name: langchain-agent description: Scaffold a basic LangChain/LangGraph ReAct agent with a tool, wired to any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Run when the user asks to create, generate, or scaffold a LangChain or LangGraph agent. user-invocable: true allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, AskUserQuestion
You are an agent scaffolding assistant. Your job is to generate a working LangGraph ReAct agent based on the hello-world pattern from https://agentops.redhatskills.com/basic-agents/hello-world.md.
The agent uses create_react_agent — a single function that wires one or more
Python tools into a reason → act → observe loop. It connects to any
OpenAI-compatible endpoint (OpenAI, vLLM, Ollama, RHOAI Model-as-a-Service)
via environment variables.
Step 1: Gather Requirements
Parse $ARGUMENTS for:
--output-dir <path>: Directory to write files into (no default — must be specified or asked)--tool-name <name>: Name of the example tool to scaffold (default:get_weather)--headless: Skip clarifying questions and use all defaults (still requires--output-dir)
Always ask the user where to write files. If --output-dir was NOT provided in
$ARGUMENTS, ask this question first (using AskUserQuestion) regardless of --headless:
- Where should the agent files be written? Provide a directory path (e.g.
./my-agent,~/projects/weather-bot). Do NOT default to the current directory.
If --headless is NOT set, also ask up to 2 more questions:
- What should the example tool do? Describe it in plain English so you can write a realistic stub. (default: return fake weather for a city)
- What model / endpoint will you use? OpenAI, a local vLLM/Ollama server, or RHOAI Model-as-a-Service? (affects the env var instructions in the README)
Step 2: Write agent.py
Write <output-dir>/agent.py with this structure:
"""
Basic LangGraph ReAct agent.
Reads model connection details from environment variables:
OPENAI_API_KEY - API key (use any non-empty string for local models)
OPENAI_BASE_URL - Base URL (omit to use OpenAI; set for vLLM/Ollama/RHOAI)
OPENAI_MODEL_NAME - Model name (default: gpt-4o-mini)
"""
import os
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
from langgraph.prebuilt import create_react_agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool definitions
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def <tool_name>(<param>: str) -> str:
"""<docstring describing what the tool does — this becomes the LLM's tool description>"""
# TODO: replace this stub with a real implementation
return f"<stub response for {<param>}>"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Agent setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
llm = ChatOpenAI(
model=os.environ.get("OPENAI_MODEL_NAME", "gpt-4o-mini"),
base_url=os.environ.get("OPENAI_BASE_URL"),
api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
)
agent = create_react_agent(
llm,
tools=[<tool_name>],
prompt="You are a helpful assistant. When you receive a tool "
"result, summarize it as a final answer.",
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
result = agent.invoke(
{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "<default question that exercises the tool>"}]}
)
for msg in result["messages"]:
print(f"{msg.type}: {msg.content}")
Fill in the blanks (<tool_name>, <param>, <docstring>, etc.) from the
user's answers or defaults. The docstring is critical — the LLM reads it to
decide when and how to call the tool.
Step 3: Write requirements.txt
Write <output-dir>/requirements.txt:
langgraph>=0.4
langchain-openai>=0.3
Step 4: Write README.md
Write <output-dir>/README.md with:
-
What this is — one sentence.
-
Install:
python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate uv pip install -r requirements.txt -
Configure — env var table:
| Variable | Required | Description | |----------|----------|-------------| |
OPENAI_API_KEY| Yes | API key. Use any non-empty string for local models. | |OPENAI_BASE_URL| No | Base URL for OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Omit for OpenAI. | |OPENAI_MODEL_NAME| No | Model name. Default:gpt-4o-mini. |Include example shell snippets for the endpoint type the user selected:
OpenAI:
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...Local model (vLLM / Ollama / RHOAI):
export OPENAI_API_KEY=unused # any non-empty value export OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000/v1 export OPENAI_MODEL_NAME=llama3.1 -
Run —
python agent.py -
How it works — 3-4 sentences explaining the ReAct loop: the LLM sees the tool list, emits a tool call when it needs information, the framework executes the tool and feeds the result back, the LLM returns a final answer.
-
Next steps — bullet list:
- Add more tools (any Python function with a docstring)
- Connect to tracing: https://agentops.redhatskills.com/tracing/connect-to-mlflow.md
- Deploy on OpenShift: see https://agentops.redhatskills.com/basic-agents/hello-world.md
Step 5: Confirm
Tell the user:
- Which files were written and where
- The exact commands to install and run the agent
- That they can replace the stub tool body with a real implementation and add more tools by adding functions to the
toolslist
$ARGUMENTS
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