Where drag-and-drop agents and TypeScript meet in the middle

What it does

Inkeep Agents is an open-source platform for shipping AI chat assistants and automated workflows. You define agents and multi-agent systems either through a drag-and-drop canvas or by writing TypeScript with the @inkeep/agents-sdk, and the two formats stay synchronized through a central API. It bundles a UI component library for embedding chat interfaces, observability via OpenTelemetry, and support for standard protocols like MCP and A2A.

The interesting bit

The visual builder and the TypeScript SDK are not separate export paths; they write to the same agents-api, so the canvas and the codebase are two views of one truth. Under the hood, it is largely an opinionated layer atop the Vercel AI SDK, inheriting its LLM providers and UI hooks rather than reinventing them.

Key highlights

• Full two-way sync between a no-code visual builder and the TypeScript SDK via a shared API.
• Multi-agent support with sub-agents, plus MCP and A2A protocol compatibility.
• Bundled agents-ui component library and OpenTelemetry observability for production chat apps.
• Self-hostable on Vercel or Docker; uses the Vercel AI SDK under the hood.
• Licensed under Elastic License 2.0 with supplemental terms—source-available, but not OSI-open-source.

Caveats

• The Elastic License 2.0 plus supplemental terms restricts competitive use and is not OSI-approved open source; check your legal comfort level before embedding it in commercial products.
• The platform is a full stack of services—API, UI, SDK, and CLI—so self-hosting requires managing multiple moving parts rather than importing a single library.

Verdict

Pick this if your organization needs a shared workspace where product and engineering can iterate on the same agent logic. Avoid it if you want a minimal, OSI-approved open-source library without platform or licensing baggage.