Agent Guides

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New to agents

Learn the fundamentals with the SmolAgents guide in about an hour. No orchestration, no boilerplate — just agents.

Already shipping

Jump to LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, or CrewAI for production patterns and handoff topologies.

Enterprise & cloud

Explore Microsoft Agent Framework, Amazon Bedrock Agents, or Google ADK for managed, A2A-ready deployments.

RAG & knowledge

Build retrieval-centric systems with LlamaIndex or Haystack.

I want to build…

a2aSimple automationAWS-native deploymentAzure-native deploymentA chatbot or assistantA Claude-specific appconditional-routingconnectorsCustomer service + handoffscyclesenterpriseeu-hostedexperimentationGCP-native deploymentgeminihooksknowledge-retrievalmanagedmicrosoftA Mistral-specific appA multi-agent systemnodeorchestrationpluginsprototypingqaA RAG / knowledge systemResearch / experimentationA search or Q&A systemstructured-outputA team-of-experts simulationtyped-apisvalidationA browser / Node appA complex workflow with cycles

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Showing 18 of 18 frameworks

SmolAgents

v1.24.0

Minimalist, code-centric agents in ~1,000 lines.

LightweightBeginnerPython

PydanticAI

v1.89.1

Type-safe agents with validated outputs and graphs.

LightweightBeginnerPython

OpenAI Agents SDK

v0.15.1

Production Swarm replacement — handoffs, guardrails, sessions.

Multi-AgentIntermediatePythonTypeScript

OpenAI Agents SDK (TypeScript)

v0.8.5

The TS port with HITL approvals and browser support.

Multi-AgentIntermediateTypeScript

CrewAI

v1.14.4

Role-based agent teams with Flows and checkpoints.

Multi-AgentIntermediatePython

AutoGen / AG2

v0.12.2

Research-grade multi-agent with GroupChat and A2A.

Multi-AgentAdvancedPython

LangGraph (Python)

v1.1.10

Graph-based state machines with type-safe v2 API.

Multi-AgentAdvancedPython

LangGraph (TypeScript)

v1.2.9

Type-safe streaming workflows for the TS stack.

Multi-AgentAdvancedTypeScript

LlamaIndex (Python)

v0.14.21

RAG + AgentWorkflow 1.0. The knowledge-retrieval default.

Data & RAGIntermediatePython

LlamaIndex (TypeScript)

v0.6.23

Event-driven RAG for Node and edge runtimes.

Data & RAGIntermediateTypeScript

Haystack

v2.28.0

Production search + multi-agent pipelines, Deepset Studio.

Data & RAGAdvancedPython

Amazon Bedrock Agents

Multi-agent collaboration GA, AgentCore, AWS-native.

Cloud-NativeIntermediatePython

Microsoft Agent Framework

core 1.2.2 · providers 1.0.0b260429

Unifies Semantic Kernel + AutoGen. A2A, graphs, declarative.

Cloud-NativeIntermediatePython.NET

Google ADK

v1.32.0

Gemini-first agents with multi-language SDKs.

Cloud-NativeIntermediatePythonGo

Anthropic Claude Agent SDK

v0.1.72

Subagents, hooks, checkpointing and session rewind.

Model-SpecificIntermediatePython

Anthropic Claude SDK (TypeScript)

v0.2.126

The TS counterpart with the same primitives.

Model-SpecificIntermediateTypeScript

Mistral Agents API

v2.4.4

Mistral-native agents with 5 built-in connectors.

Model-SpecificIntermediatePython

Semantic Kernel

Python 1.41.3 / .NET 1.74.0

Microsoft plugin architecture — MCP and A2A native.

EnterpriseIntermediatePython.NET

What each guide contains

Quick start README

Install, minimum viable example, and key concepts in under 10 minutes.

Comprehensive guide

Every class, method, pattern and gotcha — the canonical reference.

Production guide

Deployment, scaling, observability, security and cost controls.

Recipes

Copy-paste, production-tested snippets for the patterns you actually use.