ob-labs/agentseek

langchain-dev-guide

LangChain / LangGraph engineering pitfalls and verified fixes.

First seen Jun 7, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add ob-labs/agentseek --skill langchain-dev-guide

Summary

  • LangChain / LangGraph engineering pitfalls and verified fixes.
  • Covers DeepAgents, structured output, OpenAI-compatible model integration (including Chinese provider adapters: DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, etc.), middleware, streaming, multi-agent orchestration, and other common development issues.
  • Use when hitting unexpected behavior, making architecture decisions, or integrating Chinese LLM providers during LangChain development.

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License LICENSE
Default branch main
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  • skill md SKILL.md 7,407 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 452 B

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SKILL.md

LangChain Dev Guide

A systematic summary of typical issues, non-obvious behaviors, and verified solutions encountered in real engineering with the LangChain / LangGraph ecosystem. Every entry comes from a real development scenario and is organized by category.

[!IMPORTANT]
This skill is an engineering practice reference, not an introductory tutorial. Each entry assumes the developer is already familiar with basic LangChain concepts (agent, tool, message, graph).

How to Use

  1. First use the "Scenario Index" below to locate the category file your problem belongs to.
  2. When unsure which category applies, search keywords directly in the "Common Issues Quick Reference".
  3. For ContextSeek / semantic memory: start with [contextseek-middleware.md](reference/contextseek-middleware.md) to identify your scenario, then go to [contextseek-params.md](reference/contextseek-params.md) for specific parameter configuration issues.
  4. Once you find the relevant section, read it in depth — every entry follows the structure Symptom → Cause → Solution → Lessons learned.

Scenario Index

Category File Trigger Scenarios
Deep Agents [reference/deepagents.md](reference/deepagents.md) Model selection, filesystem backend, disabling the general-purpose sub-agent, file permissions, long-term memory, long SKILL.md truncated by read_file 100-line default
Structured Output [reference/structured-output.md](reference/structured-output.md) Model-level method selection, createagent strategies, missing fields, unsupported toolchoice, provider-side 400 errors on forced schema tool selection
OpenAI-compatible Model Integration [reference/model-integration.md](reference/model-integration.md) Pitfalls when using ChatOpenAI against OpenAI-compatible providers, integrating Reasoning models (chain-of-thought / reasoning_content)
CN Model Integration [reference/cn-models/README.md](reference/cn-models/README.md) Generating LangChain integration classes for Chinese providers (DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Moonshot)
Middleware [reference/middleware.md](reference/middleware.md) Middleware execution order, stateschema merging, HITL resume values, modifying state from wrapmodel_call
Streaming Output [reference/streaming.md](reference/streaming.md) Choosing between stream_events and stream, distinguishing tokens from multiple LLMs, disabling streaming, custom progress events
Multi-Agent Orchestration [reference/multi-agent.md](reference/multi-agent.md) subagents vs handoffs, tool-per-agent vs dispatch, retrieving subagent state, trimming subagent boilerplate, quickly building handoff setups
Other Common Issues [reference/common-issues.md](reference/common-issues.md) High-frequency standalone issues that don't fit the categories above. Currently includes: tools returning data to both the model and the application layer, MCP tools unable to access runtime context, invalidtoolcalls, and dynamic system prompt placeholders
ContextSeek — Use Case Scenarios [reference/contextseek-middleware.md](reference/contextseek-middleware.md) Agent loses context across sessions, tool call auditing, cross-topic knowledge discovery (dream), SRE provenance / confidence tracing, enterprise knowledge cold-start (DataPlug)
ContextSeek — Parameter & Config Issues [reference/contextseek-params.md](reference/contextseek-params.md) scope isolation, autostore / recordtoolcalls write volume, autocompact throttling and shutdown, retrievaltags / minscore filtering, toolargoverrides, dream trigger conditions, dream item decay, evidencechain vs chainconfidence, DataPlug vs ctx.add(), plug() scope priority, auto_dream dual-gate triggering

Common Issues Quick Reference

Keyword / Error Where to Look
Which model to choose / Deep Agent performing poorly deepagents issue 1
Filesystem backend / local files / file permissions deepagents issues 2 / 4
Disabling the default sub-agent / general-purpose deepagents issue 3
Long-term memory / store deepagents issue 5
SKILL.md truncated / only first 100 lines read / read_file limit / progressive disclosure deepagents issue 6
withstructuredoutput returning None / missing fields structured-output issue 1
createagent / responseformat / ProviderStrategy / ToolStrategy structured-output issue 1
withstructuredoutput / functioncalling / toolchoice unsupported / deepseek-reasoner does not support this tool_choice structured-output issue 2
OpenAI-compatible model / ChatOpenAI not working model-integration issue 1
Reasoning model / reasoning_content / chain-of-thought lost model-integration issue 2
Chinese model / CN provider / DeepSeek / Qwen / GLM / Moonshot cn-models README
langchain-cn-models (embedded) / generate integration class cn-models README
Middleware order messed up / before/after counterintuitive middleware issue 1
state_schema fields not merged / input/output control middleware issue 2
interrupt resume value missing / HITL middleware issue 3
Modifying state inside wrapmodelcall has no effect middleware issue 4
Choosing between astream_events and astream for streaming streaming issue 1
Distinguishing token sources across multiple LLMs streaming issue 2
Disabling streaming for a specific model streaming issue 3
Custom events from inside a tool not being emitted streaming issue 4
Multi-agent: subagents vs handoffs multi-agent issue 1
Single dispatch tool vs one tool per agent multi-agent issue 2
interrupt can't see subagent state multi-agent issue 3
Too much subagent wrapper boilerplate multi-agent issue 4
Quickly building a handoff-based multi-agent setup multi-agent issue 5
Tool returning data to both the model and the app layer / artifact / Command(update=...) common-issues issue 1
MCP tool can't access user_id / store / state / API key common-issues issue 2
invalidtoolcalls / tool never executes / malformed tool-call JSON common-issues issue 3
Dynamic system prompt placeholders / format_prompt / Jinja2 prompt variables common-issues issue 4
Agent loses context across sessions — personal assistant or support bot contextseek-middleware issue 1
Multi-tool data-pipeline agent — auditing tool call decisions contextseek-middleware issue 2
Research agent accumulates raw notes — cross-topic pattern discovery contextseek-middleware issue 3
SRE incident postmortem agent — tracing knowledge confidence and conflicts contextseek-middleware issue 4
Enterprise knowledge migration — agent is retrieval-ready on day one contextseek-middleware issue 5