Agents, agents, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

What is an agent?

Agent frameworks

Provide LLM agnostic features to build agents that call tools/functions, maintain state, and coordinate multi-step workflows.

Feels like JavaScript UI frameworks, a new one pops up every month.

• Microsoft Agent Framework - Docs, GitHub
• Pydantic AI - Docs, GitHub
• AWS Strands Agents - Docs, GitHub
• Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) - Docs, GitHub
• CrewAI - GitHub, Website

⚠️ Be aware of vendor lock-in especially for agent deployment.

Agent code example

            def calculate_area(width: float, height: float) -> float:
              """Calculate the area of a rectangle.

              Args:
                  width: The width of the rectangle.
                  height: The height of the rectangle.

              Returns:
                  The area of the rectangle.
              """
              return width * height
          

MCP servers

here

The SKILL.md file

A standard way to give AI agents new capabilities and expertise.

More information about agent skills at https://agentskills.io

The AGENTS.md file

Like a README.md file but for agents.

Provides instructions to help AI coding agents work on your project.

            # Example of AGENTS.md

            ## Setup commands
            - Install deps: `pnpm install`
            - Start dev server: `pnpm dev`
            - Run tests: `pnpm test`

            ## Code style
            - TypeScript strict mode
            - Single quotes, no semicolons
            - Use functional patterns where possible
          

More information about the AGENTS.md file at https://agents.md