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# 🎄 Day 1: Launch Initiative

> **Season 1 — December 2025 (Winter Holiday Edition)** · [Interactive Web View](https://adventofagents.com/2025/12/01?utm_source=adventofagents&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=adventofagents_s1_2025&utm_content=day01) · [Raw Markdown](https://adventofagents.com/2025/12/01.md?utm_source=adventofagents&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=adventofagents_s1_2025&utm_content=day01)

**Summary:** 25 days. Zero to Production-Ready AI Agents on Google Cloud.

**Advent of Agents 2025 starts NOW!**

25 days. Zero to Production-Ready AI Agents on Google Cloud.

**Every day until Christmas:**

- ⚡ One feature, < 5 min to try
- 💻 Copy-paste commands that actually work
- 📖 Links to docs

From quickstart agents to multi-agent orchestration. From local dev to production deployment.

**The Hub:** Bookmark this site! Each day we unlock new content along with helpful code snippets. It's your permanent archive to catch up on missed days, recover past posts, and grab the code you need to build your production agent by Christmas.

**What we are covering:** We're going deep on the latest tools:

- **Gemini 3:** Context engineering, Computer Use, Live API, and advanced patterns
- [Google ADK](https://google.github.io/adk-docs/?utm_source=adventofagents&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=adventofagents_s1_2025&utm_content=day01): The Agent Development Kit (Python)
- [Vertex AI Agent Engine](https://cloud.google.com/products/agent-builder?utm_source=adventofagents&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=adventofagents_s1_2025&utm_content=day01): Deploy an Agent in minutes
- [The Agent Starter Pack](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/agent-starter-pack?utm_source=adventofagents&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=adventofagents_s1_2025&utm_content=day01): E2E production-ready templates

**📚 Recommended Reading:** To kick things off, check out the [Introduction to Agents whitepaper](https://www.kaggle.com/whitepaper-introduction-to-agents), released as part of the 5 Days of Agents with Kaggle.

**Let's get ready to build!**

## Resources & Links

- **[Introduction to Agents Whitepaper](https://www.kaggle.com/whitepaper-introduction-to-agents)** — Released as part of the 5 Days of Agents with Kaggle
- **[Google ADK Documentation](https://google.github.io/adk-docs/?utm_source=adventofagents&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=adventofagents_s1_2025&utm_content=day01)** — Official documentation for the Agent Development Kit
- **[Agent Engine on Vertex AI](https://cloud.google.com/products/agent-builder?utm_source=adventofagents&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=adventofagents_s1_2025&utm_content=day01)** — Deploy and manage agents at scale with Vertex AI
- **[Agent Starter Pack](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/agent-starter-pack?utm_source=adventofagents&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=adventofagents_s1_2025&utm_content=day01)** — Production-ready templates for building AI agents