Agent Framework
Runtimes and libraries for durable agent behavior, state, branching, retries, and coordination. Useful when a team is building agent-backed products, not just asking a coding assistant for edits.
category decision read
operator question
Does the team need durable agent behavior rather than one-off assistant calls?
evaluation lens
Judge by state handling, branching, retries, observability, supervision, and how clearly agent control paths can be reviewed.
use when
Use this lane when agent behavior is becoming product architecture with state, transitions, and failure handling.
avoid when
Avoid this lane when a direct SDK call, scripted workflow, or one-shot assistant feature would be easier to operate.
adoption tradeoff
Frameworks make complex agents more governable, but they can be heavy when a direct SDK call or simple workflow is enough.