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LangGraph and Agent Patterns: A Practical Primer

  • Graphs versus linear chains: timing and rationale.
  • Agents, tools, and planner-executor loops.
  • Hello workflow: a minimal agentic graph.

State, Memory, and Context Passing

  • Designing graph state and node interfaces.
  • Short-term memory versus persisted memory.
  • Context windows, summarization, and rehydration.

Branching Logic and Control Flow

  • Conditional routing and multi-path decisions.
  • Retries, timeouts, and circuit breakers.
  • Fallbacks, dead-ends, and recovery nodes.

Tool Use and External Integrations

  • Function/tool calling from nodes and agents.
  • Consuming REST APIs and databases from the graph.
  • Structured output parsing and validation.

Retrieval-Augmented Agent Workflows

  • Document ingestion and chunking strategies.
  • Embeddings and vector stores with ChromaDB.
  • Grounded responses with citations and safeguards.

Evaluation, Debugging, and Observability

  • Tracing paths and inspecting node interactions.
  • Golden sets, evaluations, and regression tests.
  • Quality, safety, and cost/latency monitoring.

Packaging and Delivery

  • FastAPI serving and dependency management.
  • Versioning graphs and rollback strategies.
  • Operational playbooks and incident response.

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Practical knowledge of Python.
  • Experience in developing LLM applications or prompt chains.
  • Familiarity with REST APIs and JSON.

Audience

  • AI engineers.
  • Product managers.
  • Developers creating interactive LLM-driven systems.
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