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fix(langchain/createAgent): various code updates after HITL changes
christian-bromann Sep 28, 2025
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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions src/oss/langchain/agents.mdx
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:::js
```typescript wrap
import { z } from "zod";
import { createAgent } from "langchain";
import { dynamicSystemPromptMiddleware } from "langchain/middleware";
import { createAgent, dynamicSystemPromptMiddleware } from "langchain";

const contextSchema = z.object({
userRole: z.enum(["expert", "beginner"]),
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191 changes: 110 additions & 81 deletions src/oss/langchain/middleware.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ agent = create_agent(
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:::js
```typescript
import { createAgent } from "langchain";
import { summarizationMiddleware, humanInTheLoopMiddleware } from "langchain/middleware";
import { createAgent, summarizationMiddleware, humanInTheLoopMiddleware } from "langchain";

const agent = createAgent({
// ...
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:::js
```typescript
import { createAgent } from "langchain";
import { summarizationMiddleware } from "langchain/middleware";
import { createAgent, summarizationMiddleware } from "langchain";
import { ChatOpenAI } from "@langchain/openai";

const agent = createAgent({
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tools=[write_file_tool, execute_sql_tool, read_data_tool],
middleware=[
HumanInTheLoopMiddleware(
tool_configs={
interrupt_on={
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I have a different PR for HIL

"write_file": {
"allow_accept": True,
"allow_edit": True,
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:::js
```typescript
import { createAgent } from "langchain";
import { humanInTheLoopMiddleware } from "langchain/middleware";
import { createAgent, humanInTheLoopMiddleware } from "langchain";
import { Command, MemorySaver } from "@langchain/langgraph";

const agent = createAgent({
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:::js
```typescript
import { HumanMessage } from "langchain";
import { HumanMessage, HumanInTheLoopRequest, Interrupt } from "langchain";
import { Command } from "@langchain/langgraph";
import type { Interrupt, HumanInTheLoopRequest } from "langchain/middleware";

// Initial invocation
const result = await agent.invoke(
{
messages: [new HumanMessage("Delete old records from the database")],
},
config
{
messages: [new HumanMessage("Delete old records from the database")],
},
config
);

// Check if agent is paused for approval
if (result.__interrupt__) {
const interruptRequest = result.__interrupt__?.[0] as Interrupt<
HumanInTheLoopRequest[]
>;

// Show tool call details to user
console.log("Tool:", interruptRequest.value[0].actionRequest);
console.log("Allowed actions:", interruptRequest.value[0].config);

// Resume with approval
await agent.invoke(
new Command({ resume: [{ type: "accept" }] }),
config
);
const interruptRequest = result.__interrupt__?.[0] as Interrupt<
HumanInTheLoopRequest[]
>;

// Show tool call details to user
console.log("Tool:", interruptRequest.value[0].actionRequest);
console.log("Allowed actions:", interruptRequest.value[0].config);

// Resume with approval
await agent.invoke(new Command({ resume: [{ type: "accept" }] }), config);
}
```
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# Create the human-in-the-loop middleware
hitl_middleware = HumanInTheLoopMiddleware(
tool_configs={
interrupt_on={
"write_file": {
"allow_edit": True,
"allow_accept": True,
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:::js
```typescript
import type { Interrupt } from "langchain";
import type { HumanInTheLoopRequest, HumanInTheLoopMiddlewareHumanResponse } from "langchain/middleware";
import {
createAgent,
humanInTheLoopMiddleware,
type HumanInTheLoopMiddlewareHumanResponse,
type HumanInTheLoopRequest,
HumanMessage,
type Interrupt,
} from "langchain";
import { Command, MemorySaver } from "@langchain/langgraph";

const hitlMiddleware = humanInTheLoopMiddleware({
toolConfigs: {
interruptOn: {
write_file: {
allowEdit: true,
allowAccept: true,
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const agent = createAgent({
model: "openai:gpt-4o",
checkpointer,
prompt:
systemPrompt:
"You are a helpful assistant. Use the tools provided to help the user.",
tools: [writeFileTool],
tools: [/* ... */],
middleware: [hitlMiddleware] as const,
});

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// Initial invocation
const result = await agent.invoke(
{
messages: [new HumanMessage("Write to greeting.txt with the content 'Hello, world!'")],
messages: [
new HumanMessage(
"Write to greeting.txt with the content 'Hello, world!'"
),
],
},
config
);

const interruptRequest = result.__interrupt__?.[0] as Interrupt<
HumanInTheLoopRequest[]
>;
const resume: HumanInTheLoopMiddlewareHumanResponse[] = [{
type: "edit",
args: {
action: "write_file",
args: { filename: "greeting.txt", content: "Safe content" },
const resume: HumanInTheLoopMiddlewareHumanResponse[] = [
{
type: "edit",
args: {
action: "write_file",
args: { filename: "greeting.txt", content: "Safe content" },
},
},
}];
];

// Resume with approval
await agent.invoke(new Command({ resume }), config);
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from langgraph.types import Command

hitl_middleware = HumanInTheLoopMiddleware(
tool_configs={
interrupt_on={
"write_file": True,
}
)
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:::js
```typescript
import type { Interrupt } from "langchain";
import type { HumanInTheLoopRequest, HumanInTheLoopMiddlewareHumanResponse } from "langchain/middleware";
import {
Interrupt,
HumanMessage,
HumanInTheLoopRequest,
humanInTheLoopMiddleware,
} from "langchain";
import { createAgent } from "langchain";
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The createAgent import is duplicated. It's already imported on line 596-601 in the same import block. Remove this duplicate import statement.

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import { createAgent } from "langchain";

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import { Command, MemorySaver } from "@langchain/langgraph";

const hitlMiddleware = humanInTheLoopMiddleware({
toolConfigs: {
interruptOn: {
write_file: true,
},
});
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const agent = createAgent({
model: "openai:gpt-4o",
checkpointer,
prompt:
systemPrompt:
"You are a helpful assistant. Use the tools provided to help the user.",
tools: [writeFileTool],
tools: [
/* ... */
],
middleware: [hitlMiddleware] as const,
});

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},
};

const result = await agent.invoke({ messages: [HumanMessage("Write to greeting.txt with the content 'Hello, world!'")] }, config);
const result = await agent.invoke(
{
messages: [
new HumanMessage(
"Write to greeting.txt with the content 'Hello, world!'"
),
],
},
config
);
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The new keyword is missing when creating the HumanMessage instance. This is inconsistent with other examples in the file and will cause a runtime error.

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const interruptRequest = result.__interrupt__?.[0] as Interrupt<
HumanInTheLoopRequest[]
>;
const resume = (
const resume =
interruptRequest.value[0].actionRequest.action === "write_file" &&
interruptRequest.value[0].actionRequest.args.filename ===
"important.txt"
) ? {
type: "response",
args: "File operation not allowed for this file",
} : {
type: "accept",
};
interruptRequest.value[0].actionRequest.args.filename === "important.txt"
? {
type: "response",
args: "File operation not allowed for this file",
}
: {
type: "accept",
};

await agent.invoke(new Command({ resume: [resume] }), config);
```
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**Configuration:**

:::python
- `tool_configs`: Map of tool names to their approval settings, each with the following options:
- `interrupt_on`: Map of tool names to their approval settings, each with the following options:
- `allow_accept`: Whether the human can approve the current action without changes
- `allow_edit`: Whether the human can reject the current action with feedback
- `allow_respond`: Whether the human can approve the current action with edited content
- `description`: The description attached to the request for human input
- `description_prefix`: The prefix to use when constructing action requests.
:::
:::js
- `toolConfigs`: Map of tool names to their approval settings, each with the following options:
- `interruptOn`: Map of tool names to their approval settings, each with the following options:
- `allowAccept`: Whether the human can approve the current action without changes
- `allowEdit`: Whether the human can reject the current action with feedback
- `allowRespond`: Whether the human can approve the current action with edited content
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:::
:::js
```typescript
import { createAgent, HumanMessage } from "langchain";
import { anthropicPromptCachingMiddleware } from "langchain/middleware";
import { anthropicPromptCachingMiddleware, createAgent, HumanMessage } from "langchain";

const LONG_PROMPT = `
Please be a helpful assistant.
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const agent = createAgent({
model: "anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-latest",
prompt: LONG_PROMPT,
systemPrompt: LONG_PROMPT,
middleware: [anthropicPromptCachingMiddleware({ ttl: "5m" })],
});

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```typescript
import { z } from "zod";
import { createAgent } from "langchain";
import { dynamicSystemPromptMiddleware } from "langchain/middleware";
import {
createAgent,
dynamicSystemPromptMiddleware,
HumanMessage,
} from "langchain";

const contextSchema = z.object({
userRole: z.enum(["expert", "beginner"]),
userRole: z.enum(["expert", "beginner"]),
});

const agent = createAgent({
model: "openai:gpt-4o",
tools: [...],
contextSchema,
middleware: [
dynamicSystemPromptMiddleware<z.infer<typeof contextSchema>>((state, runtime) => {
const userRole = runtime.context.userRole || "user";
const basePrompt = "You are a helpful assistant.";

if (userRole === "expert") {
return `${basePrompt} Provide detailed technical responses.`;
} else if (userRole === "beginner") {
return `${basePrompt} Explain concepts simply and avoid jargon.`;
}
return basePrompt;
}),
],
model: "openai:gpt-4o",
tools: [
/* ... */
],
contextSchema,
middleware: [
dynamicSystemPromptMiddleware<z.infer<typeof contextSchema>>(
(state, runtime) => {
const userRole = runtime.context.userRole || "user";
const basePrompt = "You are a helpful assistant.";

if (userRole === "expert") {
return `${basePrompt} Provide detailed technical responses.`;
} else if (userRole === "beginner") {
return `${basePrompt} Explain concepts simply and avoid jargon.`;
}
return basePrompt;
}
),
],
});

// The system prompt will be set dynamically based on context
const result = await agent.invoke(
{ messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Explain async programming" }] },
{ context: { userRole: "expert" } }
{ messages: [new HumanMessage("Explain async programming")] },
{ context: { userRole: "expert" } }
);
```
:::
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