Chat Langchain — Communication skill for Claude Code

Chat LangChain

A documentation assistant deployed as a Managed Deep Agent.

[](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/) [](https://python.org) [](LICENSE)

Overview

This is a documentation assistant agent that helps answer questions about LangChain, LangGraph, and LangSmith. It demonstrates how to build a production-ready agent using:

• Managed Deep Agents - For managed deployment, identity, and connectors
• LangChain Agents - For agent creation with middleware support
• Guardrails - To keep conversations on-topic

The repo also includes a Next.js frontend in `frontend/` for the public chat UI.

Features

• Documentation Search - Searches official LangChain docs via managed MCP
• Support KB - Searches the Pylon knowledge base for known issues
• Link Validation - Verifies URLs before including in responses
• Guardrails - Filters off-topic queries

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• uv (recommended) or pip

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/langchain-ai/chat-langchain.git
cd chat-langchain

# Install dependencies with uv
uv sync

# Or with pip
pip install -e .

Configuration

# Copy environment template
cp .env.example .env

# Edit .env with your API keys

Required Environment Variables

Variable	Description
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Anthropic API key (or use another provider)
PYLON_API_KEY	Pylon API key for support KB