Step 1: Set Your Agent’s Goal
This assignment measures Module Objective 8.1, which supports Course Competency 1.
Objectives
- 8.1 Evaluate your career goal against market needs, explain the five parts of an AI agent, and state the goal as one an agent can act on. (Course Competency 1)
Overview
Every agent starts with a goal, and the goal decides everything else: where the agent looks, what it keeps, and what it reports. Not every student is looking for a job right now, so choose the goal that fits where you are.
| Goal type | Choose it if | What the agent watches |
|---|---|---|
| Job search | You want a full-time or part-time design job soon | Openings at target employers, verified live |
| Career exploration | You are not sure which design path fits you yet | Roles, people and organizations in two or three paths you want to compare |
| Freelance work | You want paying clients and gigs | Calls for work, local businesses that need design, freelance boards, and rates |
| Professional development | You want to grow a skill before you apply | Free courses, tutorials, events, competitions and scholarships tied to your gap |
| Starting a business | You want to launch a studio, shop or service | Grants, small-business resources, competitors, markets and events |
Instructions
- Choose one goal type from the table. You may combine two (for example, freelance work while you job search), but name which one comes first.
- Write your goal in one or two sentences that include what, for whom, where, and by when. Example: “Find entry-level motion design jobs in the Phoenix area or remote that I can land by August, at studios that make work for brands.”
- Write three must-haves: things every result has to have, or the agent drops it. Example: entry level; paid; Phoenix or remote.
- Write two to four deal-breakers: things that remove a result right away. Example: unpaid; requires a bachelor’s degree; more than 25 percent travel.
- Find two real examples of what you want (two job postings, two freelance calls, two courses, two organizations) and explain in two sentences how each one fits your goal.
- Name the five parts of your agent (goal, where it looks, rules, what it reports, when it runs) in one line each, using What Is an AI Agent?
- Read the example goal in Example Agent: Avery’s Animation Job Agent to compare your level of detail.
Accessibility
Use real heading styles in your Google Doc (Format, Paragraph styles), keep text contrast high, and add alt text to every image (right-click the image, then Alt text).
Submission
Submit one Google Doc with your goal type, goal statement, the five parts, must-haves, deal-breakers and two examples. Submit it in Canvas only; do not post your goal statement to Discord.
Grading (10 points)
| Criterion (Objective 8.1) | Points |
|---|---|
| Goal states what, for whom, where and by when | 2 |
| The five parts of the agent named for the chosen goal | 2 |
| Must-haves and deal-breakers are specific enough for an agent to apply | 3 |
| Two real examples, each tied to the goal | 2 |
| Accessibility: heading styles in the Doc and alt text on every image | 1 |
Due
All times are Arizona time.
- Due in Canvas: Thursday, April 29, 12:00 p.m.
- Hard close: Friday, April 30, 12:00 p.m. Work submitted after the deadline and before the hard close loses 10%. Nothing is accepted after the hard close.