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Choosing Agent Orchestration: Raw SDK, LangChain or LangGraph

Decide whether a product needs a direct model call, reusable agent components or explicit stateful orchestration. Compare debugging and migration costs, and test whether a paused task can resume without repeating a side effect.

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