Python: [BREAKING] Simplify API: ChatAgent -> Agent, ChatMessage -> Message (#3747)

* [BREAKING] Rename ChatAgent -> Agent, ChatMessage -> Message, ChatClientProtocol -> SupportsChatGetResponse

Simplify the public API by removing redundant 'Chat' prefix from core types:
- ChatAgent -> Agent
- RawChatAgent -> RawAgent
- ChatMessage -> Message
- ChatClientProtocol -> SupportsChatGetResponse

Also renamed internal WorkflowMessage (was Message in _runner_context) to avoid collision.

No backward compatibility aliases - this is a clean breaking change.

* [BREAKING] Rename Agent chat_client parameter to client

* Fix rebase issues: WorkflowMessage references and broken markdown links

* Fix formatting and lint issues from code quality checks

* Fix import ordering in workflow sample files

* fixed rebase

* Fix test failures: use WorkflowMessage and A2AMessage after ChatMessage→Message rename

- Replace Message(data=..., source_id=...) with WorkflowMessage(...) in workflow tests
- Fix isinstance check in A2A agent to use A2AMessage instead of Message
- Fix import in test_workflow_observability.py (Message→WorkflowMessage)

* Fix lint, fmt, and sample errors after ChatMessage→Message rename

- Auto-fix 70+ ruff lint issues across samples (ChatMessage→Message refs)
- Fix HostedVectorStoreContent→Content.from_hosted_vector_store in file search sample
- Fix _normalize_messages→normalize_messages in custom agent sample
- Fix context.terminate→raise MiddlewareTermination in middleware samples
- Fix with_update_hook→with_transform_hook in override middleware sample
- Add TOptions_co import back to custom_chat_client sample
- Add noqa for FastAPI File() default in chatkit sample
- Fix B023 loop variable capture in weather agent sample

* fix: update Agent constructor calls from chat_client to client in declaration-only tool tests

* fix: add register_cleanup to devui lazy-loading proxy and type stub

* fixed tests and updated new pieces

* fix agui typevar

* fix merge errors

* fix merge conflicts

* fiux merge

* Remove unused links

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Co-authored-by: Evan Mattson <evan.mattson@microsoft.com>
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This gallery helps AutoGen developers move to the Microsoft Agent Framework (AF)
### Single-Agent Parity
- [01_basic_assistant_agent.py](single_agent/01_basic_assistant_agent.py) — Minimal AutoGen `AssistantAgent` and AF `ChatAgent` comparison.
- [01_basic_assistant_agent.py](single_agent/01_basic_assistant_agent.py) — Minimal AutoGen `AssistantAgent` and AF `Agent` comparison.
- [02_assistant_agent_with_tool.py](single_agent/02_assistant_agent_with_tool.py) — Function tool integration in both SDKs.
- [03_assistant_agent_thread_and_stream.py](single_agent/03_assistant_agent_thread_and_stream.py) — Thread management and streaming responses.
- [04_agent_as_tool.py](single_agent/04_agent_as_tool.py) — Using agents as tools (hierarchical agent pattern) and streaming with tools.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ python samples/autogen-migration/orchestrations/04_magentic_one.py
## Tips for Migration
- **Default behavior differences**: AutoGen's `AssistantAgent` is single-turn by default (`max_tool_iterations=1`), while AF's `ChatAgent` is multi-turn and continues tool execution automatically.
- **Default behavior differences**: AutoGen's `AssistantAgent` is single-turn by default (`max_tool_iterations=1`), while AF's `Agent` is multi-turn and continues tool execution automatically.
- **Thread management**: AF agents are stateless by default. Use `agent.get_new_thread()` and pass it to `run()` to maintain conversation state, similar to AutoGen's conversation context.
- **Tools**: AutoGen uses `FunctionTool` wrappers; AF uses `@tool` decorators with automatic schema inference.
- **Orchestration patterns**: