LangChain
Graph-shaped agents with explicit control flow.
Library for stateful, multi-step agents. You write code. It does not host the agent for you.
Provisional seed scores. Method seed-v0-provisional, confidence low, not hands-on tested. The band around a number is a ±8 display label, not a measured interval. Ordering uses the point estimate.
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API flag: seed says yes. MCP flag: not marked. These flags are notes, not an audit. Marked open source.
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Agent framework · role rank 1
Explicit graph. The right first framework if you will read the loop.
83
75–91 · low confidence
Agent framework · role rank 1
Explicit graphs and checkpoints for long research runs.
83
75–91 · low confidence
RAG framework / parsing · role rank 2
When retrieval is one step in an agent.
80
72–88 · low confidence
AI SDK / gateway · role rank 3
Use when the feature is really an agent with state.
79
71–87 · low confidence
No release on file. That is not the same as stale.
No score revisions on file. These seed scores have not been through the pipeline.