Why Build Your Own AI Agents?
Appropriate_Key_2536 · reddit · 2026-07-20
The author asks: why build agents from scratch using harness libraries like LangChain, instead of simply wrapping a general-purpose agent (like Claude Code) in a strict sandbox and adding skills and RAG data sources?
They are looking for insights from experienced agent builders on the specific scenarios where custom-built agents outperform off-the-shelf solutions paired with tool scripts and RAG, and what the core advantages are.
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