diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent.py
index d19af1778c5..459953679bb 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from typing import (
 )
 
 import yaml
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction, AgentFinish, AgentStep
 from langchain_core.exceptions import OutputParserException
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
@@ -486,6 +487,14 @@ class RunnableMultiActionAgent(BaseMultiActionAgent):
         return output
 
 
+@deprecated(
+    "0.1.0",
+    alternative=(
+        "Use new agent constructor methods like create_react_agent, create_json_agent, "
+        "create_structured_chat_agent, etc."
+    ),
+    removal="0.2.0",
+)
 class LLMSingleActionAgent(BaseSingleActionAgent):
     """Base class for single action agents."""
 
@@ -568,6 +577,14 @@ class LLMSingleActionAgent(BaseSingleActionAgent):
         }
 
 
+@deprecated(
+    "0.1.0",
+    alternative=(
+        "Use new agent constructor methods like create_react_agent, create_json_agent, "
+        "create_structured_chat_agent, etc."
+    ),
+    removal="0.2.0",
+)
 class Agent(BaseSingleActionAgent):
     """Agent that calls the language model and deciding the action.
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent_types.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent_types.py
index 2dc6f976296..2e98fe54818 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent_types.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent_types.py
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 """Module definitions of agent types together with corresponding agents."""
 from enum import Enum
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 
+
+@deprecated(
+    "0.1.0",
+    alternative=(
+        "Use new agent constructor methods like create_react_agent, create_json_agent, "
+        "create_structured_chat_agent, etc."
+    ),
+    removal="0.2.0",
+)
 class AgentType(str, Enum):
     """An enum for agent types.
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/chat/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/chat/base.py
index b574a1a5653..00a320a543c 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/chat/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/chat/base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.prompts import BasePromptTemplate
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ from langchain.callbacks.base import BaseCallbackManager
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_react_agent", removal="0.2.0")
 class ChatAgent(Agent):
     """Chat Agent."""
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/conversational/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/conversational/base.py
index 45275de8416..fcc03ad1be3 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/conversational/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/conversational/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.prompts import PromptTemplate
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import Field
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ from langchain.callbacks.base import BaseCallbackManager
 from langchain.chains import LLMChain
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_react_agent", removal="0.2.0")
 class ConversationalAgent(Agent):
     """An agent that holds a conversation in addition to using tools."""
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/conversational_chat/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/conversational_chat/base.py
index 480f907671d..00f0137cda0 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/conversational_chat/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/conversational_chat/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, BaseMessage, HumanMessage
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ from langchain.callbacks.base import BaseCallbackManager
 from langchain.chains import LLMChain
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_json_chat_agent", removal="0.2.0")
 class ConversationalChatAgent(Agent):
     """An agent designed to hold a conversation in addition to using tools."""
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/initialize.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/initialize.py
index 4eb9789e3c7..65cfbd20039 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/initialize.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/initialize.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Load agent."""
 from typing import Any, Optional, Sequence
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.tools import BaseTool
 
@@ -10,6 +11,14 @@ from langchain.agents.loading import AGENT_TO_CLASS, load_agent
 from langchain.callbacks.base import BaseCallbackManager
 
 
+@deprecated(
+    "0.1.0",
+    alternative=(
+        "Use new agent constructor methods like create_react_agent, create_json_agent, "
+        "create_structured_chat_agent, etc."
+    ),
+    removal="0.2.0",
+)
 def initialize_agent(
     tools: Sequence[BaseTool],
     llm: BaseLanguageModel,
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/loading.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/loading.py
index a1691d543aa..28540fcfd4a 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/loading.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/loading.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Union
 
 import yaml
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.utils.loading import try_load_from_hub
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ def _load_agent_from_tools(
     return agent_cls.from_llm_and_tools(llm, tools, **combined_config)
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", removal="0.2.0")
 def load_agent_from_config(
     config: dict,
     llm: Optional[BaseLanguageModel] = None,
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ def load_agent_from_config(
     return agent_cls(**combined_config)  # type: ignore
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", removal="0.2.0")
 def load_agent(
     path: Union[str, Path], **kwargs: Any
 ) -> Union[BaseSingleActionAgent, BaseMultiActionAgent]:
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
index 2213de8053a..51e3ef2dbae 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any, Callable, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Sequence
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.prompts import PromptTemplate
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import Field
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ class ChainConfig(NamedTuple):
     action_description: str
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_react_agent", removal="0.2.0")
 class ZeroShotAgent(Agent):
     """Agent for the MRKL chain."""
 
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ class ZeroShotAgent(Agent):
         super()._validate_tools(tools)
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", removal="0.2.0")
 class MRKLChain(AgentExecutor):
     """[Deprecated] Chain that implements the MRKL system."""
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_functions_agent/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_functions_agent/base.py
index b4af37a9756..9e6c6e0cfd7 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_functions_agent/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_functions_agent/base.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
 from langchain_community.tools.convert_to_openai import format_tool_to_openai_function
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction, AgentFinish
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.messages import (
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ from langchain.callbacks.base import BaseCallbackManager
 from langchain.callbacks.manager import Callbacks
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_openai_functions_agent", removal="0.2.0")
 class OpenAIFunctionsAgent(BaseSingleActionAgent):
     """An Agent driven by OpenAIs function powered API.
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_functions_multi_agent/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_functions_multi_agent/base.py
index 480f102d903..168f852c591 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_functions_multi_agent/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/openai_functions_multi_agent/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import json
 from json import JSONDecodeError
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction, AgentActionMessageLog, AgentFinish
 from langchain_core.exceptions import OutputParserException
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ def _parse_ai_message(message: BaseMessage) -> Union[List[AgentAction], AgentFin
     )
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_openai_tools_agent", removal="0.2.0")
 class OpenAIMultiFunctionsAgent(BaseMultiActionAgent):
     """An Agent driven by OpenAIs function powered API.
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/react/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/react/base.py
index f4bbbbe324b..fba742ac458 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/react/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/react/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Chain that implements the ReAct paper from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.03629.pdf."""
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.prompts import BasePromptTemplate
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ from langchain.agents.utils import validate_tools_single_input
 from langchain.docstore.base import Docstore
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", removal="0.2.0")
 class ReActDocstoreAgent(Agent):
     """Agent for the ReAct chain."""
 
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ class ReActDocstoreAgent(Agent):
         return "Thought:"
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", removal="0.2.0")
 class DocstoreExplorer:
     """Class to assist with exploration of a document store."""
 
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ class DocstoreExplorer:
         return self.document.page_content.split("\n\n")
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", removal="0.2.0")
 class ReActTextWorldAgent(ReActDocstoreAgent):
     """Agent for the ReAct TextWorld chain."""
 
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ class ReActTextWorldAgent(ReActDocstoreAgent):
             raise ValueError(f"Tool name should be Play, got {tool_names}")
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", removal="0.2.0")
 class ReActChain(AgentExecutor):
     """[Deprecated] Chain that implements the ReAct paper."""
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py
index d5aeb0bb7cc..32c482eeff2 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from typing import Any, Sequence, Union
 from langchain_community.utilities.google_serper import GoogleSerperAPIWrapper
 from langchain_community.utilities.searchapi import SearchApiAPIWrapper
 from langchain_community.utilities.serpapi import SerpAPIWrapper
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.prompts import BasePromptTemplate
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import Field
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ from langchain.agents.tools import Tool
 from langchain.agents.utils import validate_tools_single_input
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_self_ask_with_search", removal="0.2.0")
 class SelfAskWithSearchAgent(Agent):
     """Agent for the self-ask-with-search paper."""
 
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class SelfAskWithSearchAgent(Agent):
         return ""
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", removal="0.2.0")
 class SelfAskWithSearchChain(AgentExecutor):
     """[Deprecated] Chain that does self-ask with search."""
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/structured_chat/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/structured_chat/base.py
index 21448ed6a28..68bb381897d 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/structured_chat/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/structured_chat/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import re
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.prompts import BasePromptTemplate
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ from langchain.tools.render import render_text_description_and_args
 HUMAN_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE = "{input}\n\n{agent_scratchpad}"
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_structured_chat_agent", removal="0.2.0")
 class StructuredChatAgent(Agent):
     """Structured Chat Agent."""
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/xml/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/xml/base.py
index b10efc12db2..abdacf48803 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/xml/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/xml/base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any, List, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
+from langchain_core._api import deprecated
 from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction, AgentFinish
 from langchain_core.language_models import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain_core.prompts.base import BasePromptTemplate
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
 from langchain.tools.render import render_text_description
 
 
+@deprecated("0.1.0", alternative="create_xml_agent", removal="0.2.0")
 class XMLAgent(BaseSingleActionAgent):
     """Agent that uses XML tags.