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| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Capabilities | 9 decomposed | 14 decomposed |
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Orchestrates iterative AI agent workflows through a terminal-based interface, managing the execution loop where agents receive tasks, call tools, process results, and decide next steps. The TUI provides real-time visualization of agent state transitions, tool invocations, and reasoning chains as they execute, with structured input/output handling for each loop iteration.
Unique: Provides a dedicated TUI-based orchestration layer specifically for agent loops rather than generic task runners, with built-in visualization of the reasoning-action-observation cycle that LLM agents follow
vs alternatives: Lighter-weight and more interactive than web-based agent frameworks like LangChain's AgentExecutor, optimized for local development and debugging rather than production deployment
Manages tool/function definitions through a schema registry that agents can query and invoke, supporting structured function calling with parameter validation and result handling. The system translates between agent decisions (which tool to call with what parameters) and actual function execution, handling serialization of complex types and error propagation back to the agent.
Unique: Implements tool calling as a first-class orchestration concern in the agent loop rather than delegating it to the LLM provider, enabling custom tool execution logic, local tool definitions, and provider-agnostic function calling
vs alternatives: More flexible than provider-native function calling (OpenAI Functions, Claude Tools) because it decouples tool definitions from LLM APIs, allowing agents to use tools from multiple providers or custom implementations
Implements a state machine that tracks agent execution states (idle, thinking, tool-calling, processing-results, deciding-next-step) and manages transitions based on LLM outputs and tool results. The system handles branching logic where agents can decide to continue the loop, call additional tools, or terminate based on task completion criteria.
Unique: Encodes the agent loop as an explicit state machine with visual feedback in the TUI, making the execution flow transparent and debuggable rather than implicit in LLM prompt engineering
vs alternatives: More transparent and controllable than prompt-based agent frameworks that rely on LLM behavior to manage state, enabling better error handling and execution guarantees
Renders agent execution state, tool calls, results, and reasoning chains in a terminal UI with live updates as the agent loop progresses. The TUI displays the current agent state, pending tool calls, recent results, and the reasoning trace in a structured, scrollable format with syntax highlighting for code and JSON.
Unique: Provides a dedicated TUI specifically for agent loop visualization rather than generic terminal output, with structured layout for agent state, tools, and reasoning that makes the loop structure immediately visible
vs alternatives: More interactive and real-time than log-based debugging, and more lightweight than web dashboards, making it ideal for local development and rapid iteration
Abstracts the LLM provider interface so agents can use different LLM backends (OpenAI, Anthropic, local models, etc.) without changing agent logic. The system handles provider-specific API differences, prompt formatting, response parsing, and token counting, translating between a unified agent interface and provider-specific APIs.
Unique: Implements a provider abstraction layer at the agent orchestration level rather than just wrapping individual API calls, enabling agents to switch providers mid-execution or compare provider outputs
vs alternatives: More flexible than provider-specific agent frameworks, and more complete than simple API wrapper libraries by handling the full agent-provider interaction including tool calling and response parsing
Constructs agent prompts with structured sections for task definition, tool availability, execution history, and decision instructions, ensuring the LLM has all necessary context to make informed decisions. The system manages prompt composition, context window optimization, and formatting to maximize LLM reasoning quality while staying within token limits.
Unique: Implements structured prompt composition specifically for agent loops, with sections for tool definitions, execution history, and decision instructions, rather than generic prompt templates
vs alternatives: More specialized for agent reasoning than generic prompt engineering libraries, with built-in support for tool context and execution history management
Maintains a rolling buffer of agent execution history including previous tool calls, results, and reasoning steps, making this context available to the LLM for subsequent decisions. The system manages context window constraints by selectively including relevant history while dropping older or less relevant steps to stay within token limits.
Unique: Implements context management as part of the agent loop orchestration, automatically including relevant execution history in prompts rather than requiring manual context construction
vs alternatives: More integrated than external memory systems (vector DBs, RAG), providing immediate access to execution context without retrieval latency
Catches and handles errors from tool execution, LLM API failures, and invalid agent decisions, feeding error information back to the agent for recovery attempts. The system distinguishes between recoverable errors (retry with different parameters) and terminal errors (stop execution), and provides the agent with error context to inform next steps.
Unique: Integrates error handling into the agent loop state machine, allowing agents to make informed recovery decisions rather than failing silently or requiring external intervention
vs alternatives: More sophisticated than simple try-catch blocks, providing agents with error context and recovery options rather than just propagating exceptions
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Automatically loads and parses documents from diverse sources (PDFs, Word docs, HTML, Markdown, code files, databases) into a unified in-memory representation using format-specific loaders and node-based document abstractions. Each document is decomposed into Document objects containing metadata, content, and relationships, enabling downstream processing without format-specific handling in application code.
Unique: Provides a unified loader abstraction (BaseReader interface) that normalizes 100+ data source connectors into a single Document/Node API, eliminating format-specific branching logic in application code. Loaders are composable and chainable, allowing sequential transformations (e.g., load → split → extract metadata → embed).
vs alternatives: Broader out-of-the-box loader coverage than LangChain's document loaders and more structured node-based decomposition than raw text splitting, reducing boilerplate for multi-source RAG pipelines.
Splits documents into semantically coherent chunks using multiple strategies (character-based, token-aware, recursive, semantic) with configurable overlap and chunk size. Preserves document hierarchy and metadata through a node tree structure, enabling retrieval systems to maintain context relationships and enable hierarchical re-ranking or parent-document retrieval patterns.
Unique: Implements a node-tree abstraction that preserves document hierarchy and enables parent-document retrieval patterns. Supports multiple splitting strategies (recursive, semantic, code-aware) with pluggable custom splitters, and automatically propagates metadata through the node tree.
vs alternatives: More sophisticated than LangChain's text splitters because it preserves hierarchical relationships and supports semantic splitting; better for complex document structures than simple character-based splitting.
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Processes documents containing mixed content (text, images, tables, code) by extracting and understanding each modality separately, then synthesizing information across modalities. Uses vision models for image understanding, specialized parsers for tables and code, and integrates results into a unified document representation for retrieval and generation.
Unique: Integrates vision models, table parsers, and code extractors into a unified multi-modal document processing pipeline that synthesizes information across modalities. Preserves modality-specific structure (table schemas, code formatting) while enabling cross-modal retrieval and generation.
vs alternatives: More comprehensive multi-modal support than text-only RAG; built-in vision integration reduces boilerplate for document understanding compared to manual vision API calls.
Enables streaming of LLM responses token-by-token and real-time retrieval updates, allowing applications to display partial results as they become available. Supports streaming from retrieval (progressive document discovery) and generation (token-by-token output) with backpressure handling and cancellation support for responsive user experiences.
Unique: Provides first-class streaming support for both retrieval and generation with automatic backpressure handling and cancellation. Enables progressive result display without custom async/streaming code in application layer.
vs alternatives: More integrated streaming support than manual LLM API streaming; built-in retrieval streaming and backpressure handling reduce complexity compared to custom streaming implementations.
Tracks API costs for LLM calls, embeddings, and other operations with per-query and per-session cost attribution. Provides cost optimization recommendations (e.g., batch processing, model selection, caching) and enables cost-aware query planning to balance quality and expense. Integrates with multiple LLM providers to normalize cost tracking across models.
Unique: Provides automatic cost tracking across multiple LLM providers with per-query attribution and cost optimization recommendations. Integrates with query execution to enable cost-aware planning without manual cost calculation.
vs alternatives: More integrated cost tracking than manual API billing review; built-in optimization recommendations reduce guesswork for cost reduction.
Enables building custom RAG pipelines by composing modular components (retrievers, synthesizers, agents, tools) through a declarative or programmatic API. Supports complex workflows with branching, loops, and conditional logic, with automatic dependency resolution and execution optimization. Pipelines are reusable, testable, and can be deployed as APIs or batch jobs.
Unique: Provides a flexible pipeline composition API supporting both declarative and programmatic definitions, with automatic dependency resolution and execution optimization. Enables complex workflows with branching and conditional logic without custom orchestration code.
vs alternatives: More flexible pipeline composition than fixed RAG architectures; better workflow support than manual component chaining.
Generates embeddings for documents/nodes using pluggable embedding providers (OpenAI, Hugging Face, local models) and stores them in a unified vector store interface that abstracts over multiple backends (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, FAISS, Chroma, etc.). The abstraction layer enables switching vector stores without changing application code, and handles batching, retry logic, and metadata indexing.
Unique: Provides a unified VectorStore interface that abstracts 10+ vector database backends, enabling zero-code switching between providers. Handles embedding batching, retry logic, and metadata propagation automatically. Supports both cloud and local embedding models through a pluggable EmbedModel interface.
vs alternatives: Broader vector store coverage and more seamless provider switching than LangChain's vectorstore integrations; better abstraction consistency across backends than using raw vector store SDKs directly.
Retrieves semantically similar documents from vector stores using embedding-based similarity search, with optional re-ranking, filtering, and fusion strategies (hybrid search combining dense and sparse retrieval). Supports multiple retrieval modes (similarity, MMR, fusion) and enables custom retrieval logic through a pluggable Retriever interface that can combine multiple strategies.
Unique: Implements a pluggable Retriever abstraction supporting multiple retrieval strategies (similarity, MMR, fusion, custom) that can be composed and chained. Built-in support for re-ranking via LLM or cross-encoder, and hybrid search combining dense and sparse retrieval without custom integration code.
vs alternatives: More flexible retrieval composition than LangChain's retrievers; built-in re-ranking and fusion strategies reduce boilerplate for advanced retrieval pipelines.
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