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CrewAI

Open source

Role-based crews (researcher, writer, reviewer). Fastest path to a multi-agent demo that is still readable.

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Official siteGitHub

Free tier

Open-source multi-agent framework. Enterprise cloud is optional.

Limits

Multi-agent loops burn tokens. Free APIs will throttle quickly.

Best for

  • Role-playing agents
  • Content pipelines
  • Teaching multi-agent ideas

How to use it well

  1. Define 2–3 roles max. More agents usually means more cost and more drift.
  2. Give each agent one tool and one output contract.
  3. Run once on a free Gemini/Groq key before you design the production graph.

Myanmar notes

Keep crews tiny on free quotas. One researcher + one writer is enough.