- Restructure pyproject.toml to move non-essential dependencies to optional extras
- Add graceful handling for missing optional dependencies in core modules
- Create memory, knowledge, telemetry, visualization, auth, and llm-integrations extras
- Implement helpful ImportError messages directing users to install specific extras
- Add comprehensive test suite for lite installation scenarios
- Maintain backward compatibility with existing installations
- Support minimal core installation with Agent/Crew/Task functionality
Addresses GitHub issue #3026 for lightweight crewAI installation
Co-Authored-By: João <joao@crewai.com>
