Agent by Convex
Build AI agents on Convex with persistent chat history
Recently added on Oct 29, 2026. The description, category and pricing were filled in from public metadata and have not been checked by an editor yet.
On this page
Usage data: latest readings Nov 1 to Nov 3, 2026, last checked Nov 3, 06:35 UTC. Date of each number
What Agent does
It is free and open source (Apache-2.0); you pay only for the models it calls.
Key facts
| Maker | Convex |
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| First released | April 2025 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | TypeScript |
| Open issues and PRs | 26 |
Pricing
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
Checked Oct 29, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?Yes (Apache-2.0)
- Closest alternativeLangChain · all alternatives
Get started with Agent
| npm | npm install @convex-dev/agent |
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These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer.
Add-ons for Agent: save tokens, add memory and tools
LiteLLM
One gateway for 100+ models with spend tracking, budgets, rate limits and fallbacks.
Langfuse
Traces every model and tool call with its cost and latency, and runs evaluations.
Firecrawl
Turns websites into clean Markdown or structured data the agent can read.
E2B
Runs agent-written code in isolated cloud sandboxes instead of on your machine.
Headroom
Compresses tool outputs, logs and files before they reach the model, so each run uses fewer tokens.
Composio
Connects the agent to 1,000+ apps and APIs with managed sign-in.
Listed because each tool documents support for Agent or for agent frameworks in general. Savings and results depend on your workload.
Agent alternatives
Best Agent alternatives compared · All agent frameworks and SDKs
| # | Agent | Gid Score | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | Stars | Latest release | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
LangChainLangChain |
78 | 40.9M | up 1.2% | down 7.4% | 149K+69/day | 1.4.8yesterday | Free (OSS) | |||
| 2 |
LangGraphLangChain |
72 | 18.5M | up 13.1% | up 11.8% | 44.4K+62/day | 1.2.194d ago | Free (OSS) | |||
| 3 |
AI SDKVercel |
66 | 42.6M | up 19.2% | up 23.3% | 27.7K+25/day | 7.0.162today | Free (OSS) | |||
| 4 |
Claude Agent SDKAnthropic |
64 | 25.8M | up 19.4% | up 10.2% | 8,416+9/day | 0.2.177today | Free (OSS) | |||
| 5 | 63 | 8.9M | down 2.1% | up 0.7% | 9,033+11/day | 0.3.34d ago | Free (OSS) | ||||
| 6 |
OpenAI Agents SDKOpenAI |
60 | 7.1M | up 0.2% | up 19.3% | 30.5K+22/day | 0.24.019d ago | Free (OSS) | |||
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Tools used with Agent
What 127 public GitHub projects that depend on Agent use with it, from their dependency files.
- Convex100.0%
- TypeScript96.9%
- AI SDK91.3%
- React90.6%
- Tailwind CSS82.7%
- Zod69.3%
- ESLint68.5%
- Lucide React67.7%
- clsx63.0%
- Tailwind Merge62.2%
Used far more often here than in AI-built projects overall: what sets Agent projects apart.
- Convex Rate Limiter26.8% · 833.9×
- Convex Better Auth12.6% · 784.9×
- Convex ESLint Plugin19.7% · 613.2×
- Convex RAG14.2% · 441.5×
- Convex Workflow19.7% · 408.8×
- convex-helpers37.8% · 392.4×
- Edge Runtime VM22.0% · 343.4×
- convex-test26.8% · 333.6×
Ratings from people who use Agent
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Agent news
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GitHub Copilot is now available in JetBrains Air
GitHub Copilot is now available in JetBrains Air, using the Agent Client Protocol for coding task delegation and execution.
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3 agents added to AgentGid
Agent, Nasiko, Openbot
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Introducing the Microsoft Copilot harness in Foundry Agent Service
Microsoft introduces a Copilot harness in Foundry Agent Service, providing a unified execution foundation for agents with context, tools, and control management.
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The Agent SDK
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Vercel Agent can now validate alerts before paging
Vercel Agent can now validate monitoring alerts and filter them before sending to paging systems, allowing only Critical-classified alerts to reach destinations like incident.io.
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Coding From the Himalayas With an Offline AI Agent
Guide on setting up and running an offline coding agent using OpenCode, Ollama and Qwen.
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Vercel Agent sessions now cost 67% less
Vercel reduced Agent session costs by 67% through improved context management and better prompt-cache reuse, with updated CLI skills for workflows.
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How Vercel Agent accesses production safely
Vercel discusses how its agent safely accesses production systems by managing permissions and approval workflows for agent actions.
Agent popularity and usage data
Agent was downloaded 268K times from npm in the week ending Nov 1, 2026, down 7.0% on the week before and up 26.5% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 359 stars, 3 of them added in the last 30 days.
Download the raw daily series: agent.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
How fresh these numbers are
| Number | Latest reading | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Package downloads | Nov 1, 2026 | Nov 3, 06:26 UTC |
| GitHub stars | Nov 3, 2026 | Nov 3, 06:34 UTC |
| Website rank (Tranco) | Nov 2, 2026 | Nov 3, 06:35 UTC |
We fetch every source once a day. Registries publish downloads and page views a day or two late, so their latest reading trails the check. A reading more than 4 days old is marked out of date; the Gid Score still uses it until a newer one arrives.
Agent FAQ
How much does Agent cost?
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
Is Agent open source?
Yes. Agent is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is Agent?
Agent was downloaded 268K times from npm in the week ending Nov 1, 2026, down 7.0% on the week before and up 26.5% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 359 stars, 3 of them added in the last 30 days.
What are the alternatives to Agent?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are LangChain, LangGraph, AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK.
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Where these numbers come from
npm: @convex-dev/agent. GitHub: convex/agent. Site rank: convex.dev on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: docs.convex.dev, github.com, npmjs.com.