (OpenAI), or Manus.
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Pick a workflow
Reports, intake, scheduling, drafting, research — bring the one you hate.
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Codify it as a skill
Capture your expertise as instructions an AI agent can follow.
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Wire it into your stack
Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, your CRM, your inbox.
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Ship it the same day
Demo it before you leave. Take the pattern home and build again.
Why it's worth the day
One ticket pays for itself by Friday.
You leave with it built
Not concepts, not a reading list — a working agent wired to your real tools, demoed before you walk out the door.
An instructor at every table
A room of peers and a guide walking every table — the help an online course can't give you when you're stuck.
A method, not a one-off
Take home the agent design patterns to build the next one — plus a year of community access.
early bird, all-inclusive
One agent. Eight hours back per week.
8 hrs → 30 min, every week, forever. That's ~390 hours in year one — at $75/hr fully-loaded, $29,250 of recovered capacity from a single $297 early bird ticket.
See the full caseWhat attendees say
224 reviews
Rated by attendees of Mark Hinkle's AI workshops, bootcamps, and events across The AIE Network — the same instructor and curriculum behind Build An Agent Day.
"This is the best day I've spent on learning in a long time. As a complete non-techie, I've already started building my first app using Manus. This event gave me the confidence I needed to get started."
Sr. Manager · Mayo Clinic
"The Business Professionals Workshop was a standout — learning how to build a website in under 15 minutes using AI was truly eye-opening. I'm already looking forward to attending again."
Product Manager · U.S. Bank
"As a COO of a medium sized company, the training was perfect for my role. Being able to render an updated website to my team using Manus in about 10 minutes was an amazing experience."
COO · Danner Corporation
The day in Charlotte
From the moment you arrive to the agent you ship.
Registration and coffee at 8, Todd Lewis (All Things Open) opens the day, Mark Hinkle teaches the full build, and a working agent is demoed before you leave.
Coffee & keynote
Build across three stacks
Demo your working agent
Who's behind it
The operators who built the Southeast's AI & open-source communities.
Taught by Mark Hinkle, founder of The AIE Network and co-founder of All Things AI — 30+ years in emerging tech (cloud.com, the Linux Foundation, the Node.js Foundation). Co-founder Todd Lewis opens every Build An Agent Day.
Mark publishes five days a week — the same practical, no-hype voice you get in the workshop, every week, for free. Mark Hinkle · 250,000+ readers.
theaie.net →
Running technology events across the Carolinas for more than a decade — numerous meetups year-round and the annual All Things Open conference, one of the largest open-source events in the country. Co-founder Todd Lewis opens every Build An Agent Day.
allthingsopen.org →
Free live events all year — monthly meetups in the Research Triangle, Tuesday lunch-and-learns, virtual workshops, and the annual All Things AI conference that drew 2,500+ attendees from 39 states in 2026.
allthingsai.org →Charlotte · Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Your seat in the room is waiting.
Downtown Charlotte · venue announced soon. Early bird from $297, all-inclusive — first 100 seats.