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🔎 Check out the full blog post for a step-by-step example of how multi-agent workflows with LangGraph.js simplify the automation of complex processes. https://t.co/dCCyTj5mo0

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🛠️ How to build Multi-agent app for automating dependency security using LangGraph and Node.js

In modern software development, managing dependencies is critical to ensure security, maintainability, and compliance. Outdated or vulnerable dependencies can lead to security breaches, downtime, or compliance violations. Automating this process saves time, reduces human error, and ensures a more secure software lifecycle.

Whether you're focused on security or any other domain, this example provides a scalable framework for implementing multi-agent workflows. By the end of this guide, you'll not only have a working agent but also insights into adapting it for your specific requirements.

What are Multi-agents? 🤖
Multi-agent systems allow multiple specialized agents to work together autonomously to solve a problem. These agents perform distinct roles, such as data collection, analysis, decision-making, and reporting. By using LangGraph, we can easily define these tasks as nodes in a workflow and manage the communication between them.

Each agent performs a focused task and passes results to the next in the workflow. This modularity ensures:
➡️ Scalability: you can add, modify or replace agents as needed.
➡️ Flexibility: conditional logic allows for skipping unnecessary steps.
➡️ Maintainability: focused responsibilities make debugging and updates easier.

Why LangGraph? 🌐
LangGraph is a library designed to orchestrate and manage Multi-agent workflows. It provides a framework for connecting independent tasks (agents) in a logical sequence, enabling seamless collaboration between them. Whether you’re building a simple pipeline or a complex AI-powered system, LangGraph.js makes it easier to manage dependencies, state transitions, and modular workflows.

At its core, LangGraph.js:
➡️ Defines nodes: each task or agent is represented as a node in a directed graph.
➡️ Manages edges: connections between nodes determine the workflow's sequence and logic.
➡️ Handles state: passes data between nodes while maintaining a clear and predictable state structure.

By abstracting the complexity of Multi-agent coordination, LangGraph.js allows developers to focus on implementing agent logic rather than workflow mechanics.

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How to build Multi-agent app for automating dependency security using LangGraph and Node.js: https://t.co/cGAheQAW5c

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Managing dependencies is crucial for software security and stability, but it can be time-consuming and prone to human error. Our latest blog explores how to automate this process using LangGraph and Node.js, creating a multi-agent system that handles dependency scanning, vulnerability analysis, and reporting.

In this guide, you'll learn how to:
✔️ Set up a Node.js project with TypeScript
✔️ Implement agents for scanning and analysis
✔️ Use OpenAI and Gemini to detect vulnerabilities and suggest fixes
✔️ Automate reporting for better dependency management

Read the full blog post written by Pablo Blanco, Technical Architect & Full-stack Developer at Rootstrap. Link below ⬇️

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Read The Case Study https://t.co/BxaSUKRP8C

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Rootstrap began working with @MasterClass in its early days with a small team of three. As MasterClass grew, so did we: at our peak, we provided more than 50 roles in Product Management, Design, Engineering, and Scrum Master positions, working on multiple projects across their entire platform. Several years later, MasterClass has taken on more roles internally, and we now allocate ~25 teammates.

We love and thrive in this kind of modular, scalable, and long-term partnership that encompasses so many ‘0 to 1’ and ‘1 to n’ opportunities for us to shine.

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Our real secret sauce is in how we collaborate cross-functionally between Product, Design & Engineering from the beginning. Too often, companies try to solve Design and Engineering in two completely separate phases, but this invariably leads to rework if Engineering is only consulted on feasibility, complexity, and estimated timeline and development fees after Design, rather than throughout Design.

This is why Rootstrap often recommends a Technical Lead during the first few phases because it reduces the risk of 'over-designing' too soon and generally keeps the overall project on time and on budget.

Rather than finish the Design phase with only a high-fidelity prototype, our approach means we can also prepare a complete engineering backlog, roadmap, and estimated scope in order to roll right into development while providing our clients with transparent and modular pricing.

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How Rootstrap Estimates Timeline & Fees: Transparent Pricing

Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers ‘storymap’ each new product or feature, scoring each user story for estimated level of effort using the Fibonacci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13).

→ Storymapping: A score of 1 may take one person half a day, while higher scores could involve multiple people collaborating over several days.

→ Estimation: We add up all the story points by ‘epic’ or major feature, and the overall total as well. Leveraging our experience with over 700 product launches, we translate these story points into: 1) a dynamic team allocation, adjusting in skills and size over time for cost efficiency, and 2) an estimated timeline in weeks with a high level of confidence level based on what we know.

→ Pricing: We calculate a transparent price estimate using per-person weekly rates for quarter-time (10 hrs), half-time (20 hrs), or full-time (40 hrs), adjusted for role and seniority.

→ Modular: Our transparent pricing model supports an incremental development approach, making it easy to scrutinize and modify. If we estimate a lot of story points for a particular epic or feature, but you don’t think it should be so complex, or you don’t want to prioritize it given the development time and fees, then we workshop with you to simplify or deprioritize altogether. This is how we tightly and collaboratively manage the overall roadmap and fees to meet your goals.

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Schedule A Workshop With Our Technical Team https://t.co/eKCXeoaWVC

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How We Do 0 to 1: Agile Development

1️⃣ Phase 1: Point of View
Synthesize research, collect data inputs, and conduct initial exploratory workshops to develop a point of view.

2️⃣ Phase 2: Rough Concepts
Conduct broad concept explorations, develop criteria for prioritizing them.

3️⃣ Phase 3: Rapid Prototypes
Test what we designed and analyze the business and customer outcomes in order to develop new point of views and continue iterating and optimizing the product.

4️⃣ Phase 4: Design Specifications
Develop the final visual design for the end-to-end product.

5️⃣ Phase 5: Incremental Development
Ship incremental end-user value on a continuous basis. Run two-week sprints and daily standups throughout development.

6️⃣ Phase 6: Technical QA & User Acceptance Testing
Test and validate functional code as well as UX/UI for quality assurance, usability and accessibility

7️⃣ Phase 7: Product Launch & Product-Led Growth
Implement go-to-market strategy, launch new product, evaluate KPI performance, implement data-driven continuous optimization

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Learn More About our Staff Augmentation Services https://t.co/Es5VgCQtly

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How Rootstrap Does 1 to n: Pods & Staff Augmentation 🫛

Rootstrap is easy to work with because we adapt our solution to best-fit your needs.

If you need a reliable team to own product or feature development end-to-end, we can dedicate a fully functional 'pod' to get the job done for you. This includes Core Roles such as Engineers and Designers as well as Flex Roles like Product Managers, QA, and DevOps.

If you need one or more individual contributors to join an internal or hybrid team, we can do that, too.

We can also allocate multiple pods and individual contributors across numerous projects simultaneously.

Rootstrap can scale up and scale down flexibly, quickly and affordably. We work on a weekly retainer model based on the size, roles, and seniority of team, and bill in arrears only for work that clients have reviewed and approved.

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Schedule A Workshop With Us Today https://t.co/5gczb22RWW

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How Rootstrap Estimates Timeline & Fees: Transparent Pricing

Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers ‘storymap’ each new product or feature, scoring each user story for estimated level of effort using the Fibonacci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13).

→ Storymapping: A score of 1 may take one person half a day, while higher scores could involve multiple people collaborating over several days.

→ Estimation: We add up all the story points by ‘epic’ or major feature, and the overall total as well. Leveraging our experience with over 700 product launches, we translate these story points into: 1) a dynamic team allocation, adjusting in skills and size over time for cost efficiency, and 2) an estimated timeline in weeks with a high level of confidence level based on what we know.

→ Pricing: We calculate a transparent price estimate using per-person weekly rates for quarter-time (10 hrs), half-time (20 hrs), or full-time (40 hrs), adjusted for role and seniority.

→ Modular: Our transparent pricing model supports an incremental development approach, making it easy to scrutinize and modify. If we estimate a lot of story points for a particular epic or feature, but you don’t think it should be so complex, or you don’t want to prioritize it given the development time and fees, then we workshop with you to simplify or deprioritize altogether. This is how we tightly and collaboratively manage the overall roadmap and fees to meet your goals.

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How We Do 0 to 1 🔢

Rootstrap has refined its 0 to 1 process over 13 years and 700 product launches, and our clients are grateful for our veteran expertise:

"Rootstrap has been a fantastic partner from the very beginning of our project. From discovery, design to implementation, the Rootstrap team provided guidance and expertise to accelerate our time to market. Not only did the Rootstrap team excel in implementation, but they also provided strategic direction that drove the brand and product design. I would absolutely recommend Rootstrap to those seeking a talented design and development agency." - Zack Babin, Head of Product at WalletJoy

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0 to 1 + 1 to n 🚀

Creating something out of nothing ('0 to 1') is difficult. Doing it cost effectively in a timely manner with a high degree of confidence in achieving product-market fit at launch is even harder. This is why companies hire Rootstrap to help.

Our long-tenured team (many have worked here for 5, 8, 10+ years) of product managers, designers, and engineers have launched 100s of product together.

But Launch Day is just Day One. Next, the challenge becomes growing demand, retaining users, and scaling architecture ('1 to n'). Accelerating product-led growth with a data-driven approach, triaging customer pain points and operational growing pains, and scaling an expert team flexibly and affordably: it's all a grind. This is also why companies hire Rootstrap to help.

We have scaled from 0 to millions of users numerous times, and are proud of our long-term partnerships with breakout brands such as MasterClass, The Farmer's Dog, and the world's largest youth sports organization for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Schedule a free workshop with our technical team https://t.co/IJi2Am40ui

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0 to 1 + 1 to n 🚀

Creating something out of nothing ('0 to 1') is difficult. Doing it cost effectively in a timely manner with a high degree of confidence in achieving product-market fit at launch is even harder. This is why companies hire Rootstrap to help.

Our long-tenured team (many have worked here for 5, 8, 10+ years) of product managers, designers, and engineers have launched 100s of product together.

But Launch Day is just Day One. Next, the challenge becomes growing demand, retaining users, and scaling architecture ('1 to n'). Accelerating product-led growth with a data-driven approach, triaging customer pain points and operational growing pains, and scaling an expert team flexibly and affordably: it's all a grind. This is also why companies hire Rootstrap to help.

We have scaled from 0 to millions of users numerous times, and are proud of our long-term partnerships with breakout brands such as MasterClass, The Farmer's Dog, and the world's largest youth sports organization for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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@matthewiles @RootstrapInc Congrats on joining Rootstrap! Their track record with 750+ product launches is impressive. Exciting to see what you'll build in the growth role! P.S. This is what we built if you find it relevant: https://t.co/Gx3Mo0VXNz #store2earn @functionland

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At Rootstrap, we adapt our solutions to best-fit your needs:

✔️ Do you need a reliable team to own product or feature development end-to-end? We can dedicate a fully functional 'pod' to get the job done for you. This includes Core Roles such as Engineers and Designers as well as Flex Roles like Product Managers, QA, and DevOps.

✔️ Or perhaps you need one or more individual contributors to join a internal or hybrid team? We can do that, too. We manage multiple project teams and team configurations simultaneously.

Get in touch with our Technical Sales team for a free estimate ⬇️

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Rootstrap was recently featured in an @Inc article, "Why Everyone in Your Company Should Be a Salesperson," by Rebecca Deczynski, Senior Editor.

At the 2024 Inc. 5000 Conference in Palm Desert, California, three of the country’s top salespeople—Adam Alfano, executive vice president of Salesforce, Allison Davis, founder of the consulting and training firm Sales Done Differently, and David Jarrett, CEO of Rootstrap (a six-time Inc. 5000 honoree)—gathered onstage to share their best advice for sellers.

The article explores why every team member, regardless of role, should embrace a sales mindset to strengthen customer relationships and drive growth.

Read the full article ⬇️