Bespoke Agent Framework Lock-In
RetiredNo longer on the radar
We removed this entry in the September 2026 release. Retiring is not a recommendation against it — it means the radar no longer needs a separate opinion here. The write-up below is kept as it was last published and is no longer maintained.
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Overview
Bespoke agent framework lock-in occurs when teams wrap proprietary abstractions around one vendor SDK so deeply that migration, testing, and security review become impossible without rewrite (LangChain, A2A).
Hold greenfield bets on closed agent platforms without exportable graph definitions, tool schemas, and eval datasets.