langchain-ai/langchain

The agent engineering platform.

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The agent engineering platform. LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. It helps you chain together interoperable components and third-party integrations to simplify AI application development — all while future-proofing decisions as the underlying technology evolves. If you're looking for more advanced customization or agent orchestration, check out LangGraph, our framework for building controllable agent workflows. For an equivalent JS/TS library, check out LangChain.js.…

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  1. Quickstart
  2. LangChain ecosystem
  3. Why use LangChain?
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The agent engineering platform.

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langchain-ai
Primary language
Python
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148,808
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MIT
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Created
2022-10-17T02:58:36.000Z
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Owner-supplied topics: agents, ai, ai-agents, anthropic, chatgpt, deepagents, enterprise, framework, gemini, generative-ai, langchain, langgraph, llm, multiagent, open-source, openai, pydantic, python, rag, typescript

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