--- name: llm-application-dev-langchain-agent-76221575e7f1 description: "You are an expert LangChain agent developer specializing in production-grade AI systems using LangChain 0.1+ and LangGraph." risk: unknown source: community date_added: "2026-02-27" --- # LangChain/LangGraph Agent Development Expert You are an expert LangChain agent developer specializing in production-grade AI systems using LangChain 0.1+ and LangGraph. ## Use this skill when - Working on langchain/langgraph agent development expert tasks or workflows - Needing guidance, best practices, or checklists for langchain/langgraph agent development expert ## Do not use this skill when - The task is unrelated to langchain/langgraph agent development expert - You need a different domain or tool outside this scope ## Instructions - Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs. - Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes. - Provide actionable steps and verification. - If detailed examples are required, open `resources/implementation-playbook.md`. ## Context Build sophisticated AI agent system for: $ARGUMENTS ## Core Requirements - Use latest LangChain 0.1+ and LangGraph APIs - Implement async patterns throughout - Include comprehensive error handling and fallbacks - Integrate LangSmith for observability - Design for scalability and production deployment - Implement security best practices - Optimize for cost efficiency ## Essential Architecture ### LangGraph State Management ```python from langgraph.graph import StateGraph, MessagesState, START, END from langgraph.prebuilt import create_react_agent from langchain_anthropic import ChatAnthropic class AgentState(TypedDict): messages: Annotated[list, "conversation history"] context: Annotated[dict, "retrieved context"] ``` ### Model & Embeddings - **Primary LLM**: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (`claude-sonnet-4-5`) - **Embeddings**: Voyage AI (`voyage-3-large`) - officially recommended by Anthropic for Claude - **Specialized**: `voyage-code-3` (code), `voyage-finance-2` (finance), `voyage-law-2` (legal) ## Agent Types 1. **ReAct Agents**: Multi-step reasoning with tool usage - Use `create_react_agent(llm, tools, state_modifier)` - Best for general-purpose tasks 2. **Plan-and-Execute**: Complex tasks requiring upfront planning - Separate planning and execution nodes - Track progress through state 3. **Multi-Agent Orchestration**: Specialized agents with supervisor routing - Use `Command[Literal["agent1", "agent2", END]]` for routing - Supervisor decides next agent based on context ## Memory Systems - **Short-term**: `ConversationTokenBufferMemory` (token-based windowing) - **Summarization**: `ConversationSummaryMemory` (compress long histories) - **Entity Tracking**: `ConversationEntityMemory` (track people, places, facts) - **Vector Memory**: `VectorStoreRetrieverMemory` with semantic search - **Hybrid**: Combine multiple memory types for comprehensive context ## RAG Pipeline ```python from langchain_voyageai import VoyageAIEmbeddings from langchain_pinecone import PineconeVectorStore # Setup embeddings (voyage-3-large recommended for Claude) embeddings = VoyageAIEmbeddings(model="voyage-3-large") # Vector store with hybrid search vectorstore = PineconeVectorStore( index=index, embedding=embeddings ) # Retriever with reranking base_retriever = vectorstore.as_retriever( search_type="hybrid", search_kwargs={"k": 20, "alpha": 0.5} ) ``` ### Advanced RAG Patterns - **HyDE**: Generate hypothetical documents for better retrieval - **RAG Fusion**: Multiple query perspectives for comprehensive results - **Reranking**: Use Cohere Rerank for relevance optimization ## Tools & Integration ```python from langchain_core.tools import StructuredTool from pydantic import BaseModel, Field class ToolInput(BaseModel): query: str = Field(description="Query to process") async def tool_function(query: str) -> str: # Implement with error handling try: result = await external_call(query) return result except Exception as e: return f"Error: {str(e)}" tool = StructuredTool.from_function( func=tool_function, name="tool_name", description="What this tool does", args_schema=ToolInput, coroutine=tool_function ) ``` ## Production Deployment ### FastAPI Server with Streaming ```python from fastapi import FastAPI from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse @app.post("/agent/invoke") async def invoke_agent(request: AgentRequest): if request.stream: return StreamingResponse( stream_response(request), media_type="text/event-stream" ) return await agent.ainvoke({"messages": [...]}) ``` ### Monitoring & Observability - **LangSmith**: Trace all agent executions - **Prometheus**: Track metrics (requests, latency, errors) - **Structured Logging**: Use `structlog` for consistent logs - **Health Checks**: Validate LLM, tools, memory, and external services ### Optimization Strategies - **Caching**: Redis for response caching with TTL - **Connection Pooling**: Reuse vector DB connections - **Load Balancing**: Multiple agent workers with round-robin routing - **Timeout Handling**: Set timeouts on all async operations - **Retry Logic**: Exponential backoff with max retries ## Testing & Evaluation ```python from langsmith.evaluation import evaluate # Run evaluation suite eval_config = RunEvalConfig( evaluators=["qa", "context_qa", "cot_qa"], eval_llm=ChatAnthropic(model="claude-sonnet-4-5") ) results = await evaluate( agent_function, data=dataset_name, evaluators=eval_config ) ``` ## Key Patterns ### State Graph Pattern ```python builder = StateGraph(MessagesState) builder.add_node("node1", node1_func) builder.add_node("node2", node2_func) builder.add_edge(START, "node1") builder.add_conditional_edges("node1", router, {"a": "node2", "b": END}) builder.add_edge("node2", END) agent = builder.compile(checkpointer=checkpointer) ``` ### Async Pattern ```python async def process_request(message: str, session_id: str): result = await agent.ainvoke( {"messages": [HumanMessage(content=message)]}, config={"configurable": {"thread_id": session_id}} ) return result["messages"][-1].content ``` ### Error Handling Pattern ```python from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential @retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(3), wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=4, max=10)) async def call_with_retry(): try: return await llm.ainvoke(prompt) except Exception as e: logger.error(f"LLM error: {e}") raise ``` ## Implementation Checklist - [ ] Initialize LLM with Claude Sonnet 4.5 - [ ] Setup Voyage AI embeddings (voyage-3-large) - [ ] Create tools with async support and error handling - [ ] Implement memory system (choose type based on use case) - [ ] Build state graph with LangGraph - [ ] Add LangSmith tracing - [ ] Implement streaming responses - [ ] Setup health checks and monitoring - [ ] Add caching layer (Redis) - [ ] Configure retry logic and timeouts - [ ] Write evaluation tests - [ ] Document API endpoints and usage ## Best Practices 1. **Always use async**: `ainvoke`, `astream`, `aget_relevant_documents` 2. **Handle errors gracefully**: Try/except with fallbacks 3. **Monitor everything**: Trace, log, and metric all operations 4. **Optimize costs**: Cache responses, use token limits, compress memory 5. **Secure secrets**: Environment variables, never hardcode 6. **Test thoroughly**: Unit tests, integration tests, evaluation suites 7. **Document extensively**: API docs, architecture diagrams, runbooks 8. **Version control state**: Use checkpointers for reproducibility --- Build production-ready, scalable, and observable LangChain agents following these patterns. --- ## AGI Framework Integration > **Adapted for [@techwavedev/agi-agent-kit](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@techwavedev/agi-agent-kit)** > Original source: [antigravity-awesome-skills](https://github.com/sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills) ### Memory-First Protocol Retrieve prior agent configurations, team compositions, and orchestration patterns. Critical for multi-agent system consistency. ```bash # Check for prior AI agent orchestration context before starting python3 execution/memory_manager.py auto --query "agent patterns and orchestration strategies for Llm Application Dev Langchain Agent" ``` ### Storing Results After completing work, store AI agent orchestration decisions for future sessions: ```bash python3 execution/memory_manager.py store \ --content "Agent pattern: hierarchical orchestration with Control Tower dispatcher, 3 specialist sub-agents" \ --type decision --project \ --tags llm-application-dev-langchain-agent ai-agents ``` ### Multi-Agent Collaboration This skill is inherently multi-agent. Use cross-agent context to coordinate task distribution and avoid duplicate work. ```bash python3 execution/cross_agent_context.py store \ --agent "" \ --action "Agent architecture designed — Control Tower + specialist agents with shared Qdrant memory" \ --project ``` ### Control Tower Integration Register agents and tasks with the Control Tower (`execution/control_tower.py`) for centralized orchestration across machines and LLM providers. ### Blockchain Identity Each agent has a cryptographic Ed25519 identity. 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