Debugging
Even experienced builders hit roadblocks. Use this guide to troubleshoot your agents quickly and effectively.
🧩 Debugging Checklist
Agent not responding
Is your API key set and active?
Blank or error output
Check for typos in your prompt or code
High cost
Are you using GPT-4 unnecessarily? Try GPT-3.5 or Claude Haiku
Too many API calls
Add rate limits or cache intermediate steps
Unreliable answers
Improve prompt clarity, use examples
Slow performance
Batch operations or simplify task structure
Agent logic broken
Add logging and step-by-step outputs
Memory doesn’t persist
Are you actually storing state between calls?
💬 Community Help Channels
CrewAI Discord – Agent-building Q&A
LangChain Discord – Active dev support
Reddit – r/LocalLLaMA, r/Artificial
Hugging Face Forums – OSS LLM guidance
OpenAI Developer Forum – Prompt + API troubleshooting
🔧 Start with logs. Then simplify. Then escalate to the community.
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