Open-source LLMs as LangChain Agents
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Hugging Face explores using open-source LLMs as LangChain agents for general-purpose reasoning
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- Understand the concept of agents and their challenges
- Explore LangChain and its capabilities for running agents
- Evaluate the performance of open-source LLMs as general-purpose reasoning agents
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AI engineers and researchers can benefit from this article to understand the potential of open-source LLMs as agents, while product managers can consider the implications for building more intelligent systems
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💡 Open-source LLMs can be used as LangChain agents for general-purpose reasoning, but their performance may vary depending on the task and evaluation metrics
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Hugging Face explores using open-source LLMs as LangChain agents for general-purpose reasoning
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Published Time: 2024-01-24T00:00:00.324Z
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# [](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#open-source-llms-as-langchain-agents) Open-source LLMs as LangChain Agents
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## * [TL;DR](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#tldr "TL;DR")
* [Introduction](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#introduction "Introduction")
* [Table of Contents](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#table-of-contents "Table of Contents")
* [What are agents?](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#what-are-agents "What are agents?")
* [Toy example of a ReAct agent's inner working](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#toy-example-of-a-react-agents-inner-working "Toy example of a ReAct agent's inner working")
* [Challenges of agent systems](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#challenges-of-agent-systems "Challenges of agent systems")
* [Running agents with LangChain](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#running-agents-with-langchain "Running agents with LangChain")
* [Agents Showdown: how do open-source LLMs perform as general purpose reasoning agents?](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#agents-showdown-how-do-open-source-llms-perform-as-general-purpose-reasoning-agents "Agents Showdown: how do open-source LLMs perform as general purpose reasoning agents?")
* [Evaluation](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-so
# Open-source LLMs as LangChain Agents
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# [](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#open-source-llms-as-langchain-agents) Open-source LLMs as LangChain Agents
Published January 24, 2024
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## * [TL;DR](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#tldr "TL;DR")
* [Introduction](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#introduction "Introduction")
* [Table of Contents](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#table-of-contents "Table of Contents")
* [What are agents?](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#what-are-agents "What are agents?")
* [Toy example of a ReAct agent's inner working](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#toy-example-of-a-react-agents-inner-working "Toy example of a ReAct agent's inner working")
* [Challenges of agent systems](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#challenges-of-agent-systems "Challenges of agent systems")
* [Running agents with LangChain](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#running-agents-with-langchain "Running agents with LangChain")
* [Agents Showdown: how do open-source LLMs perform as general purpose reasoning agents?](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-source-llms-as-agents#agents-showdown-how-do-open-source-llms-perform-as-general-purpose-reasoning-agents "Agents Showdown: how do open-source LLMs perform as general purpose reasoning agents?")
* [Evaluation](https://huggingface.co/blog/open-so
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