# Getting Started: tips + tricks for Agent & Assistant

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**Created:** [January 14, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/getting-started-tips-tricks-for-agent-assistant/45 "2025-01-14T21:31:01Z")\
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If you’re new to Agent / Assistant, you might be looking for some tips and tricks on how to get started.

I’m constantly sharing videos on our [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@replit) and examples of how to start building, but I’ll share a few of them here to help you get started:

## Agent: Your AI Developer

Agent builds entire projects for you. Just describe what you want, and it handles the setup, code, and deployment.

If you’re new to Replit or Agent, watch below to see how I create and deploy a starter app without writing any code.

[![Agent Demo - Watch Agent build a complete app from a text prompt](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/replit/original/1X/09ab6686fa0c6ac585da5db5814d978d5810bb4f.jpeg)](https://youtu.be/ji8C1LxWyXU)

Learn the best ways to use Agent for building better apps.

[![Agent Tips - Learn advanced techniques for building with Agent](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/replit/original/1X/8ebae44567244c1f60fbc77aede44d07db604288.jpeg)](https://youtu.be/IIFb08rLpOg)

## Assistant Tips

Assistant helps you edit code and answers your questions. Here’s how to use it effectively.

[![Assistant Tips - Learn to use Assistant for better code editing](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/replit/original/1X/d657e6bc8360501eb81ea921887c69933d57f077.jpeg)](https://youtu.be/Wbtx0jzzFFg)

## Build a markdown conversion app without code

If you’d like another, more technical example, watch Agent + Assistant build a complete markdown converter app from scratch.

[![Markdown App Tutorial - See Agent build a markdown conversion app](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/replit/original/1X/da5a5b41b39fd6c4cf3ec1ce9ea17cade1a6c63d.jpeg)](https://youtu.be/JNH2g53T3zE)

Want more? Check out our [YouTube channel](https://youtube.com/@replit) for new tutorials every week.

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In my experience, Agent is great for building and the architecture of the app. Once it starts failing - i.e. by hallucinating instructions to change other parts of the app or over-engineering a simple solution - it’s time to switch to the Assistant. I then stick with Assistant for most of the rest of development. Assistant is good for surgical and iterative aspects of the process.

Exception: When adding a whole new functionality, tool, or especially database-oriented addition, going back to Agent is really useful since it excels at novel and wide-reaching tasks.