AI engineering glossary · Agents tools MCP
What is voyager?
Voyager: A research agent that learns to play Minecraft by writing code as its actions, storing successful programs in a skill library and using an automatic curriculum to pick new goals. It is a well-cited example of an agent that improves over time without weight updates.
Voyager: an example
Voyager writes a program to craft a pickaxe, saves it, and later reuses it when building more complex items.
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Where you learn it
Voyager is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.