Lightweight Python framework for building, tracing, and deploying AI agents with clean tool calling and no SaaS dependencies.

Selectools vs LangChain?

Selectools: Simpler, free traces, plain Python orchestration. LangChain: Bloated, paid debugging, graph DSL.

How to get started with Selectools?

`pip install selectools`, define agents, `selectools serve agent.yaml`. Docs have runnable examples.

🤖 AI & Machine Learning

AI agent frameworks promise the moon. Selectools actually delivers — without the headaches.

theAIcatchup Apr 08, 2026 3 min read

Selectools simplifies AI agents with working tool calls, free traces, and one-line multi-agent chains. 𝕏
Ditches LangChain pains like paid logs and node restarts for plain Python sanity. 𝕏
Production-ready with 4k+ tests; poised to disrupt like Django did for web dev. 𝕏

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