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Middleware can customize the core agent loop
Middleware can customize the core agent loop
Chase says hooks, plugins, and middleware can modify different stages of a basic agent loop to add capabilities such as file systems, sub-agents, memory, summarization, and context offloading.
- Speaker
- Harrison Chase
- Source timestamp
- 3:25
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