🤖AI Agents Weekly: Software Development Agents, Agent Recipes, AutoGen 0.4, AI Dev News

Software Engineering Agents, Agent Recipes, AutoGen 0.4, AI Dev News

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Jan 18, 2025

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In today’s issue:

Use cases for software development agents
Service to learn from various agent recipes
Microsoft Research launches AutoGen 0.4
New survey paper on Agentic RAG
ChemAgent, Building Agents from Scratch, AI Dev News, and much more.

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AutoGen v0.4

Figure 1. The v0.4 update introduces a cohesive AutoGen ecosystem that includes the framework, developer tools, and applications. The framework’s layered architecture clearly defines each layer’s functionality. It supports both first-party and third-party applications and extensions.

Microsoft Research announces AutoGen v0.4, a major update to their multi-agent AI framework. The new version introduces a complete redesign with an asynchronous, event-driven architecture that improves code quality, robustness, and scalability. Key features include modular components, built-in debugging tools, cross-language support, and enhanced observability through OpenTelemetry integration.

The update brings a new three-layered framework architecture consisting of core building blocks, AgentChat API, and extensions. It also introduces improved developer tools including AutoGen Bench for performance testing, an upgraded AutoGen Studio with real-time agent updates and visual team building, and Magentic-One, a new generalist multi-agent application for handling web and file-based tasks. The release maintains backward compatibility through the AgentChat API, making the migration from v0.2 straightforward while adding new capabilities like streaming messages and improved task progress management.

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