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Updated the README to clarify LangChain's focus on building agents and LLM-powered applications. Added a section for community discussions and refined the ecosystem description.
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LangChain is a framework for building LLM-powered applications. It helps you chain together interoperable components and third-party integrations to simplify AI application development — all while future-proofing decisions as the underlying technology evolves.
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LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. It helps you chain together interoperable components and third-party integrations to simplify AI application development — all while future-proofing decisions as the underlying technology evolves.
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```bash
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pip install langchain
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If you're looking for more advanced customization or agent orchestration, check out [LangGraph](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langgraph/overview), our framework for building controllable agent workflows.
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**Documentation**: To learn more about LangChain, check out [the docs](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langchain/overview).
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If you're looking for more advanced customization or agent orchestration, check out [LangGraph](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langgraph/overview), our framework for building controllable agent workflows.
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**Discussions**: Visit the [LangChain Forum](https://forum.langchain.com) to connect with the community and share all of your technical questions, ideas, and feedback.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Looking for the JS/TS library? Check out [LangChain.js](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchainjs).
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- **Real-time data augmentation**. Easily connect LLMs to diverse data sources and external/internal systems, drawing from LangChain’s vast library of integrations with model providers, tools, vector stores, retrievers, and more.
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- **Model interoperability**. Swap models in and out as your engineering team experiments to find the best choice for your application’s needs. As the industry frontier evolves, adapt quickly — LangChain’s abstractions keep you moving without losing momentum.
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## LangChain’s ecosystem
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## LangChain ecosystem
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While the LangChain framework can be used standalone, it also integrates seamlessly with any LangChain product, giving developers a full suite of tools when building LLM applications.
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To improve your LLM application development, pair LangChain with:
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- [LangSmith](https://www.langchain.com/langsmith) - Helpful for agent evals and observability. Debug poor-performing LLM app runs, evaluate agent trajectories, gain visibility in production, and improve performance over time.
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- [LangGraph](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langgraph/overview) - Build agents that can reliably handle complex tasks with LangGraph, our low-level agent orchestration framework. LangGraph offers customizable architecture, long-term memory, and human-in-the-loop workflows — and is trusted in production by companies like LinkedIn, Uber, Klarna, and GitLab.
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- [LangGraph Platform](https://docs.langchain.com/langgraph-platform) - Deploy and scale agents effortlessly with a purpose-built deployment platform for long-running, stateful workflows. Discover, reuse, configure, and share agents across teams — and iterate quickly with visual prototyping in [LangGraph Studio](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/concepts/langgraph_studio).
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- [LangSmith](https://www.langchain.com/langsmith) - Helpful for agent evals and observability. Debug poor-performing LLM app runs, evaluate agent trajectories, gain visibility in production, and improve performance over time.
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- [LangSmith Deployment](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/deployments) - Deploy and scale agents effortlessly with a purpose-built deployment platform for long-running, stateful workflows. Discover, reuse, configure, and share agents across teams — and iterate quickly with visual prototyping in [LangSmith Studio](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/studio).
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## Additional resources
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- [Learn](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/learn): Use cases, conceptual overviews, and more.
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- [API Reference](https://reference.langchain.com/python): Detailed reference on
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navigating base packages and integrations for LangChain.
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- [API Reference](https://reference.langchain.com/python): Detailed reference on navigating base packages and integrations for LangChain.
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- [Integrations](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/integrations/providers/overview): List of LangChain integrations, including chat & embedding models, tools & toolkits, and more
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- [Contributing Guide](https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/contributing/overview): Learn how to contribute to LangChain and find good first issues.
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- [LangChain Forum](https://forum.langchain.com): Connect with the community and share all of your technical questions, ideas, and feedback.
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- [Chat LangChain](https://chat.langchain.com): Ask questions & chat with our documentation.

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