Sherpa by CartographAI is a Python-based agent framework designed to streamline the creation of intelligent assistants and automated workflows. It enables developers to define agents that can interpret user input, select appropriate LLM endpoints or external APIs, and orchestrate complex tasks such as document summarization, data retrieval, and conversational Q&A. With its plugin architecture, Sherpa supports easy integration of custom tools, memory stores, and routing strategies to optimize response relevance and cost. Users can configure multi-step pipelines where each module performs a distinct function—like semantic search, text analysis, or code generation—while Sherpa manages context propagation and fallback logic. This modular approach accelerates prototype development, improves maintainability, and empowers teams to build scalable AI-driven solutions for diverse applications.

AgenticIR (Agentic Information Retrieval) provides a modular framework where LLM-powered agents autonomously plan and execute IR workflows. It enables the definition of agent roles — such as query generator, document retriever, and summarizer — running in customizable sequences. Agents can fetch raw text, refine queries based on intermediate results, and merge extracted passages into concise summaries. The framework supports multi-step pipelines including iterative web search, API-based data ingestion, and local document parsing. Developers can adjust agent parameters, plug in different LLMs, and fine-tune behavior policies. AgenticIR also offers logging, error handling, and parallel agent execution to accelerate large-scale information gathering. With a minimal code setup, researchers and engineers can prototype and deploy autonomous retrieval systems.