- Both middleware share the same implementation, the only difference is
one uses Claude's server-side tool definition, whereas the other one
uses a generic tool definition compatible with all models
- Implemented 3 execution policies (responsible for actually running the
shell process)
- HostExecutionPolicy runs the shell as subprocess, appropriate for
already sandboxed environments, eg when run inside a dedicated docker
container
- CodexSandboxExecutionPolicy runs the shell using the sandbox command
from the Codex CLI which implements sandboxing techniques for Linux and
Mac OS.
- DockerExecutionPolicy runs the shell inside a dedicated Docker
container for isolation.
- Implements all behaviours described in
https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/tool-use/bash-tool#handle-large-outputs
including timeouts, truncation, output redaction, etc
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Co-authored-by: Sydney Runkle <54324534+sydney-runkle@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sydney Runkle <sydneymarierunkle@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Eugene Yurtsev <eyurtsev@gmail.com>
Middleware Classes
Text Editor Tools
- StateClaudeTextEditorToolMiddleware: In-memory text editor using agent
state
- FilesystemClaudeTextEditorToolMiddleware: Text editor operating on
real filesystem
Implementing Claude's text editor tools
https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/tool-use/text-editor-tool
Operations: view, create, str_replace, insert
Memory Tools
- StateClaudeMemoryToolMiddleware: Memory persistence in agent state
- FilesystemClaudeMemoryToolMiddleware: Memory persistence on filesystem
Implementing Claude's memory tools
https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/tool-use/memory-tool
Operations: Same as text editor plus delete and rename
File Search Tools
- StateFileSearchMiddleware: Search state-based files
Provides Glob and Grep tools with same schema as used by Claude Code
(but compatible with any model)
- Glob: Pattern matching (e.g., **/*.py, src/**/*.ts), sorted by
modification time
- Grep: Regex content search with output modes (files_with_matches,
content, count)
Usage
``` from langchain.agents import create_agent from langchain.agents.middleware import (
StateTextEditorToolMiddleware, StateFileSearchMiddleware, )
agent = create_agent( model=model, tools=[], middleware=[
StateTextEditorToolMiddleware(), StateFileSearchMiddleware(), ], ) ```
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Co-authored-by: Nuno Campos <nuno@boringbits.io>
Largely:
- Remove explicit `"Default is x"` since new refs show default inferred
from sig
- Inline code (useful for eventual parsing)
- Fix code block rendering (indentations)
