npx skills add ...
npx skills add langchain-ai/skills-benchmarks --skill langchain-agents
Build LangChain agents with modern patterns. Covers create_agent, LangGraph, and context management.
npx skills add langchain-ai/skills-benchmarks --skill langchain-agents
<quick_start>
IMPORTANT: Use modern abstractions. Older helpers like create_sql_agent, create_tool_calling_agent, create_react_agent, etc. are outdated.
Simple tool-calling agent? → create_agent
Use this for: Basic ReAct loops, tool-calling agents, simple Q&A bots.
Need planning + filesystem + subagents? → create_deep_agent
Use this for: Research agents, complex workflows, multi-step planning.
Custom control flow / multi-agent / advanced context? → LangGraph (see below) Use this for: Custom routing logic, supervisor patterns, specialized state management, non-standard workflows.
Start simple: Build with basic ReAct loops first. Only add complexity when your use case requires it. </quick_start>
<create_agent>
Pattern applies to: SQL agents, search agents, Q&A bots, tool-calling workflows.
</create_agent>
### Basic Agent from ScratchThe loop: Agent → tools → agent → END
When implementing custom tool execution, you must create a ToolMessage for each tool call:
<context_management>
Pattern: Offload work to subagents, return only summaries.
Pattern: Remove old messages but preserve system messages and recent context.
Pattern: Summarize old context, keep recent messages raw.
</context_management>
<multi_agent>
</multi_agent>
### Persistence with Checkpointer + StoreDeepAgents provides: Filesystem (auto context files), Planning (task breakdown), Subagents (delegation), Memory (persistence).
- [LangGraph Docs](https://docs.langchain.com/langgraph) - [create_agent](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langchain/agents) - [DeepAgents](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/deepagents/overview) - [LangGraph 101 Multi-Agent](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph-101/blob/main/notebooks/LG201/multi_agent.ipynb) - [Deep Research Example](https://github.com/langchain-samples/deep_research_101)