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PyConZA 2026

Agents think , let's make them act : Integrating open-weight LLM into a system for autonomous deterministic operation

Speaker brandonbande
Track Data Science and Engineering
Type Normal Talk

Abstract

Let's break down how your favorite AI works and then build our own AI system that works for us.


I had a painful task , converting 8000 job vacancies into a dataset. I could not afford to use online APIs and manual entry promised to be tedious so I pulled the developer move. Writing a script for that. The talk sheds light on how to integrate LLMs into existing systems and making them work for you. This talk will start with a simple function executing a web scrapping task and feeding a web page into the LLM to single out the needed data. Then using Qwen 2.5 and ollama we will then move to get user input to call a tool which gives us a data entry for our dataset.


Whilst the task will be an anchor point , the key take away will be the architecture and approach behind and the the few key things to consider when doing the integrations. To top that at each stage , I will highlight the importance of creating closed-system AI integrations , share some approaches I used and pitfalls encountered in the process. At the end of the session , I hope to leave the audience with an understanding of how easy it is to use Python for them to create their 'own' AI , with unlimited tokens and how to ensure there is fewer hallucinations.

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