AI Agent Framework
Software libraries that provide the building blocks for creating autonomous AI agents with tools, memory, and planning.
Overview
AI agent frameworks provide pre-built components for creating autonomous AI systems that can plan, use tools, maintain memory, and execute multi-step tasks. They abstract away the complexity of prompt management, tool integration, error handling, and workflow orchestration.
Major Frameworks
LangGraph: Graph-based agent workflows with checkpointing. CrewAI: Multi-agent role-based collaboration. AutoGen: Microsoft's framework for multi-agent conversations. Semantic Kernel: Microsoft's AI orchestration SDK. Claude Agent SDK: Anthropic's framework for building Claude-powered agents. Framework choice depends on complexity needs, language support, and whether single-agent or multi-agent architectures are required.