CrewAI
A role-based agent framework where agents are "crew members" with defined roles, goals, and backstories collaborating on tasks. Lower ceremony than LangGraph, faster to prototype, less operational tooling.
Related terms
- AI Agent
An autonomous AI system that can perceive its environment, make decisions, and take actions to achieve specific goals. Agents can use tools, interact with APIs, and coordinate with other agents.
- LangGraph
A LangChain-authored library for building agents as explicit stateful graphs. First-class checkpointing, conditional edges, and streaming. In 2026 the most mature framework for production multi-step agents.
- AutoGen
Microsoft Research framework for conversational multi-agent systems with configurable turn-taking and code execution. Strong on research use cases and Microsoft-ecosystem integration.
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Call this framework and its tools from your own agent via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Zed, Continue, and the OpenAI Agents SDK.
Where this fits
CrewAI is part of the Agentic AI vocabulary used in the Generative AI Maturity Framework. See the full glossary for the complete set of 149 defined terms, or take the free maturity assessment to see where your organisation stands.