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Описание: Building Autonomous AI Agents with LangGraph: The Complete Guide (2026)

In this video, we dive deep into the architecture of modern AI Agents using LangGraph. We move beyond simple "Naive Loops" and spaghetti code to build robust, stateful, and scalable agentic systems.

This tutorial covers the entire lifecycle of an Agent, from the basic graph theory to advanced production features like human-in-the-loop safety checks and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

*What We Cover:*

1. **The Problem with Naive Loops**: Why simple Python `while` loops fail when managing complex agent state and recursion limits.
2. **Graph Architecture**: Understanding Nodes (Actions), Edges (Control Flow), and State (Memory) as the fundamental building blocks of LangGraph.
3. **Building the Brain**: How to initialize different LLMs (Llama 3 via Groq, GPT-4 via OpenAI) and make them the central cognitive engine.
4. *Tool Integration**: Giving your agent "hands". We learn how to define Python functions using the `@tool` decorator, generate schemas automatically, and bind them to the model so it knows *when to use them.
5. **The ReAct Pattern**: Implementing the "Reason-Act-Observe" loop. We build a Planner node and a Tool node, connecting them with conditional edges to create a system that can autonomous loop until it solves a problem.
6. *Memory & Persistence**: Agents are amnesiacs by default. We introduce **Checkpointers* (databases) and *Thread IDs* to give our agent long-term memory, allowing it to pause, resume, and remember context across different sessions.
7. **Streaming & UI**: Users hate waiting. We explore `stream_mode="updates"` for showing real-time steps and `stream_mode="values"` for rendering the full conversation history live on a frontend.
8. *Human-in-the-Loop Safety**: Trust but verify. We implement **Interrupts* (`interrupt_before`) to freeze the agent's execution before sensitive actions (like tweeting), allowing a human to review and approve the state before resuming.
9. **Scale with MCP**: Finally, we detach tools from our local code using the **Model Context Protocol**. We connect our agent to an external MCP Server, loading tools dynamically over a standard protocol, making our agent truly modular and language-agnostic.

Whether you are a Python developer looking to upgrade your chatbots or an AI Engineer building enterprise automation, this video creates the mental model you need to succeed with LangGraph.