Additional Frameworks & Quick Reference

LangChain

Best for: All-in-one orchestration, chains and RAG

from langchain.agents import AgentExecutor, create_tool_using_agent

agent = create_tool_using_agent(
    llm,
    tools,
    agent="zero-shot-react-description"
)

executor = AgentExecutor.from_agent_and_tools(
    agent=agent,
    tools=tools,
    verbose=True
)

result = executor.run("Find information about X")

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Semantic Kernel (Microsoft)

Best for: Enterprise integration, C#/.NET

var builder = new KernelBuilder();
var kernel = builder
    .WithAzureOpenAIChatCompletion(...)
    .Build();

var response = await kernel.RunAsync(
    "Find research about topic",
    new AIRequestSettings()
);

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Haystack

Best for: Search and retrieval pipelines

from haystack import Pipeline, Document
from haystack.components.retrievers import InMemoryBM25Retriever

pipeline = Pipeline()
pipeline.add_component("retriever", InMemoryBM25Retriever())
pipeline.connect("prompt", "retriever")

result = pipeline.run({"retriever": {"query": "What is AI?"}})

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Framework Comparison Matrix

Framework	Ease	Power	Production	Community
Claude API	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Growing
LangGraph	⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Very Active
CrewAI	⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Active
AutoGen	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐	Very Active
LangChain	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Very Active

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Last Updated: August 9, 2026