Agents & Multi-Agent

LangChain

langchain-ai/langchain

An open-source Python framework for building LLM-powered applications and agents through interoperable, chainable components and third-party integrations.

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Overview

LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. It helps developers chain together interoperable components and third-party integrations to simplify AI application development while aiming to future-proof decisions as the underlying technology evolves. The framework provides a standard interface for models, embeddings, vector stores, and more, allowing developers to work at different levels of abstraction. It is part of a broader ecosystem that includes Deep Agents, LangGraph, and LangSmith.

Key features

  • Real-time data augmentation via integrations with model providers, tools, vector stores, and retrievers
  • Model interoperability allowing models to be swapped during experimentation
  • Modular, component-based architecture for rapid prototyping
  • Production-ready features with support for monitoring, evaluation, and debugging
  • Flexible abstraction layers from high-level chains to low-level components
  • Seamless integration with the LangChain ecosystem including Deep Agents, LangGraph, and LangSmith

Requirements, installation and quick start

The quickstart recommends using the `uv` package manager with the command: `uv add langchain`.

Usage

A basic quickstart involves importing `init_chat_model` from `langchain.chat_models`, initializing a model (e.g., `init_chat_model("openai:gpt-5.5")`), and invoking it with a text prompt like `model.invoke("Hello, world!")`.

Model compatibility and use cases

The framework supports model interoperability and integrates with various model providers. Repository topics indicate relevance to Anthropic, ChatGPT, Gemini, and OpenAI.

License and risk notes

The repository is licensed under the MIT license.

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