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Microsoft · 16 August 2023

Open-source framework for building LLM apps from multiple conversing agents that combine models, tools and human input.

Popularised multi-agent conversation as an application pattern with customisable roles and flows; became one of the most-used agent frameworks before the 2025 shift to single-agent coding tools.

Date
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Lab
Microsoft
Kind
paper
Access
open weights

Software framework, not a model; access label 'open weights' used for open source.

Sources

  1. arxiv.org/abs/2308.08155

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