17 August 2026

Astro founder releases Flue 2 agent framework with React-style hooks

Fred Schott updated Flue, his framework for building AI agents, with new hooks inspired by React, a popular web development library.
The hooks let agents manage and change their internal state while running, rather than following fixed predetermined paths.
Schott shifted his design approach from copying web framework concepts directly to building around composability, the idea that small pieces combine into larger ones.

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Flue, an agent framework created by Astro founder Fred Schott, launched version 2 with React-inspired hooks that allow agents to manage state dynamically and adapt in real-time. Schott evolved his thinking from porting web framework concepts to focusing on composability, realizing React's model was better suited for agent development than traditional routing patterns.