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This page helps you understand how LangChain Deep Agents compare to OpenCode and the Claude Agent SDK.

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Overview

AspectLangChain Deep AgentsOpenCodeClaude Agent SDK
Primary use caseBuild production agents programmaticallyInteractive coding agent in terminal, desktop, or IDEBuild production agents programmatically
Model supportModel-agnostic (Anthropic, OpenAI, and 100s others)75+ providers including local models (Ollama)Claude models (Anthropic, Azure, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock)
LicenseMITMITMIT (Anthropic ToS governs use)
ArchitecturePython SDK, TypeScript SDK, and CLITypeScript SDK, standalone product (terminal-based interface, desktop app, IDE extension)Python SDK, TypeScript SDK

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Feature comparison

FeatureDeep AgentsOpenCodeClaude Agent SDK
Core tools
File Read/Write/Edit✅ ls, read_file, write_file, edit_file✅ list, read, write, edit✅ Read, write, edit
Shell Execution✅ execute✅ bash✅ bash
Glob/Grep✅ glob, grep✅ glob, grep✅ glob, grep
Web Search✅ support for third-party and provider-native✅ webfetch, websearch✅ WebSearch, WebFetch
Planning/Todos✅ write_todos✅ Plan mode (read-only analysis)✅ Todo lists
Subagents✅ Subagents✅ General and Explore agents✅ Subagents
MCP Support✅✅ MCP✅ MCP
Human-in-the-Loop✅ Approve/edit/reject✅ Allow/Ask/Deny✅ Permission modes
Skills System✅ Skills✅ Skills✅ Skills
Long-term memory✅ Memory Store✅ Rules✅ CLAUDE.md files
Streaming✅ Streaming✅✅ Streaming
Sandbox Integrations✅✅ Sandbox plugins✅ Sandbox provider options
Architecture
Composable Middleware✅PluginsHooks
Pluggable Storage Backends✅ backends❌❌
Virtual Filesystems✅ Virtual filesystem with pluggable backends❌❌
State management
Session Resume✅✅ Sessions✅ Session management
File Checkpointing✅ Backends and checkpoints✅ (Git-based)✅ File checkpointing
Time Travel (state branching)✅ Full❌✅
Observability
Native Tracing✅ LangSmith❌❌

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