AutoGen

Overview

AutoGen is an open-source programming framework from Microsoft Research for building AI agents and facilitating cooperation among multiple agents to solve tasks. It offers a unified multi-agent conversation framework as a high-level abstraction for using foundation models.

Features

• Customizable Agents: Agents integrate LLMs, tools, and humans via automated agent chat
• Multiple Conversation Patterns: Supports two-agent chat, sequential chat (chained conversations), and group chat (3+ agents)
• Automated Collaboration: Agents can collectively perform tasks autonomously or with human feedback
• Tool Integration: Agents can use tools via code execution
• Asynchronous Architecture: Version 0.4 features event-driven, asynchronous messaging for better scalability
• AutoGen Studio: No-code GUI for building multi-agent applications

Conversation Patterns

• Two-agent chat: Simple conversation between two agents
• Sequential chat: Sequence of chats between two agents, chained by a carryover mechanism
• Group chat: Single chat involving more than two agents with dynamic speaker selection

Use Cases

The framework has demonstrated effectiveness across various domains:

• Mathematics problem solving
• Code generation and debugging
• Question-answering systems
• Supply-chain optimization
• Online decision-making
• Content generation

Architecture

AutoGen v0.4 features an asynchronous, event-driven architecture with:

• Asynchronous messaging between agents
• Support for both event-driven and request/response patterns
• Improved scalability and performance

Pricing

Free and open-source under the Apache 2.0 license.