LangChain is a developer-focused framework designed to streamline the creation of intelligent AI agents and applications. It provides abstractions for chains of LLM calls, agentic behavior with tool integrations, memory management for context persistence, and customizable prompt templates. With built-in support for document loaders, vector stores, and various model providers, LangChain allows you to construct retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, autonomous agents, and conversational assistants that can interact with APIs, databases, and external systems in a unified workflow.