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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| [`openai_assistants_with_function_tools.py`](openai_assistants_with_function_tools.py) | Function tools with `OpenAIAssistantProvider` at both agent-level and query-level. |
| [`openai_assistants_with_response_format.py`](openai_assistants_with_response_format.py) | Structured outputs with `OpenAIAssistantProvider` using Pydantic models. |
| [`openai_assistants_with_thread.py`](openai_assistants_with_thread.py) | Thread management with `OpenAIAssistantProvider` for conversation context persistence. |
| [`openai_chat_client_basic.py`](openai_chat_client_basic.py) | The simplest way to create an agent using `ChatAgent` with `OpenAIChatClient`. Shows both streaming and non-streaming responses for chat-based interactions with OpenAI models. |
| [`openai_chat_client_basic.py`](openai_chat_client_basic.py) | The simplest way to create an agent using `Agent` with `OpenAIChatClient`. Shows both streaming and non-streaming responses for chat-based interactions with OpenAI models. |
| [`openai_chat_client_with_explicit_settings.py`](openai_chat_client_with_explicit_settings.py) | Shows how to initialize an agent with a specific chat client, configuring settings explicitly including API key and model ID. |
| [`openai_chat_client_with_function_tools.py`](openai_chat_client_with_function_tools.py) | Demonstrates how to use function tools with agents. Shows both agent-level tools (defined when creating the agent) and query-level tools (provided with specific queries). |
| [`openai_chat_client_with_local_mcp.py`](openai_chat_client_with_local_mcp.py) | Shows how to integrate OpenAI agents with local Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for enhanced functionality and tool integration. |
| [`openai_chat_client_with_thread.py`](openai_chat_client_with_thread.py) | Demonstrates thread management with OpenAI agents, including automatic thread creation for stateless conversations and explicit thread management for maintaining conversation context across multiple interactions. |
| [`openai_chat_client_with_web_search.py`](openai_chat_client_with_web_search.py) | Shows how to use web search capabilities with OpenAI agents to retrieve and use information from the internet in responses. |
| [`openai_chat_client_with_runtime_json_schema.py`](openai_chat_client_with_runtime_json_schema.py) | Shows how to supply a runtime JSON Schema via `additional_chat_options` for structured output without defining a Pydantic model. |
| [`openai_responses_client_basic.py`](openai_responses_client_basic.py) | The simplest way to create an agent using `ChatAgent` with `OpenAIResponsesClient`. Shows both streaming and non-streaming responses for structured response generation with OpenAI models. |
| [`openai_responses_client_basic.py`](openai_responses_client_basic.py) | The simplest way to create an agent using `Agent` with `OpenAIResponsesClient`. Shows both streaming and non-streaming responses for structured response generation with OpenAI models. |
| [`openai_responses_client_image_analysis.py`](openai_responses_client_image_analysis.py) | Demonstrates how to use vision capabilities with agents to analyze images. |
| [`openai_responses_client_image_generation.py`](openai_responses_client_image_generation.py) | Demonstrates how to use image generation capabilities with OpenAI agents to create images based on text descriptions. Requires PIL (Pillow) for image display. |
| [`openai_responses_client_reasoning.py`](openai_responses_client_reasoning.py) | Demonstrates how to use reasoning capabilities with OpenAI agents, showing how the agent can provide detailed reasoning for its responses. |