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William Fu-HinthornandClaude Opus 4.6 a99d733bb5 cli: rename langgraph.json to langsmith.json
Rename the default config filename from `langgraph.json` to
`langsmith.json` as part of the "LangGraph Platform" to "LangSmith
Deployment" rebranding.

Backward compatibility is preserved: the CLI falls back to
`langgraph.json` with a deprecation warning when `langsmith.json`
is not found. A new `_resolve_config` callback handles the
resolution logic for all `--config` click options.

Changes span libs/cli (core logic, examples, tests), libs/sdk-py
(docstrings), libs/langgraph (Makefile), and .github CI scripts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-29 07:41:32 -07:00
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LangGraph CLI

The official command-line interface for LangGraph, providing tools to create, develop, and deploy LangGraph applications.

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install langgraph-cli

For development mode with hot reloading:

pip install "langgraph-cli[inmem]"

Commands

langgraph new 🌱

Create a new LangGraph project from a template

langgraph new [PATH] --template TEMPLATE_NAME

langgraph dev 🏃‍♀️

Run LangGraph API server in development mode with hot reloading

langgraph dev [OPTIONS]
  --host TEXT                 Host to bind to (default: 127.0.0.1)
  --port INTEGER             Port to bind to (default: 2024)
  --no-reload               Disable auto-reload
  --debug-port INTEGER      Enable remote debugging
  --no-browser             Skip opening browser window
  -c, --config FILE        Config file path (default: langsmith.json)

langgraph up 🚀

Launch LangGraph API server in Docker

langgraph up [OPTIONS]
  -p, --port INTEGER        Port to expose (default: 8123)
  --wait                   Wait for services to start
  --watch                  Restart on file changes
  --verbose               Show detailed logs
  -c, --config FILE       Config file path
  -d, --docker-compose    Additional services file

langgraph build

Build a Docker image for your LangGraph application

langgraph build -t IMAGE_TAG [OPTIONS]
  --platform TEXT          Target platforms (e.g., linux/amd64,linux/arm64)
  --pull / --no-pull      Use latest/local base image
  -c, --config FILE       Config file path

langgraph dockerfile

Generate a Dockerfile for custom deployments

langgraph dockerfile SAVE_PATH [OPTIONS]
  -c, --config FILE       Config file path

Configuration

The CLI uses a langsmith.json configuration file with these key settings:

{
  "dependencies": ["langchain_openai", "./your_package"],  // Required: Package dependencies
  "graphs": {
    "my_graph": "./your_package/file.py:graph"            // Required: Graph definitions
  },
  "env": "./.env",                                        // Optional: Environment variables
  "python_version": "3.11",                               // Optional: Python version (3.11/3.12)
  "pip_config_file": "./pip.conf",                        // Optional: pip configuration
  "dockerfile_lines": []                                  // Optional: Additional Dockerfile commands
}

See the full documentation for detailed configuration options.

Development

To develop the CLI itself:

  1. Clone the repository
  2. Navigate to the CLI directory: cd libs/cli
  3. Install development dependencies: uv pip install
  4. Make your changes to the CLI code
  5. Test your changes:
    # Run CLI commands directly
    uv run langgraph --help
    
    # Or use the examples
    cd examples
    uv pip install
    uv run langgraph dev  # or other commands
    

License

This project is licensed under the terms specified in the repository's LICENSE file.