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AutoGen — AI Glossary
Microsoft's multi-agent framework enabling conversational collaboration between LLM agents, humans, and tools.
Overview
AutoGen (Microsoft Research 2023) defines agents as conversable entities that exchange messages. Supports: AssistantAgent (LLM-backed), UserProxyAgent (human-in-the-loop or code executor), GroupChatManager (multi-agent routing). AutoGen 0.4 ('AgentChat') introduced a component-based async architecture. Widely used for code generation and research workflows.
Reference details
| Topic | agents |
|---|---|
| Last reviewed | 2026-06-24 |
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What is AutoGen?
Microsoft's multi-agent framework enabling conversational collaboration between LLM agents, humans, and tools.
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Closely related concepts include crewai, swarm, worker agent.