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LangChain Academy

Introduction to
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A solitary language model is fairly limited…

… e.g., access to tools, external context, multi-step workflows.

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So, many LLM applications use a control flow …

… with steps pre / post-LLM call (tool calls, retrieval, etc).

Reference:
hps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow 3
hps://github.com/langchain-ai/rag-from-scratch
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This control flow forms a “chain”

Reference:
hps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow 4
hps://blog.langchain.dev/what-is-an-agent/
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Chains are reliable! Same control flow every time.

Reference:
hps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow 5
hps://blog.langchain.dev/what-is-an-agent/
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But, we want LLM systems that can pick their own control flow!

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Agent ~= control flow defined by an LLM

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Reference: hps://blog.langchain.dev/what-is-an-agent/
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Fixed vs LLM-defined control flow

vs

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Reference: hps://blog.langchain.dev/what-is-an-agent/
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Many kinds of agents!

Reference:
hps://blog.langchain.dev/what-is-a-cognitive-architecture/ 9
hps://x.com/AndrewYNg/status/1801295202788983136
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But, practical challenges.

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LangGraph helps you bend the reliability curve

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Balance reliability with control

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Intuition: Let developer set parts of control flow (reliable)

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Intuition: Inject LLM to make it an agent (control)

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Express custom control flows as graphs

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Reference: hps://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph
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Reference: hps://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph
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Module What you will learn

1: Foundations LangGraph foundations


Chains
Routers
General autonomous agents

2: Memory Agents that remember things

3: Human-In-The-Loop Agents with human oversight

4. Customization Customized, useful agents

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Reference: hps://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph

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