---
title: "LlamaIndex: features, version and quickstart · DotsAgent"
description: "LlamaIndex by LlamaIndex: licence, latest version, MCP support, durable runs, human approval, tracing and evals, plus a quickstart to copy."
url: https://dotsagent.io/frameworks/llamaindex
---

Framework · LlamaIndex

# LlamaIndex at a glance

LlamaIndex pairs its document parsing and retrieval tools with event-driven Agent Workflows in Python and TypeScript. Workflows can pause for human input, persist state, and be served as MCP servers or deployed to LlamaCloud.

**Best for:**  Document-heavy, retrieval-centred agents that parse, extract and search before they act.

## Key facts

- **Maintainer**: LlamaIndex
- **Languages**: Python, TypeScript
- **Licence**: MIT
- **Latest version**: `llama-index 0.14.25 / llama-index-workflows 2.25.0` · September 25, 2026
- **Repository**: [run-llama/llama_index](https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index) · 52,380 stars
- **Hosted option**: [LlamaCloud via LlamaAgents (llamactl deploy)](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/llamaagents/llamactl/workflow-api/)Deploy with llamactl; workflows are then served from api.cloud.llamaindex.ai.

## Quickstart

Install the package, set the credentials, then run the smallest agent from the official docs. Model IDs are the ones the docs use and may not be enabled on your account.

`Install`

```
pip install llama-index-core llama-index-llms-openai  (from search summary of the starter tutorial; not copied verbatim)
```

Needs OPENAI_API_KEY

`Python`

```
import asyncio
from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent
from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI

# Define a simple calculator tool
def multiply(a: float, b: float) -> float:
    """Useful for multiplying two numbers."""
    return a * b

# Create an agent workflow with our calculator tool
agent = FunctionAgent(
    tools=[multiply],
    llm=OpenAI(model="gpt-4o-mini"),
    system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant that can multiply two numbers.",
)

async def main():
    # Run the agent
    response = await agent.run("What is 1234 * 4567?")
    print(str(response))

# Run the agent
if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())
```

[Quickstart source](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/framework/module_guides/deploying/agents/)

## Features

| Any model | — | FunctionAgent for function-calling models; ReActAgent for the rest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MCP client | — | get_tools_from_mcp_url in llama-index-tools-mcp |
| MCP server | — | workflow_as_mcp serves a workflow over FastMCP |
| Multi-agent | — | AgentWorkflow coordinates several agents |
| Durable runs | — | Workflows persist state once a coordination backend is connected |
| Human approval | — | InputRequiredEvent and HumanResponseEvent pause a workflow |
| Tracing | — | — |
| Evals | — | — |

## Recent changes

- The workflows repo was renamed run-llama/llama-agents (LlamaAgents); the PyPI package is still llama-index-workflows.
- llamactl now serves and deploys workflows.

## Alternatives in the same language

- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://dotsagent.io/frameworks/openai-agents-python)

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## Sources

1. [developers.llamaindex.ai](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/framework/getting_started/starter_example/)/python/framework/getting_started/starter_example/
2. [developers.llamaindex.ai](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/framework/module_guides/deploying/agents/)/python/framework/module_guides/deploying/agents/
3. [developers.llamaindex.ai](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/examples/agent/agent_workflow_basic/)/python/examples/agent/agent_workflow_basic/
4. [developers.llamaindex.ai](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/examples/tools/mcp/)/python/examples/tools/mcp/
5. [developers.llamaindex.ai](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/llamaagents/workflows/human_in_the_loop/)/python/llamaagents/workflows/human_in_the_loop/
6. [developers.llamaindex.ai](https://developers.llamaindex.ai/python/llamaagents/llamactl/workflow-api/)/python/llamaagents/llamactl/workflow-api/
7. [github.com](https://github.com/run-llama/llama-agents)/run-llama/llama-agents
8. [pypi.org](https://pypi.org/pypi/llama-index/json)/pypi/llama-index/json
9. [api.github.com](https://api.github.com/repos/run-llama/llama_index)/repos/run-llama/llama_index

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