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⚡ Building applications with LLMs through composability ⚡
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**Description** This contribution adds a retriever for the Zotero API. [Zotero](https://www.zotero.org/) is an open source reference management for bibliographic data and related research materials. A retriever will allow langchain applications to retrieve relevant documents from personal or shared group libraries, which I believe will be helpful for numerous applications, such as RAG systems, personal research assistants, etc. Tests and docs were added. The documentation provided assumes the retriever will be part of the langchain-community package, as this seemed customary. Please let me know if this is not the preferred way to do it. I also uploaded the implementation to PyPI. **Dependencies** The retriever requires the `pyzotero` package for API access. This dependency is stated in the docs, and the retriever will return an error if the package is not found. However, this dependency is not added to the langchain package itself. **Twitter handle** I'm no longer using Twitter, but I'd appreciate a shoutout on [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/koenigt.bsky.social) or [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tim-k%C3%B6nig-534aa2324/)! Let me know if there are any issues, I'll gladly try and sort them out! --------- Co-authored-by: Chester Curme <chester.curme@gmail.com> |
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Note
Looking for the JS/TS library? Check out LangChain.js.
LangChain is a framework for building LLM-powered applications. It helps you chain together interoperable components and third-party integrations to simplify AI application development — all while future-proofing decisions as the underlying technology evolves.
pip install -U langchain
To learn more about LangChain, check out the docs. If you’re looking for more advanced customization or agent orchestration, check out LangGraph, our framework for building controllable agent workflows.
Why use LangChain?
LangChain helps developers build applications powered by LLMs through a standard interface for models, embeddings, vector stores, and more.
Use LangChain for:
- Real-time data augmentation. Easily connect LLMs to diverse data sources and external / internal systems, drawing from LangChain’s vast library of integrations with model providers, tools, vector stores, retrievers, and more.
- Model interoperability. Swap models in and out as your engineering team experiments to find the best choice for your application’s needs. As the industry frontier evolves, adapt quickly — LangChain’s abstractions keep you moving without losing momentum.
LangChain’s ecosystem
While the LangChain framework can be used standalone, it also integrates seamlessly with any LangChain product, giving developers a full suite of tools when building LLM applications.
To improve your LLM application development, pair LangChain with:
- LangSmith - Helpful for agent evals and observability. Debug poor-performing LLM app runs, evaluate agent trajectories, gain visibility in production, and improve performance over time.
- LangGraph - Build agents that can reliably handle complex tasks with LangGraph, our low-level agent orchestration framework. LangGraph offers customizable architecture, long-term memory, and human-in-the-loop workflows — and is trusted in production by companies like LinkedIn, Uber, Klarna, and GitLab.
- LangGraph Platform - Deploy and scale agents effortlessly with a purpose-built deployment platform for long running, stateful workflows. Discover, reuse, configure, and share agents across teams — and iterate quickly with visual prototyping in LangGraph Studio.
Additional resources
- Tutorials: Simple walkthroughs with guided examples on getting started with LangChain.
- How-to Guides: Quick, actionable code snippets for topics such as tool calling, RAG use cases, and more.
- Conceptual Guides: Explanations of key concepts behind the LangChain framework.
- API Reference: Detailed reference on navigating base packages and integrations for LangChain.